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 proprietary shareable works (that is to say, noncommercial and verbatim works), see Tabletop Games (Shareable Works).
- General
- Role-Playing Games and Story Games
- Solitaire Games
- Live Action Roleplaying Games
- Retroclones
- Boardgames
- Miniatures Games
- Card Games
Tabletop Games
- 100/3 RPG ● 'A percentile RPG on a single page where player characters consist of 3 attributes (Violence, Elegance and Intelligence), a profession, a one-sentenced description of their wishes and weaknesses and two hit points (body and insanity).'
- 13th Age ● 'This is the home of the 13th Age / Archmage Engine system reference document. It contains all the open content from the 13th Age RPG – the Archmage Engine.'
- 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
- 4SRD ● A project to closely clone D&D 4E.
- 6d6 RPG ● A universal RPG.
- A World of Fire and Sand ● A freeform game. The author says "I got so excited by the Dark Sun campaign setting‘s calendar that I wrote a totally different"
- Action! System ● "The Action! System Core Rules provide all of the basic rules necessary to create and play a role-playing game. Create adventures and characters based on your favorite movies, TV shows or novels."
- AdventureLand ● 'AdventureLand is a small, 4 pages RPG [written] in a hurry (about 6 hours) for advanced role-players.'
- Adventurer Conquerer King System ● 'Autarch's Adventurer Conqueror King System fulfills the promise of the original fantasy role-playing game by providing comprehensive, integrated support for play across all levels of a campaign.'
- Adventures Of The Space Patrol ● Retro-Cute Sci-Fi Role-Playing
- Adventures on Dungeon Planet ● 'Adventures on Dungeon Planet is a science fantasy supplement for the award-winning role-playing game Dungeon World.'
- Alchemy System ● A modified d20 game set in its own universe.
- Anima Prime ● A fast-paced RPG inspired by manga and anime.
- Animalball Melee ● A simplified d20 System for gladiatorial combat.
- Arkfall ● A World of Dungeons hack that allows you to play post-apoc sci-fi.
- 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.
- AutoWar ● Tabletop Game set in a wastland with cars
- Awen ● A fantasy RPG.
- Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut ●
- 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.
- Blood, Guts & Glory ● 'Blood, Guts & Glory is a pen-and-paper role-playing game of fantasy adventure. As the name would suggest, the game is in a somewhat "gritty" mould with the emphasis on visceral combat where you get specific injuries such as broken bones, torn muscles, burns and the like.'
- Bloody Forks ● A LARP about the French and American battles before the War of Independence. 11 players.
- Blue Rose ● A d20-based RPG.
- Brigandine ● 'Brigandine is a 28mm skirmish-level fantasy wargame that aims for speed and simplicity.'
- Bulletproof Blues ● 'Welcome to Bulletproof Blues: a "rules light" superhero roleplaying game set in the universe of Kalos Comics.'
- Cap & Trade ● A game to teach people about carbon pricing.
- Cardenio's Daughter ● "Cardenio has a problem. He seems to be slipping between realities."
- Cascade Failure ● Life in a post-apocalyptic future.
- Circe ● One of the first games to be open source.
- Codename: Spandex ● 'Codename: Spanded is a retro-clone game that emulates the game mechanics of another out-of-print game [Golden Heroes] without using any of the copyrighted artistic presentation.'
- Conquering Corsairs ● A deck-building card game.
- Contagion ● A free wargame.
- Core Elements ● A distillation of the d20 System in just seven pages.
- Crash!/Lanterns of The Dead ● "Crash / Lanterns of the Dead is two game in one: a game about a crashed astronaut, and a game about an alien culture."
- Critical!: Go Westerly ● A light and light-hearted RPG.
- Cyberpunk Remix ● This game is about your crazy friends and family.
- D100II SRD ● This allows you to play the old d100 games.
- 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.
- D6Pool ● A tabletop RPG set in modern times.
- Dangers & Dweomers ● A merger of Swords & Wizardry and Basic Fantasy.
- Dan's Diminutive D20 ● Quick and easy d20 role-playing.
- Daring Adventures ● 'Daring Adventures offers quick, no-prep superhero roleplaying, roughly in the style of golden age comics.'
- Dark Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on the Rules Cyclopedia.
Tabletop Game Resources
- A Spark in Fate Core ● 'This is an expansion of the (soon to be) award winning Fate Core, focussing on the process of collaborative world building. It includes some of the concepts found in The Spark RPG and helps you build an engaging setting with a history, fraught with danger and potential for growth.'
- Abulafia ● A collection of random concept and word generators for story gamers.
- Bad Habits ● A Fiasco playset about backstabbing nuns.
- Bounty Hunter Blues ● A playset for the Fiasco role-playing game
- Dragon 2000 All You Can Eat ● A shady Chinese restaurant is the setting for a Fiasco playset.
- Fantastic Classes Codex ● Classes for Dungeon World.
- Fantasy Generators for World of Dungeons and Other Games ● Situation generators for fantasy games.
- Ganakagok Cards ● Cards for the game Ganakagok.
- Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content, primarily for Dungeons & Dragons.
- Hierarchy of Interface for Tabletop Games ● How people interact with tabletop games.
- Keeping On The Borderlands ● A Fiasco playset parodying Dungeons & Dragons.
- Khas Fara, Village of Fear ● An evil witch has taken over a small town.
- News Of The Empire ● A one-page Victorian steampunk setting, written in newspaper format
- One Page Dungeon Contest 2011 ● A collection of rules-free dungeons on one page each.
- PCGen ● A character generator for the d20 System.
- Skeksis Cards for Ganakagok ● Skeksis from the Dark Crystal on cards.
- Slacking through the Sandbox ● How to put together a slacker's sandbox.
- Take on Establishments ● '[A] collection of physical establishments and locations, brief descriptions (sights, sounds, smells), an NPC, and corresponding moves for Dungeon World.'
- Take on Magic Items ● '"Take On Magic Items" is a collection of magic items for Dungeon World, though a clever game master could easily translate these items into the fantasy system of choice, especially systems that encourage rulings not rules.'
- The Green ● A Donjon supplement by Valent Games.
- The Lands of the Dead ● 'This [Dungeon World] supplement is a resource to help you and your players create interesting, exciting, mysterious and dangerous lives after death.'
- 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.
- Unlikely Treasures 1 ● Tables of treasures for dungeon-crawling fantasy.
- 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.
- Animalball Partners ● A website that hosted tabletop games.
- Artikid ● "[A]n Italian full-time web-developer, part-time illustrator and games geek."
- Bedroom Wall Press ● 'Designer of Hulks and Horrors, Heaven's Shadow, and Drums of War.'
- Berengad Games ● A publisher of story games.
- Beyond Belief Games ● Swords & Wizardry ports.
- Bill Browne ● RPG creator.
- 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.
- 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.
- Green Ronin Publishing ● An RPG publisher.
- Greg Christopher ● An author of RPGs.
- HG Wells ● A famous author.
- Interactivities Ink ● A creator of games you can print and play.
- James D Hargrove ● An author.
- Jason Morningstar ● Game designer for Bully Pulpit Games.
- Jeff Moore ● An RPG author.
- Joe Banner ● Writes adventures for Dungeon World.
- Johnstone Metzger ● A game designer.
- Josh Roby ● A game designer.
- Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.
- Mongoose Publishing ● A game publisher.
- Pelgrane Press ● An RPG publisher.
- Rafu ● Rafu, or Raffaele Manzo, is a game designer.
- Ronin Arts ● A publisher.
- Sage LaTorra ● RPG designer.
- Sand & Steam ● An RPG company.
- Stuart Chaplin ● Story game author.
- Tabletop Battles ● A website.
- TakeOnRules ● A publisher.
- Teapot Dome Games ● A publisher of free role-playing games.
- Telecanter ● A tabletop RPG website.
- (un)Playable_G4mes ● 'Where game ideas come to die'
- Wizards of the Coast ● A game publisher.
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