15+ projects backed in 2024
The Blue Way is a game of lost stories, colonialism, and its cultural aftermath from Jason Morningstar and Central Michigan University Press.
A project from the original creative team of SAD SPACE COWBOY RPG Orbital Blues, featuring a new book about the criminal scum of both the corporate and the outlaw worlds.
The real dungeon was the hobby we made along the way. Dungeon crawl your way through half a century of RPG history in this full-scale megadungeon for the DIE RPG by Gareth Hanrahan.
Whispering Willows is a fantasy role-playing game about small animal folk who protect the quiet heart of a living forest. A realm of leaves, roots, and magic, where "Redwall" saga and "The Secret of NIMH" meet. Playable solo, co-op, or with a DM!
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Blades ’68 is an official supplement for Blades in the Dark, moving the timeline forward 100 years to the swinging 60s.
Rise, Wizards by Robin Ekberg is a dice-stacking, map-making, worldbuilding game of wizard hubris. All's Fair by Dillin Apelyan is an 18+ duet game about wanting to f*ck each other so bad you save the world about it.
Live through the end of the world again and again with this set of three standalone roleplaying games for 2-5 players.
The Johnsons have it all; a big house, a trust fund, beautiful cars. They only have one problem: You. Meet the Johnsons is a No Dice No Masters game where players take the role of a family member and their tormentors.
Here are 3 small, angry, fast games, which stick to their own rules. "SEX/VIOLENCE/POOP 3" explores the limits of your bad taste. "HEX & THE PUNKS" rebels against patriarchal systems. "We were punks" goes back to an era where everything seemed possible.
Ever feel like the world is out to get you? It is. A TTRPG of unheroic teens facing down the end of the inevitable world. You're the main character, with all the misery that entails. How will you make your life matter before it all ends?
A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch
A storytelling game of four doomed musicians and their poor decisions.
Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts is a 128-page expansion for the Blades in the Dark roleplaying game — containing a treasure trove of lore, setting material, and alternative mechanics John Harper developed over the years for use in Blades campaigns.
Slime, Warp, & Solder is a three-pack of fluorescent zines that make your Slugblaster sessions grosser, trippier, and radder than ever. More monsters, more gear, and a dozen+ new character options. An expansion for the award-winning TTRPG by Mikey Hamm.
Describe the rooms of a grand hotel and the people who live and work there through a series of challenging descriptions.
Infinite worldbuilding in your pocket! A Post-Fantasy game by Viditya Voleti, award-winning designer of Bloodbeam Badlands, Space Between Stars, and more.
A role-playing game of psychic revolution in the shadows of the city.
Zhenya’s Wonder Tales is a set of 6 card games retelling dark, Slavic-inspired fairy stories in 1-2 hours. Play a prince, a werewolf, an orphan, a monster hunter, and more to make difficult choices that drive characters towards uncertain endings.
Going For Broke is a fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to get enough money together. Choose your roommate, jump into an ill-conceived plot, and try to get that coin. 4-8 players, 40-70 minutes.
A two-player storytelling card game played on opposite sides of a closed door. A TTRPG about brothers in the zombie apocalypse and the final days before one of them turns.
In this two player TTRPG you step into the shoes of a hard done by trans wrestler in the city of Slamchester, the world is hard, you hit harder. Play out furious street fights using playing cards in this trick-taking beat-em-up.
Confluence is an expansive tabletop roleplaying game of in-world artifacts and Atlases, built upon a world and a system that grows and changes as you explore.
The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on the award-winning Brindlewood Bay.
An enormous retail adventure generator for inclusion in sandbox campaigns within the city of Troika. Get a job! Meet the locals! Don't die!
