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
- F-Sharp ● The bare bones of FATE.
- FUBAR ● You've been screwed … and at least one person wants you dead.
- Fudge ● An early generic RPG.
- Geasa ● A story telling game about fickle fairies.
- Genesys System ● A generic rules-light RPG.
- Ghost Runner ● As a Ghost Runner, you the players must track down rogue Ghosts, pulled from the afterlife and embedded into cybernetic SHELS which are used to hold these spirits to the world.
- Ghosts ● Your fantasy city is under siege. Play both the living and the dead.
- Go Fast, Turn Left ● You play an alien who gets his or her kicks from speeding.
- Gods & Monsters ● An old-school style fantasy RPG.
- GORE ● A d%-based horror RPG.
- Group Works ● 'A Pattern Language for Bringing Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings'
- GUMSHOE SRD ● 'The document is a reference for game designers, and is not tuned to teach the game, or provide a playable game experience.'
- Gunwave ● A system for playing the angsty teens of a mecha anime series.
- Hexpack ● An expansion to the Piecepack.
- High School Hearts ● light tabletop role-playing game of high schoolers dealing with the emotional roller-coaster of adolescence
- Hoard ● Play a growing dragon.
- House of Masks ● In a far off land where mighty sorcerers dwell, the God-King Castor rules from a castle where the spirit realm and physical realm touch, allowing for powerful magics to happen and for a person’s spirit form to take control of one’s body..
- Hyper ● A modular gaming system.
- Icosahedral ● A role-playing game.
- Invulnerable Tabletop Super Hero Roleplaying Game ● 'The Invulnerable RPG Year One Edition allows you to create your own hero, and experience worlds of adventure!'
- Iridium System ● A simple and realistic system combining skills and classes.
- Iron Edda ●
- It Came From The Wide Blue Yonder ● Cthulhu medieval supers.
- JAGS ● A universal generic games system.
- Jazz ● A flexible and easy-to-use game system drawn from many sources.
- Labyrinth Lord ● A retroclone of Basic/Expert D&D.
- Lamentations Of The Fire Princess ● Weird fantasy role-playing.
- Libre: The Open Source Card Game ● 'In a time where time wasn't, Seven Factions struggle for Liberation of the others so that they may live free and without struggle. This is the world of Libre.'
- Little Wars ● A storytelling game HG Wells played with his children.
- Longshot ● A science fiction Western.
- Magic Sword ● A project to clone and improve upon D&D 4E.
- Magpie Codex ● A light and generic fantasy RPG.
- Man & Ubermensch ● A fascist super replaces the US president during WWII.
- Masks ● 'Masks is a pen-and-paper role-playing game of super powered heroes, with addictive character generation and comic-book combat pacing.'
- Mazes & Perils ● 'Mazes & Perils is a game of imagination and role playing in a fantasy world, suitable for ages 10 and up.'
- Men of Stones ● This is a game of drama, of desires, motivations, and downfalls.
- Men Of Stones ● 'This is a game of drama, of desires, motivations, and downfalls. You play characters caught up in a devastating circle of events that can lead only to a tragic fall.'
- Microcosm ● A game from Amagi Games.
- Microlite20 ● A simplified version of the d20 System.
- Midgard ● Play a viking hero on epic adventures.
- Midian ● An intricate and lengthy RPG of dark fantasy.
- Mini Six ● A short and sweet take on the d6 System.
- Mist-Robed Gate ● 'Which is more important: your desire or your life? In the martial arts underworld of Mist-Robed Gate, you can never have both.'
- MULRAH ● An RPG that has undergone considerable changes in recent versions.
- MurderHobos ● "MurderHobos gets to the meat of dungeon crawling: killing things and taking their stuff."
- Mutant Future ● Post-apocalyptic role-playing compatible with Labyrinth Lord.
- Mutants & Masterminds ● A d20 superhero RPG.
- Myriad ● A rules-light modular generic RPG.
- Myth & Magic ● An adaptation of 2E AD&D.
- Nameless Horror ● A horror RPG.
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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