Tabletop Games (Common Content)

Games that you play face-to-face with others.

This page shows all common content games. For a list that only contains free, libre and open works, see Tabletop Games (Libre)

For more details on the laws surrounding tabletop gaming copyright, see Protection from Chaos.

General

Tabletop Games

• 3: Unnatural Encounters ● Contemporary, surreal horror where the highest goal is surviving more or less intact.
• 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
• 6d6 RPG ● A universal RPG.
• Ad Astra ● A science fiction campaign setting.
• Advanced Dungeon Squad ● Liam Brennan takes a shot at improving Dungeon Squad.
• Adventures In The 41st Millennium ● A modification of Dungeon Squad for the Warhammer 40K universe.
• Adventures Of The Space Patrol ● Retro-Cute Sci-Fi Role-Playing
• Adventure Squad Core ● A Dungeon Squad hack for adventure games of any time period.
• A+ Fantasy ● A fantasy RPG.
• Alchemy System ● A modified d20 game set in its own universe.
• Alien Survivor ● Fight off the alien menace in this Lady Blackbird hack.
• All The King's Men ● Back from the Crusades, you must kill the bandit lord Robin Hood.
• Altars & Archetypes ● A dungeoncrawling fantasy role-playing game.
• Alternate Dungeon Squad ● A different take on Dungeon Squad by Liam Brennan.
• "and Bake For 15 Minutes" Fudge ● "a simple character creation and brief game play paradigm for Grey Ghost Press's Fudge RPG"
• Animalball Melee ● A simplified d20 System for gladiatorial combat.
• Anima Prime ● A fast-paced RPG inspired by manga and anime.
• Army Brats ● "Welcome to Fort Biloxi. Your parents have sent you to military school to "help you focus". What could be scarier than military school? How about being one of the new kids? Luckily, you have a cunning plan. You and the other new kids (the other players) are going to try to get expelled so you can go back to public school with all your friends."
• As The Tea Leaves Grow ● Small Toad – youngest student of Master Iron Willow – gave the rarest tea flower in Master Iron Willow's considerable collection to a passing beauty.
• Astral Dreams ● A space opera miniatures wargame.
• A Wanderer's Romance ● A game of earth, air, fire, water and balance.
• A World of Fire and Sand ● A freeform game inspired by Dark Sun.
• Backswords & Bucklers ● Fantasy dungeoncrawling in Elizabethan England.
• BADASS ● An RPG of high octane action.
• Bad Attitudes ● An action movie RPG.
• Badgerbrough Inquisitive ● Information about a fantasy world, in the form of a newspaper.
• Bajjutsu Master ● A parlour game where you 'fight' your enemies.
• Bank Robbery LARP ● A LARP about bank robbery which doesn't quite work.
• Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game ● A fusion of Basic D&D with D&D 3E to create a simple, light-weight game.
• Beast Hunters ● Tattooed hunters of beasts use their fiendish blood for sorcery.
• Blackbird Pie ● A semi-open, generic Hackbird.
• Bloody Forks ● A LARP about the French and American battles before the War of Independence.
• Bloody Forks Of The Ohio ● A Lady Blackbird hack where George Washington faces off against the French.
• Boarsdraft ● Wizards at a wizarding school, trying to pass their classes while fighting evil.
• BrikWars ● "BrikWars is the plastic-brick wargaming system that throws the peaceful worlds of your favorite construction toys into wanton chaos and destruction!"
• Cap & Trade ● A game to teach people about carbon pricing.
• Cards Against Humanity ● A free do-it-yourself party game where you match cards in humorous ways
• Cascade Failure ● Life in a post-apocalyptic future.
• Castle Blackbird ● A Gothic horror role-playing game.
• Chronicles ● A fantasy game.
• Circe ● One of the first games to be open source.
• Companies & Carpools ● Try not to go murderously insane!
• Confrontation Chess ● Turn Chess into a tactical miniatures game.
• Console ● An RPG for emulating console video games.
• Contagion ● A free wargame.
• Core Elements ● A distillation of the d20 System in just seven pages.
• Crawling for Cash ● Bleak, nihilistic dungeon-crawling.
• Critical!: Go Westerly ● A light and light-hearted RPG.
• Cyberpunk Remix ● This game is about your crazy friends and family.
• d20 Anime ● Play magical girls, sorcerers and mecha pilots using everyone's favourite system.

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Tabletop Game Resources

• Abulafia ● A collection of random concept and word generators for story gamers.
• Adventure Squad Abilities ● A supplement for Dungeon Squad from Domino Writing.
• Anchorhold ● A complete RPG setting.
• ARDWIN ● A REIGN setting that explores race, genetics and cultural identity. (REIGN Supplement #14)
• Bad Habits ● A Fiasco playset about backstabbing nuns.
• City of Rain, City of Darkness ● A setting without a game.
• Dragon 2000 All You Can Eat ● A shady Chinese restaurant is the setting for a Fiasco playset.
• Dungeon Squad Companion ● New options for Dungeon Squad.
• Ganakagok Cards ● Cards for the game Ganakagok.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content, primarily for Dungeons & Dragons.
• Island of Eo ● A Risus supplement.
• Keeping On The Borderlands ● A Fiasco playset parodying Dungeons & Dragons.
• Khas Fara, Village of Fear ● An evil witch has taken over a small town.
• Lady Blackbird Companion ● A setting and rules companion to Lady Blackbird.
• Merchants' Reach ● A supplement for Rivers and Lakes that brings wuxia action into a ciy environment, with NPCs, factions and rules for firearms.
• Night of the Sevens ● A supplement for Rivers and Lakes containing optional rules and a series of linked quests.
• One Page Dungeon Contest 2011 ● A collection of rules-free dungeons on one page each.
• One Roll Monsters ● Randomly generate monsters for REIGN.
• One Roll Spells ● Randomly generate spells for REIGN.
• Out for Blood ● Unofficial supplement for Feng Shui.
• Out of the Violent Planet ● A REIGN supplement, where humans match alien supertechnology with unrelenting violence. (REIGN Supplement #15)
• REIGN Supplement 16 ● A 'grab bag of rules support. Nain, Ardwin and Out of the Violent Planet all get expanded material, but much of it is perfectly adaptable to any REIGN game at all, full stop.'
• Secret Santicore 2011 ● A collection of role-playing material.
• Skeksis Cards for Ganakagok ● Skeksis from the Dark Crystal on cards.
• Slacking through the Sandbox ● How to put together a slacker's sandbox.
• Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque ● Horror role-playing resource.
• The First Year of Our REIGN ● Supplements 1 to 6 for REIGN.
• The Green ● A Donjon supplement by Valent Games.
• The Kingdom of Nain ● A wizarding setting for REIGN. (REIGN Supplement #13)
• The Later Blue Book of Amaxathroth the Cursed ● A Sorcerer supplement.
• The Penthouse ● A Fiasco playset.
• The Second Year of Our REIGN ● Supplements 7 to 12 for REIGN.
• The World of Glain ● A setting for use with any D&D style game.
• Twisted Space ● An encounter for the RPG Dungeons & Dragons 4E.
• Voidspanners ● A swashbuckling space adventure for Basic Fantasy RPG.
• vs Elves ● A supplement for vs Monsters.
• Weapons & Gear ● A Ronin Arts gear book for 4C System.
• World of Nevermore ● A setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
• You All Meet In A Tavern ● 'As a fledgling adventurer you have decided that the best way to get into the business is by attending the monthly Adventurer-Nite at the local White Griffon Tavern.'

Sources of Tabletop Games

• 1KM1KT ● A host of gratis role-playing games.
• Alderon's Tower ● Chris Gonnerman's website.
• Amagi Games ● A game company which publishes libre tabletop games and supplements.
• Artikid ● "[A]n Italian full-time web-developer, part-time illustrator and games geek."
• Ben Wright ● A designer of common content tabletop games.
• Berengad Games ● A publisher of story games.
• Brent P Newhall ● A NASA web developer and game designer.
• Chris Sakkas ● A fan of free culture.
• CRN Games ● A publisher of fun and eclectic games.
• Crystal Obelisk ● A collection of resources for medieval study and tabletop gaming.
• D101 Games ● A small press RPG company.
• Daniel Solis ● An artist and game designer.
• Domino Writing ● "I have been a tabletop gamer for about 25 years, mostly with pen-and-paper role playing games."
• Evil Hat Productions ● A small press RPG company.
• Goblinoid Games ● A publisher of retro-style tabletop games.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content from other sources.
• Gratis Games ● A provider of free retroclones.
• Greg Christopher ● An author of RPGs.
• Greg Stolze ● An RPG designer.
• Hereticwerks ● A blog of roleplaying content.
• Jason Morningstar ● Game designer for Bully Pulpit Games.
• Jeff Moore ● An RPG author.
• Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.
• Liam Brennan ● An RPG designer.
• Machine Age Productions ● A publisher of tabletop roleplaying games.
• one.seven design studio ● John Harper's indie publishing outfit.
• Sage LaTorra ● RPG designer.
• Sand & Steam ● An RPG company.
• Stargazer's World ● A role-playing blog.
• Stuart Chaplin ● Story game author.
• Teapot Dome Games ● A publisher of free role-playing games.
• Telecanter ● A tabletop RPG website.
• Valent Games ● An RPG publisher, now giving its works away gratis.

Role-Playing Games and Story Games

RPGs and Story Games

• 3: Unnatural Encounters ● Contemporary, surreal horror where the highest goal is surviving more or less intact.
• 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
• 6d6 RPG ● A universal RPG.
• Adventures In The 41st Millennium ● A modification of Dungeon Squad for the Warhammer 40K universe.
• Adventures Of The Space Patrol ● Retro-Cute Sci-Fi Role-Playing
• Adventure Squad Core ● A Dungeon Squad hack for adventure games of any time period.
• A+ Fantasy ● A fantasy RPG.
• Alchemy System ● A modified d20 game set in its own universe.
• Alien Survivor ● Fight off the alien menace in this Lady Blackbird hack.
• All The King's Men ● Back from the Crusades, you must kill the bandit lord Robin Hood.
• Altars & Archetypes ● A dungeoncrawling fantasy role-playing game.
• Alternate Dungeon Squad ● A different take on Dungeon Squad by Liam Brennan.
• "and Bake For 15 Minutes" Fudge ● "a simple character creation and brief game play paradigm for Grey Ghost Press's Fudge RPG"
• Animalball Melee ● A simplified d20 System for gladiatorial combat.
• Anima Prime ● A fast-paced RPG inspired by manga and anime.
• As The Tea Leaves Grow ● Small Toad – youngest student of Master Iron Willow – gave the rarest tea flower in Master Iron Willow's considerable collection to a passing beauty.
• A Wanderer's Romance ● A game of earth, air, fire, water and balance.
• A World of Fire and Sand ● A freeform game inspired by Dark Sun.
• Backswords & Bucklers ● Fantasy dungeoncrawling in Elizabethan England.
• BADASS ● An RPG of high octane action.
• Bad Attitudes ● An action movie RPG.
• Badgerbrough Inquisitive ● Information about a fantasy world, in the form of a newspaper.
• Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game ● A fusion of Basic D&D with D&D 3E to create a simple, light-weight game.
• Beast Hunters ● Tattooed hunters of beasts use their fiendish blood for sorcery.
• Blackbird Pie ● A semi-open, generic Hackbird.
• Bloody Forks Of The Ohio ● A Lady Blackbird hack where George Washington faces off against the French.
• Boarsdraft ● Wizards at a wizarding school, trying to pass their classes while fighting evil.
• Cap & Trade ● A game to teach people about carbon pricing.
• Cascade Failure ● Life in a post-apocalyptic future.
• Castle Blackbird ● A Gothic horror role-playing game.
• Chronicles ● A fantasy game.
• Circe ● One of the first games to be open source.
• Companies & Carpools ● Try not to go murderously insane!
• Console ● An RPG for emulating console video games.
• Contagion ● A free wargame.
• Core Elements ● A distillation of the d20 System in just seven pages.
• Crawling for Cash ● Bleak, nihilistic dungeon-crawling.
• Critical!: Go Westerly ● A light and light-hearted RPG.
• Cyberpunk Remix ● This game is about your crazy friends and family.
• d20 Anime ● Play magical girls, sorcerers and mecha pilots using everyone's favourite system.
• d20 Modern ● Modern role-playing, from occult investigation to special ops and anything in between.
• d20 Open Mass Combat System ● A free wargame.
• Danger Mountain ● Play in a 1970s environmental movie.
• Danger Patrol ● A role-playing game set in the sci-fi imaginings of the 1950s.
• Dangers & Dweomers ● A merger of Swords & Wizardry and Basic Fantasy.
• Danger Squad 2 ● A fantasy RPG designed for quick play and no fuss.
• Dan's Diminutive D20 ● Quick and easy d20 role-playing.
• Dark Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on the Rules Cyclopedia.
• Darkening Skies ● An unofficial sequel to Lady Blackbird.
• Darker Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on a streamlined version of the Rules Cyclopedia.

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RPG and Story Game Resources

• Abulafia ● A collection of random concept and word generators for story gamers.
• Adventure Squad Abilities ● A supplement for Dungeon Squad from Domino Writing.
• Anchorhold ● A complete RPG setting.
• ARDWIN ● A REIGN setting that explores race, genetics and cultural identity. (REIGN Supplement #14)
• Bad Habits ● A Fiasco playset about backstabbing nuns.
• City of Rain, City of Darkness ● A setting without a game.
• Dragon 2000 All You Can Eat ● A shady Chinese restaurant is the setting for a Fiasco playset.
• Dungeon Squad Companion ● New options for Dungeon Squad.
• Ganakagok Cards ● Cards for the game Ganakagok.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content, primarily for Dungeons & Dragons.
• Island of Eo ● A Risus supplement.
• Keeping On The Borderlands ● A Fiasco playset parodying Dungeons & Dragons.
• Khas Fara, Village of Fear ● An evil witch has taken over a small town.
• Lady Blackbird Companion ● A setting and rules companion to Lady Blackbird.
• Merchants' Reach ● A supplement for Rivers and Lakes that brings wuxia action into a ciy environment, with NPCs, factions and rules for firearms.
• Night of the Sevens ● A supplement for Rivers and Lakes containing optional rules and a series of linked quests.
• One Page Dungeon Contest 2011 ● A collection of rules-free dungeons on one page each.
• One Roll Monsters ● Randomly generate monsters for REIGN.
• One Roll Spells ● Randomly generate spells for REIGN.
• Out for Blood ● Unofficial supplement for Feng Shui.
• Out of the Violent Planet ● A REIGN supplement, where humans match alien supertechnology with unrelenting violence. (REIGN Supplement #15)
• REIGN Supplement 16 ● A 'grab bag of rules support. Nain, Ardwin and Out of the Violent Planet all get expanded material, but much of it is perfectly adaptable to any REIGN game at all, full stop.'
• Secret Santicore 2011 ● A collection of role-playing material.
• Skeksis Cards for Ganakagok ● Skeksis from the Dark Crystal on cards.
• Slacking through the Sandbox ● How to put together a slacker's sandbox.
• Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque ● Horror role-playing resource.
• The First Year of Our REIGN ● Supplements 1 to 6 for REIGN.
• The Green ● A Donjon supplement by Valent Games.
• The Kingdom of Nain ● A wizarding setting for REIGN. (REIGN Supplement #13)
• The Later Blue Book of Amaxathroth the Cursed ● A Sorcerer supplement.
• Theonosis ● A crowdsourced fantasy setting.
• The Penthouse ● A Fiasco playset.
• The Second Year of Our REIGN ● Supplements 7 to 12 for REIGN.
• The World of Glain ● A setting for use with any D&D style game.
• Twisted Space ● An encounter for the RPG Dungeons & Dragons 4E.
• Voidspanners ● A swashbuckling space adventure for Basic Fantasy RPG.
• vs Elves ● A supplement for vs Monsters.
• Weapons & Gear ● A Ronin Arts gear book for 4C System.
• World of Nevermore ● A setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
• You All Meet In A Tavern ● 'As a fledgling adventurer you have decided that the best way to get into the business is by attending the monthly Adventurer-Nite at the local White Griffon Tavern.'

Sources of RPGs and Story Games

• 1KM1KT ● A host of gratis role-playing games.
• Alderon's Tower ● Chris Gonnerman's website.
• Amagi Games ● A game company which publishes libre tabletop games and supplements.
• Artikid ● "[A]n Italian full-time web-developer, part-time illustrator and games geek."
• Ben Wright ● A designer of common content tabletop games.
• Berengad Games ● A publisher of story games.
• Brent P Newhall ● A NASA web developer and game designer.
• Chris Sakkas ● A fan of free culture.
• CRN Games ● A publisher of fun and eclectic games.
• Crystal Obelisk ● A collection of resources for medieval study and tabletop gaming.
• D101 Games ● A small press RPG company.
• Domino Writing ● "I have been a tabletop gamer for about 25 years, mostly with pen-and-paper role playing games."
• Evil Hat Productions ● A small press RPG company.
• Goblinoid Games ● A publisher of retro-style tabletop games.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content from other sources.
• Gratis Games ● A provider of free retroclones.
• Greg Christopher ● An author of RPGs.
• Greg Stolze ● An RPG designer.
• Hereticwerks ● A blog of roleplaying content.
• Jason Morningstar ● Game designer for Bully Pulpit Games.
• Jeff Moore ● An RPG author.
• Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.
• Liam Brennan ● An RPG designer.
• Machine Age Productions ● A publisher of tabletop roleplaying games.
• one.seven design studio ● John Harper's indie publishing outfit.
• Sage LaTorra ● RPG designer.
• Sand & Steam ● An RPG company.
• Stargazer's World ● A role-playing blog.
• Stuart Chaplin ● Story game author.
• Teapot Dome Games ● A publisher of free role-playing games.
• Telecanter ● A tabletop RPG website.
• Valent Games ● An RPG publisher, now giving its works away gratis.

Solitaire Games

Solitaire Games

• Deathtrap Dungeon ● A Parsley adventure.
• Storyleaves ● A solitaire game that tells a story.
• The Plant ● A solo RPG where you play someone crawling around the innards of a power plant.
• Twenty One Turn Hero ● A curious one-page RPG where you face off against dragons and sorcerers.

Solitaire Game Resources

Sources of Solitaire Games

• Jason Morningstar ● Game designer for Bully Pulpit Games.

Live Action Roleplaying Games

LARPs

• Bank Robbery LARP ● A LARP about bank robbery which doesn't quite work.
• Bloody Forks ● A LARP about the French and American battles before the War of Independence.
• News Hole ● A LARP about the death of journalism.
• Providence Junction ● A Western LARP of small town secrets.
• Ruritania: 1844 ● A live-action role-playing game set in an alternate pseudo-history.
• Science Fiction Mystery ● A science fiction LARP.
• Second String Superheroes ● A LARP about incompetent superheroes.
• Sufficiently Advanced Technologies ● A LARP inspired by Doctor Who.

LARP Resources

Sources of LARPs

Retroclones

Retroclones

• 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
• Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game ● A fusion of Basic D&D with D&D 3E to create a simple, light-weight game.
• Dangers & Dweomers ● A merger of Swords & Wizardry and Basic Fantasy.
• Dark Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on the Rules Cyclopedia.
• Darker Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on a streamlined version of the Rules Cyclopedia.
• Dark Passages ● A modern fusion and re-organisation of 0E and 1E rules.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• For Gold & Glory ● A retroclone of 2E AD&D.
• Labyrinth Lord ● A retroclone of Basic/Expert D&D.
• Lamentations Of The Fire Princess ● Weird fantasy role-playing.
• Myth & Magic ● An adaptation of 2E AD&D.
• OSRIC ● A retroclone of 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons.
• Pathfinder ● A role-playing game based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.
• Project 74 ● A rules-lite game that works only in conjunction with early editions of Dungeons & Dragons
• Rage, Precognition, Grace ● OSR Fantasy RPG based on Steve Jackson's "The Fantasy Trip" with updated rules and original races (no elves, dwarves, or halflings).
• Spellcraft & Swordplay ● A retro role-playing game that combines Chainmail and Original Dungeons & Dragons.
• Swords & Wizardry ● A retroclone of original and whitebox Dungeons & Dragons.
• The 52 Pages ● An old school tabletop RPG with each concept explained on one page.
• The Big Brown Book ● A take on 0E D&D that avoids using d20s altogether.
• Torch & Sword ● A retroclone of 0D&D.
• Warrior & Wizard ● A retroclone of The Fantasy Trip.
• ZeFRS ● A retroclone of TSR's Conan RPG.

Retroclone Resources

Sources of Retroclones

• Artikid ● "[A]n Italian full-time web-developer, part-time illustrator and games geek."
• Goblinoid Games ● A publisher of retro-style tabletop games.
• Gratis Games ● A provider of free retroclones.
• Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.

Boardgames

Boardgames

• Army Brats ● "Welcome to Fort Biloxi. Your parents have sent you to military school to "help you focus". What could be scarier than military school? How about being one of the new kids? Luckily, you have a cunning plan. You and the other new kids (the other players) are going to try to get expelled so you can go back to public school with all your friends."
• Confrontation Chess ● Turn Chess into a tactical miniatures game.
• Hunters And Haunts ● A board game played on two different boards.
• Kodrek ● A three-way game of shifting alliances.
• Monsters Menace Monopoly ● Spice up your Monopoly game with Godzilla.
• Push ● A board game played on a chess or chequers board.
• Take-Back-Toe ● A simple, abstract board game.

Boardgame Resources

Sources of Boardgames

• Domino Writing ● "I have been a tabletop gamer for about 25 years, mostly with pen-and-paper role playing games."