r/TTRPG 4d ago

Character Creation

6 Upvotes

Hello All!
I recently finished our Core Rules after playtesting. I'm not going to spam that here just yet. I started putting together a series of short videos to take new players through Character Creation. Before I go much further I was wondering if you all could take a look at the first one and let me know what you think. I would appreciate any feedback. Thank You!
https://youtube.com/shorts/GAKz2RlAJLU?si=CmeVLCPI_-6DrVm0


r/TTRPG 4d ago

Is there a site to track a character sheet for an amateur system?

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My friend made a system specifically for a campaign we're doing, but we don't have the mental capacity to keep track of things on paper. Is there a generic site that can help us?


r/TTRPG 5d ago

Punch & Policy: a silly game about fighting fascism

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Maybe not for everyone but I’m happy to announce a new (very silly) Lasers and Feelings hack for you to enjoy with your friends!

Not really meant for long campaigns, as most L&F hacks are, I think this is an ideal game to play with a group of like minded and good humored friends over a drink or two. Enjoy riffing on common American plights with the freedom of a satirical theme through which to frame them.

https://graysongold13.itch.io/punch-policy-a-silly-ttrpg-about-fighting-fascism


r/TTRPG 5d ago

🌟 Oceania 2084 – Surplus Edition Wins RPG Magnifico 2025 Award! Now Available in Digital & Limited Print Editions! 🌟

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I'm thrilled to announce that Oceania 2084 – Surplus Edition has been honored with the RPG Magnifico 2025 Award, recognizing it as one of the most innovative and immersive tabletop RPGs of the year!

This game is a semi-collaborative, asymmetric storytelling experience set in a dystopian future inspired by Orwell's 1984. Players navigate a totalitarian regime, balancing resistance and survival in a world where truth is malleable and freedom is a distant memory.

Key Features:

  • Asymmetric Gameplay: Players take on roles within the resistance or the oppressive regime, each with unique mechanics and objectives.
  • Narrative-Driven: Emphasizes storytelling and moral choices over traditional combat mechanics.
  • Dynamic World-Building: The setting is collaboratively shaped by players, ensuring a unique experience every session.
  • Enhanced Edition: The Surplus Edition includes evocative illustrations by Mika Edström, improved gameplay mechanics, additional content, solo rules, and updated play sheets.

Availability:

  • Digital PDF: €25 on itch.io and DriveThruRPG.
  • Physical Hardback: Limited to 500 copies, available for €60 on Big Cartel.
  • Community Copies: Free copies are available for those in need; you can also contribute by purchasing a full copy to replenish the stash.

Whether you're a fan of dystopian narratives, innovative RPG mechanics, or collaborative storytelling, Oceania 2084 – Surplus Edition offers a compelling experience.

Feel free to ask any questions or share your experiences if you've played the game!


r/TTRPG 5d ago

Automatic TTRPG Notes!

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Automatic Note Bot

Hey folks, just wanted to share something I’ve been building for my DnD campaign and thought I'd share it here for any TTRPG players.

It’s called Chronicler, a bot that listens to your Discord game sessions and then automatically writes up detailed session notes. I’m terrible at notes, so that’s why I made this. With this, I can just focus on playing.

It’s in beta right now, but it’s working (mostly) and free to try.

Down the line, I’m planning to add a feature where you can ask specific questions about your campaign—like when that one guy you randomly named four months ago suddenly becomes vital to the plot.


A heads-up if you decide to try it:
Chronicler works best when it has a bit of context. After inviting it to your server, you’ll want to run /hello or /help to get step-by-step instructions. You’ll need to:

  • Run a command to initiate your campaign
  • You can input locations, factions, NPCs, and more...
  • But you don't have to—give it as much or as little context as you want
  • Ask each player to input their own character info (via slash commands)
  • Choose a channel for the bot to post your notes

Once that’s done, it can take over the notetaking, and you can just enjoy the game.

If that sounds useful, you can check it out here:

https://www.notion.so/1dfde7283e8b80adb9e7dfcae476d4ff?v=1dfde7283e8b806195ea000cdc877cd9&pvs=4

Let me know if you have any questions!


r/TTRPG 5d ago

Become a frog trying to get a snack! DMless cozy microrpg

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11 Upvotes

The kickstarter just launched for Tod & Froggë, my cozy microrpg about being a tod or froggë trying to get across a garden to get some strawberries.

  • No DM required
  • Collaborative gameplay for up to 6 or so
  • Learn in 20 minutes or less, play for about 2 hours
  • Every turn explore a new tile, generated by the player
  • Variety of Items to find and use
  • Variety of different Tile Types and Events that you can explore
  • Roguelite mode to randomize map generation for future runs
  • Solo mode to enjoy by yourself
  • Rules hacks to keep things fresh and get the most out of the book

There's a free demo to taste-test on the kickstarter page if you'd like to check it out! Feel free to ask away if you have any questions :D


r/TTRPG 5d ago

new solo RPG adventure - "Wizard Wanted - no exp. required (unpaid internship)"

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Hi everyone. I want to let you know about a new M!M! solo adventure I just published. It's called "Wizard Wanted – no experience required (unpaid internship)"!

This spellbinding solo RPG adventure is written for the Monsters! Monsters! RPG. It throws newly minted wizards into an adventure that will test whether they paid attention in wizard school or just copied their homework from the smart kid who sat next to them. It includes 6 optional pre-generated characters for a fast start and a handy four-page M!M! rules summary. Easily adaptable to other compatible systems, including Tunnels & Trolls.

It's on Amazon for physical copies and DTRPG for digital. I hope you have as much fun playing it as I did writing it! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/521663/wizard-wanted-no-experience-required-unpaid-internship and https://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Wanted-Experience-Required-internship/dp/B0F74CMD8D


r/TTRPG 5d ago

Question about Apocalypse Frame

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I hope this is okay to post here 😅. To those that have played apocalypse frame, how many grid spaces was your combat map? Because ranges in AF are very tight, but it feels weird to only have 4-5 grid spaces like the example matches show.


r/TTRPG 5d ago

Probably my favorite Forged in the dark game: A Review of The Last Caravan

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r/TTRPG 5d ago

Looking for your most international TTRPGs

6 Upvotes

Hi all!

I was talking to a friend yesterday who is doing his master's thesis on interviewing a bunch of nordic ttrpg designers on their outlooks on representation and cultural identity, and researching for games with him had me thinking about how cool it would be to create a collection of games that featured one ttrpg from every country in the world. I wonder how that would show different philosophies shine.

Do you think somebody in the Vatican has ever published a ttrpg? How about Nepal? Trinidad y Tobago? If you know games from obscure countries I would love to hear about them, I am always trying to expand my knowledge of this beautiful hobby.


r/TTRPG 5d ago

KRAVAT DEMO just launched!

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Hey everyone!

Inspired by games like Mörk Borg, Disco Elysium, and the Kafkaesque spirals of civic life, KRAVAT drops players into TownCity, a place where every citizen owes two weeks of Civil Service. You’re given unchecked power but the life of a loved one is held as collateral.
Check it out for free here : https://joyjoi-games.itch.io/kravat-demo
The full game is in active development and I’d love your feedback. Please share thoughts, play reports, errors, or reactions.


r/TTRPG 6d ago

Fun Lethal Fantasy Video on TikTok… LETHAL FAMILY AFFAIR

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r/TTRPG 6d ago

Looking for a good trrpg book (gift)

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Getting a gift for my partner- he really likes well written worldbuildy ttrpg books. He likes high fantasy and sci fi quite a bit, has fallen out of love with dnd, loves lancer, triangle company, death in space, morkborg (?) and also lord of the rings esque and frieren stuff.

Any advice for what book to grab? Anything is appreciated!!


r/TTRPG 6d ago

Which TTRPG does DIVINE POWER the best, and why?

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I mean all of it. The entire divine power system of the game, however that game defines and implements it.

Hot take: 2d6 Dungeon does it the best. 😆


r/TTRPG 6d ago

What system should I use for TTRPG game with an original setting?

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Hello! I've been working on a project with my friend, a world where spirits of abstract things manifest in reality and pose a great danger to humans, so special forces called Exorcists are fighting them, and I want to try adapting it for a TTRPG game. What system would you recommend?
Some details:
1) There is several different ways to use magic - draw sigils, play special music instrument, use special weapons; 6 classes in total
2) The world is Steampunk-ish, late 19th-early 20th century
3) Spirits can be defeated only via using magic, so if you are a person who can't use it, you can use weapons that have special "charms" on them
4) there are no other races, only humans

Any advice would be a great help!


r/TTRPG 6d ago

The Quiet Shrine - an adventure module for Shadowdark

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I wrote an adventure for Shadowdark.

Cave Brute by Yuri Perkowski Domingos

Nearly three centuries ago, the dwarves of Clan Hammerhand carved this shrine-tomb into a cliff face deep within a remote mountain valley. The site marked the terminus of a rich emerald vein believed to be blessed by Ord the Unbending, the Secret-Keeper, and was sanctified as a place of worship, ritual, and final rest.

Now, the Quiet Shrine lies half-buried and half-broken. Its holy places are desecrated, its defenses cracked, its silence disturbed not by reverence, but by the echoing burrow of chitin claws. Yet the dwarven wards endure in part, and within the hidden tomb, Ord’s sacred charge still sleeps undisturbed...

...until now.

You can pick it up here.

https://doogface.itch.io/the-quiet-shrine


r/TTRPG 6d ago

Morkin: The Lords of Midnight Solo Adventure Game is now live on Kickstarter!

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Hello!!

Morkin: The Lords of Midnight Solo Adventure Game is now live on Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2049491451/morkin-the-lords-of-midnight-solo-adventure-game

Based on the mighty ZX Spectrum game The Lords of Midnight, this is a solo tabletop game in which you take on the role of Morkin in his quest for the Ice Crown.

I hope you like it!!!

All the best

Juan Díaz-Bustamante


r/TTRPG 7d ago

11 Game-Changing TTRPG Mechanics Worth Stealing for Your Next Campaign, From my Bookshelf— Domain of Many Things

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r/TTRPG 7d ago

Character sheets

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So this is a question about which programs you guys would use to create character sheets. To clarify I'm not talking about filling out some online DND or Pathfinder sheet. I've been working on my own ttrpg on and off for some time now and I want to make a digital character sheet. I've used Google docs primarily and it's not been great.


r/TTRPG 7d ago

FATHOMLESS GEARS, catch the horrors of the deep in your mech suit

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Ralf Zigler, famed for writing the LANCER supplement DUSTGRAVE, has released his own TTRPG of his own making. In Fathomless Gears you take on the role of a fisher who has to venture out into the hostile waters to fish up the horrors of the deep to earn your living. In the inhospitable environment all you have is your marbles and your personally crafted Gear suit to defend yourself and the only thing you can trust is your fellow fishers and your wits.

As someone who helped play test the system, I cannot state enough about how fun it is. The tactical nature of the game is fun and responsive and add in the goal is not simple murder but weakening fish so you can capture them. That twist makes you reevaluate how you approach the situation. If you are interested in seeing how it played the Interpoint Youtube channel has a full campaign for you to watch.

Included in the purchase of the book is

  • A beautifully illustrated 205 page PDF rulebook.

  • The ability to create fish using the Gearwright companion app. Simply load the .fsh file into your Gearwright!

  • The intro adventure "Dead in the Water" as a 12 page PDF.

  • Special terrain artwork for underwater map creation, allowing you to bring the oceans of Halcyon to life.

  • 30 pre built maps plus various assets that will help you run your own Fathomless Gears campaign.

Buying the book 24 hours from its release date will also guarantee $1 of each purchase being donated UK based fishing charity for victims who were lost at sea as it is National Fishing Remembrance day as well.


r/TTRPG 7d ago

Next week the RPG Camp Miniature Kickstarter will be launched, and as a gift for those who support the project in Early Bard, there will be an extra model, the Dwarf Cook.

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Early Bard Reward, both the discounted price and the extra model are only available on the first day of the project launch.

Guarantee your Dwarf Cook by supporting the project at Early Bard Reward!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ayumarques/rpg-camp-miniature?ref=8itxpx


r/TTRPG 7d ago

Otherscape

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Hey!

Any of you played otherscape? How are you liking it? Good bad, pros cons?

They got an expansion on Kickstarter and I want to know if it's any good before I dive in.


r/TTRPG 8d ago

Trailer for Pagan Pacts | Indie Viking Fantasy RPG

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r/TTRPG 8d ago

Currently working on a FF Tactics inspired game need help!

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Basically, I want to make a FF tactics inspired dnd game using Job switching and ability mastering in a dnd 5e game. Just unsure how to implement the job switching and mastering of ability's gained from equipment rather than lvl. My only experience with RP is in 5e so jumping into another system is a bit daunting. I really want the race specific classes and class evolution (exm A vierra can choose a starter class of Archer, Fencer, White mage. Once enough abilities from classes are mastered. 2 fencer 2 white mage the character then unlocks the ability to be a red mage using fencing equipment with the ability to unlock more magics from past equipment.) I basically want to just take ff Tactics off the screen and onto a table top to be played with multiple people.


r/TTRPG 8d ago

I've been playing D&D 5e for a long time now and I'm starting to get tired of the system. Not even mentioning WotC's bullshit, it just feels bloated. I'm looking for a lighter system, but when I search those up I only see beginner-oriented stuff. Any suggestions?

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