Tabletop Games (Libre)

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

This page only shows free, libre and open tabletop games. For a list that includes semi-libre (that is to say, noncommercial and verbatim works), see Tabletop Games (Common Content).

General

Tabletop Games

• 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
• 6d6 RPG ● A universal RPG.
• Adventures Of The Space Patrol ● Retro-Cute Sci-Fi Role-Playing
• Alchemy System ● A modified d20 game set in its own universe.
• 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 World of Fire and Sand ● A freeform game inspired by Dark Sun.
• Backswords & Bucklers ● Fantasy dungeoncrawling in Elizabethan England.
• 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.
• Bloody Forks ● A LARP about the French and American battles before the War of Independence.
• 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.
• Circe ● One of the first games to be open source.
• Contagion ● A free wargame.
• Core Elements ● A distillation of the d20 System in just seven pages.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Death Takes A Holiday ● When Death takes a holiday, a hapless family of ghosts must shepherd the dearly departed.
• Department Nine ● Oracular spies fighting the future and Greek myths.
• Destiny System ● A universal RPG.
• Diaspora ● Singularity FATE-based role-playing.
• Dominion Rules ● Medieval classless fantasy role-playing.
• Donjon ● A fantasy dungeoncrawl game with significant player narrative control.
• Dresden Files RPG ● A FATE RPG about modern magic.
• Drowning & Falling ● The Fantasy Role-Playing Game of Adventure and Death from Drowning and Falling
• Dulse ● A game about relationships, ideals, and the choices we make to preserve or destroy them.
• Dungeons Daring ● A fantasy RPG designed by a committee.
• Dungeons & Dragons 3E ● The third edition of the world's most popular roleplaying game.
• Dungeon World ● An RPG based on Apocalypse World for dungeoncrawling adventure.
• Edition Thirteen ● A new take on the 4C System
• Enchanted Realms ● Role-playing with cards.
• Engine Heart ● An RPG in a post-human world.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• Errant RPG ● A fantasy role-playing game.
• FAST ● A light and simple skill-based RPG.

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Tabletop Game Resources

• Abulafia ● A collection of random concept and word generators for story gamers.
• Bad Habits ● A Fiasco playset about backstabbing nuns.
• Dragon 2000 All You Can Eat ● A shady Chinese restaurant is the setting for a Fiasco playset.
• Ganakagok Cards ● Cards for the game Ganakagok.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content, primarily for Dungeons & Dragons.
• Keeping On The Borderlands ● A Fiasco playset parodying Dungeons & Dragons.
• Khas Fara, Village of Fear ● An evil witch has taken over a small town.
• One Page Dungeon Contest 2011 ● A collection of rules-free dungeons on one page each.
• Skeksis Cards for Ganakagok ● Skeksis from the Dark Crystal on cards.
• Slacking through the Sandbox ● How to put together a slacker's sandbox.
• The Green ● A Donjon supplement by Valent Games.
• The Later Blue Book of Amaxathroth the Cursed ● A Sorcerer supplement.
• The Penthouse ● A Fiasco playset.
• 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.
• 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."
• 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.
• 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.
• Jason Morningstar ● Game designer for Bully Pulpit Games.
• Jeff Moore ● An RPG author.
• Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.
• Sage LaTorra ● RPG designer.
• Stuart Chaplin ● Story game author.
• Teapot Dome Games ● A publisher of free role-playing games.
• Telecanter ● A tabletop RPG website.

Role-Playing Games and Story Games

RPGs and Story Games

• 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
• 6d6 RPG ● A universal RPG.
• Adventures Of The Space Patrol ● Retro-Cute Sci-Fi Role-Playing
• Alchemy System ● A modified d20 game set in its own universe.
• 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 World of Fire and Sand ● A freeform game inspired by Dark Sun.
• Backswords & Bucklers ● Fantasy dungeoncrawling in Elizabethan England.
• 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.
• 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.
• Circe ● One of the first games to be open source.
• Contagion ● A free wargame.
• Core Elements ● A distillation of the d20 System in just seven pages.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Death Takes A Holiday ● When Death takes a holiday, a hapless family of ghosts must shepherd the dearly departed.
• Department Nine ● Oracular spies fighting the future and Greek myths.
• Destiny System ● A universal RPG.
• Diaspora ● Singularity FATE-based role-playing.
• Dominion Rules ● Medieval classless fantasy role-playing.
• Donjon ● A fantasy dungeoncrawl game with significant player narrative control.
• Dresden Files RPG ● A FATE RPG about modern magic.
• Drowning & Falling ● The Fantasy Role-Playing Game of Adventure and Death from Drowning and Falling
• Dulse ● A game about relationships, ideals, and the choices we make to preserve or destroy them.
• Dungeons Daring ● A fantasy RPG designed by a committee.
• Dungeons & Dragons 3E ● The third edition of the world's most popular roleplaying game.
• Dungeon World ● An RPG based on Apocalypse World for dungeoncrawling adventure.
• Edition Thirteen ● A new take on the 4C System
• Enchanted Realms ● Role-playing with cards.
• Engine Heart ● An RPG in a post-human world.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• Errant RPG ● A fantasy role-playing game.
• FAST ● A light and simple skill-based RPG.
• FATE ● A universal game based on the FATE engine.
• Fire & Sword ● An evolution of RuneQuest.
• Five By Five ● An original game system and toolkit.
• Floor Games ● A storytelling game HG Wells played with his children.

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RPG and Story Game Resources

• Abulafia ● A collection of random concept and word generators for story gamers.
• Bad Habits ● A Fiasco playset about backstabbing nuns.
• Dragon 2000 All You Can Eat ● A shady Chinese restaurant is the setting for a Fiasco playset.
• Ganakagok Cards ● Cards for the game Ganakagok.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content, primarily for Dungeons & Dragons.
• Keeping On The Borderlands ● A Fiasco playset parodying Dungeons & Dragons.
• Khas Fara, Village of Fear ● An evil witch has taken over a small town.
• One Page Dungeon Contest 2011 ● A collection of rules-free dungeons on one page each.
• Skeksis Cards for Ganakagok ● Skeksis from the Dark Crystal on cards.
• Slacking through the Sandbox ● How to put together a slacker's sandbox.
• The Green ● A Donjon supplement by Valent Games.
• The Later Blue Book of Amaxathroth the Cursed ● A Sorcerer supplement.
• Theonosis ● A crowdsourced fantasy setting.
• The Penthouse ● A Fiasco playset.
• 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.
• 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."
• 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.
• 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.
• Jason Morningstar ● Game designer for Bully Pulpit Games.
• Jeff Moore ● An RPG author.
• Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.
• Sage LaTorra ● RPG designer.
• Stuart Chaplin ● Story game author.
• Teapot Dome Games ● A publisher of free role-playing games.
• Telecanter ● A tabletop RPG website.

Solitaire Games

Solitaire Games

• 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.
• Providence Junction ● A Western LARP of small town secrets.
• 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.
• 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."
• Push ● A board game played on a chess or chequers board.

Boardgame Resources

Sources of Boardgames