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
- Necronautica ● A game of heroic soldiers fighting against an alien invasion.
- Not-Too-Silly Stories ● A rules-light, GMless game designed for children.
- Number Appearing ● A Dungeon World supplement.
- Old Messila ● Billy the Kid is on a train to Old Messila, doomed to hanging in this Hackbird.
- omnibus.io ● A Dungeon World database.
- One Page Dungeon Contest 2012 ● Over a hundred one-page dungeons.
- One Shot ● 'A Roleplaying Game of Sacrifice and Vengeance'
- Open Adventure ● 'Open Adventure is a full-featured tabletop adventure game that offers out-of-box support for medieval fantasy and science-fiction expeditions.'
- Open4E ● 'This system is intended to be a streamlined and open tactical RPG. The primary source of inspiration is Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition.'
- OpenD6 ● The popular D6 System finally released as open.
- OpenQuest ● A complete and easy to play fantasy roleplaying game, with monsters, magic and exotic locales. OpenQuest uses the classic D100 rules mechanic, which uses percentages to express the chance of success or failure.
- Organic Rules Components ● A role-playing game that promises to model physics and biology.
- Osprey ● A generic role-playing engine.
- OSRIC ● A retroclone of 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons.
- Ostermark: The Butterforger ● A surreal game of the law set in the Old World.
- Pantheon ● 'Pantheon is a storytelling game about a hero’s journey and the trials devised by the gods.'
- Pathfinder ● A role-playing game based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.
- Perfect20 ● A variant on D&D 3e.
- PFSRD ● A collection of Pathfinder official and third party materials.
- Phantom 52 ● 'A supernatural storytelling RPG'
- Piecepack ● A set of pieces you can use to play many games.
- Pollies ● A generic dice-based RPG.
- Powers For Good ● 'Powers For Good is a fast-moving roleplaying game of team superheroics in the style of comic books such as Legion of Superheroes and New X-men, or TV shows like Justice League. Together with your friends you can create an entire team of superheroes in just a few minutes and leap into whatever the GM has stewing.'
- Prometheus SRD ● An open version of the character creation and advancement rules from Dungeons & Dragons 3E.
- Providence Junction ● A Western LARP of small town secrets.
- Push ● A board game played on a chess or chequers board.
- Quad System ● An RPG.
- Quest-ions ● 'Quest-ions is a fantasy roleplaying game with a novel mechanic using tokens.'
- Quick-Play ● A diceless RPG for quick startup and rapid play.
- Quick-Play ● '[A] very simple universal system ... Meant for short games with quick startup, it is a diceless game that contains within it full character creation, conflict resolution, supernatural/superhuman abilities, and even a few optional rules – all contained in three pages.'
- Rainbow Deck ● 'The Rainbow Deck is a card game system that has a total of 162 cards.'
- Raven Crowking's Fantasy Game ● Raven Crowking's reworking of Dungeons & Dragons
- Realms of Wonder ● Rules-lite, classless, nostalgic RPG.
- Redbox Hack ● A clever reinterpretation of fantasy gaming.
- Renaissance ● 'Renaissance is a free D100 roleplaying system designed for historical and fantasy gaming in the age of black powder weapons.'
- Return to Maniac Mansion ● A game for Jonathan Walton's Stage One.
- Revolucion ● Chart the course of any revolution, real or imagined, in any time or place.
- Rookvale ● 'Rookvale is a [tabletop] game of cinematic tactical combat [with demons]'
- Runebearer ● A fantasy game which draws on several different RPG systems.
- RuneQuest ● The RuneQuest core rules.
- Sacred Steel ● An RPG once lost, but capable of preservation thanks to its open licence.
- School Daze ● An RPG about high school.
- Science Fiction Mystery ● An 11-player science fiction LARP.
- Scrabblenauts ● A game where spelling words with Scrabble tiles affects what happens in the story.
- Second String Superheroes ● A 12-player LARP about incompetent superheroes.
- Seventh ● A fantasy role-playing game.
- Shadow of Yesterday ● A pioneering RPG where characters are defined by their Keys and Secrets.
- Shadows ● Children accompanied by their formidable Shadows.
- Shakespeare 2985 ● A "science fiction espionage murder mystery do-it-yourself alternate reality game about interpreting poetry and failing thermal dampeners."
- Simple 20 ● A simple d20-based 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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