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).

Tabletop Games

  • NecronauticaA game of heroic soldiers fighting against an alien invasion.
  • Not-Too-Silly StoriesA rules-light, GMless game designed for children.
  • Number AppearingA Dungeon World supplement.
  • Old MessilaBilly the Kid is on a train to Old Messila, doomed to hanging in this Hackbird.
  • omnibus.ioA Dungeon World database.
  • One Page Dungeon Contest 2012Over 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.'
  • OpenD6The popular D6 System finally released as open.
  • OpenQuestA 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 ComponentsA role-playing game that promises to model physics and biology.
  • OspreyA generic role-playing engine.
  • OSRICA retroclone of 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons.
  • Ostermark: The ButterforgerA 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.'
  • PathfinderA role-playing game based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.
  • Perfect20A variant on D&D 3e.
  • PFSRDA collection of Pathfinder official and third party materials.
  • Phantom 52'A supernatural storytelling RPG'
  • PiecepackA set of pieces you can use to play many games.
  • PolliesA 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 SRDAn open version of the character creation and advancement rules from Dungeons & Dragons 3E.
  • Providence JunctionA Western LARP of small town secrets.
  • PushA board game played on a chess or chequers board.
  • Quad SystemAn RPG.
  • Quest-ions'Quest-ions is a fantasy roleplaying game with a novel mechanic using tokens.'
  • Quick-PlayA 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 GameRaven Crowking's reworking of Dungeons & Dragons
  • Realms of WonderRules-lite, classless, nostalgic RPG.
  • Redbox HackA 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 MansionA game for Jonathan Walton's Stage One.
  • RevolucionChart 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]'
  • RunebearerA fantasy game which draws on several different RPG systems.
  • RuneQuestThe RuneQuest core rules.
  • Sacred SteelAn RPG once lost, but capable of preservation thanks to its open licence.
  • School DazeAn RPG about high school.
  • Science Fiction MysteryAn 11-player science fiction LARP.
  • ScrabblenautsA game where spelling words with Scrabble tiles affects what happens in the story.
  • Second String SuperheroesA 12-player LARP about incompetent superheroes.
  • SeventhA fantasy role-playing game.
  • Shadow of YesterdayA pioneering RPG where characters are defined by their Keys and Secrets.
  • ShadowsChildren accompanied by their formidable Shadows.
  • Shakespeare 2985A "science fiction espionage murder mystery do-it-yourself alternate reality game about interpreting poetry and failing thermal dampeners."
  • Simple 20A simple d20-based RPG.

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