Tabletop Games (Common Content)

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

This page shows all shareable games. For a list that only contains free, libre and open works, see Tabletop Games (Libre)

For more details on the laws surrounding tabletop gaming copyright, see Protection from Chaos.

General

Tabletop Games

• Destiny of the Metal Gods ● Pseudo-viking medieval Ragnarok mecha.
• Destiny System ● A universal RPG.
• Diaspora ● Singularity FATE-based role-playing.
• Djinnbusters ● Hunt ghosts in a land of sultans and deserts.
• Dominion Rules ● Medieval classless fantasy role-playing.
• Donjon ● A fantasy dungeoncrawl game with significant player narrative control.
• Doodles & Dragons ● 'n celebration of finishing my year-long effort to draw a cartoon of every single monster in the 2nd Edition AD&D Monstrous Manual, I made a PDF containing a one page World of Dungeons hack along with every one of my cartoons.'
• Draft ● A generic RPG with rules for magic and hit locations.
• DragonNet RPG ● A classless fantasy RPG.
• DramaSystem SRD ● The basic system of the Hillfolk RPG.
• Dread ● A diceless horror game that uses a Jenga tower.
• Dread House ● Spend the night in a haunted house.
• Dresden Files RPG ● A FATE RPG about modern magic.
• Drowning & Falling ● The Fantasy Role-Playing Game of Adventure and Death from Drowning and Falling
• Drupal: The Card Game ● "In this quick card game 2-4 players compete to earn the most reputation by developing new Drupal modules and building complex websites!"
• Dulse ● A game about relationships, ideals, and the choices we make to preserve or destroy them.
• Dungeon Crawl - Risus ● Dungeoncrawling in Risus.
• Dungeon Delvers ● One page D&D varient
• Dungeon Raiders ● Simplification of Original D&D and early D&D
• Dungeon Squad ● A simple dungeon-crawl game.
• Dungeon Squad 2 ● A fantasy RPG designed for quick play and no fuss.
• Dungeon Squad (Jim Adams) ● A hack of Dungeon Squad by Jim Adams.
• Dungeon World ● An RPG based on Apocalypse World for dungeoncrawling adventure.
• Dungeons & Dragons 3E ● The third edition of the world's most popular roleplaying game.
• Dungeons Daring ● A fantasy RPG designed by a committee.
• Dungeonslayers 3X ● A fun and rules-lite dungeoncrawl game (editions 3 and 3.5).
• Dungeonslayers 4 ● A fun and rules-lite dungeoncrawl game (4th edition).
• E6 ● The game inside Dungeons & Dragons.
• Eclipse Phase ● "Humanity stands on the cusp of a new age, with accelerated technological growth converging toward a singularity point, promising an undreamt-of future."
• Edition Thirteen ● A new take on the 4C System
• El Rey Muerto ● A Spanish RPG.
• Elevation of Privilege ● 'The EoP card game helps clarify the details of threat modeling and examines possible threats to software and computer systems.'
• Enchanted Realms ● Role-playing with cards.
• Engine Heart ● An RPG in a post-human world.
• Enter the Avenger ● A short and simple swords & sorcery RPG.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• Epitome ● A free, universal RPG.
• Errant RPG ● A fantasy role-playing game.
• Escape from Thanatos ● A Space Opera where one takes on the roles of Captain Talia Mercury, Merchant Prince Marcus Dunn, ageing Space Knight Sir Lux Angelo, Francisco - Talia's stalwart companion, and Mona - a mysterious stowaway as they crash land on the planet Thanatos after escaping the Omegan Empire!
• Evil Wizards in a Cave ● 'Evil Wizards in a Cave is a short adventure module compatible with both the Dungeon World and Labyrinth Lord fantasy role-playing games.'
• Executive Decision ● Compete for the trust of the President of the United States.
• Exploding Kingdoms ● Inspired by 4th edition D&D.
• Explorations of the Haunted Island ● Described as "an attempt to use the mechanics from the board game Splendor to tell a story of investigating a mysterious island like in the TV show LOST or the videogame Myst."
• Explosions & Escapes ● A simple, clean RPG for emulating action movies.
• Fantastic Heroes & Witchery ● An extensive tabletop RPG.
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• Fantasy Craft ● A fantasy RPG based on the MasterCraft engine.
• FAST ● A light and simple skill-based RPG.
• FATE 2E ● A universal game based on the FATE engine.
• Fate Accelerated Edition ● A lite version of the fractal role-playing game Fate.

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Tabletop Game Resources

• Weapons & Gear ● A Ronin Arts gear book for 4C System.
• World of Nevermore ● A setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
• 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.'

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Sources of Tabletop Games

• Sand & Steam ● An RPG company.
• Stargazer Games ● A game designer.
• Stargazer's World ● A role-playing blog.
• Strolen's Citadel ● "[A]n interactive, searchable role playing resource"
• 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'
• Valent Games ● An RPG publisher, now giving its works away gratis.
• Vincent Baker ● A game designer.
• Wizards of the Coast ● A game publisher.
• Yaruki Zero Games ● A company that publishes a number of games.

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Role-Playing Games and Story Games

RPGs and Story Games

• Dungeon Squad ● A simple dungeon-crawl game.
• Dungeon Squad 2 ● A fantasy RPG designed for quick play and no fuss.
• Dungeon Squad (Jim Adams) ● A hack of Dungeon Squad by Jim Adams.
• Dungeon World ● An RPG based on Apocalypse World for dungeoncrawling adventure.
• Dungeons & Dragons 3E ● The third edition of the world's most popular roleplaying game.
• Dungeons Daring ● A fantasy RPG designed by a committee.
• Dungeonslayers 3X ● A fun and rules-lite dungeoncrawl game (editions 3 and 3.5).
• Dungeonslayers 4 ● A fun and rules-lite dungeoncrawl game (4th edition).
• Eclipse Phase ● "Humanity stands on the cusp of a new age, with accelerated technological growth converging toward a singularity point, promising an undreamt-of future."
• Edition Thirteen ● A new take on the 4C System
• El Rey Muerto ● A Spanish RPG.
• Enchanted Realms ● Role-playing with cards.
• Engine Heart ● An RPG in a post-human world.
• Enter the Avenger ● A short and simple swords & sorcery RPG.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• Epitome ● A free, universal RPG.
• Errant RPG ● A fantasy role-playing game.
• Escape from Thanatos ● A Space Opera where one takes on the roles of Captain Talia Mercury, Merchant Prince Marcus Dunn, ageing Space Knight Sir Lux Angelo, Francisco - Talia's stalwart companion, and Mona - a mysterious stowaway as they crash land on the planet Thanatos after escaping the Omegan Empire!
• Evil Wizards in a Cave ● 'Evil Wizards in a Cave is a short adventure module compatible with both the Dungeon World and Labyrinth Lord fantasy role-playing games.'
• Executive Decision ● Compete for the trust of the President of the United States.
• Exploding Kingdoms ● Inspired by 4th edition D&D.
• Explorations of the Haunted Island ● Described as "an attempt to use the mechanics from the board game Splendor to tell a story of investigating a mysterious island like in the TV show LOST or the videogame Myst."
• Explosions & Escapes ● A simple, clean RPG for emulating action movies.
• Fantastic Heroes & Witchery ● An extensive tabletop RPG.
• Fantasy Craft ● %%form_data{intro}%%
• Fantasy Craft ● A fantasy RPG based on the MasterCraft engine.
• FAST ● A light and simple skill-based RPG.
• FATE 2E ● A universal game based on the FATE engine.
• Fate Accelerated Edition ● A lite version of the fractal role-playing game Fate.
• Fate Core System ● An extended version of the fractal role-playing game Fate.
• Fate Game ● 'The game is set in a floating island and there the inhabitants have their own struggles with life. '
• Fate System Toolkit ● A toolkit for the Fate tabletop RPG.
• Fire & Sword ● An evolution of RuneQuest.
• FISC ● You are all members of the FISC, the financial investigation agency, the only hope of the Republic against the all-powerful multinational companies.
• Five By Five ● An original game system and toolkit.
• Floor Games ● A storytelling game HG Wells played with his children.
• For Gold & Glory ● A retroclone of 2E AD&D.
• Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War ● A game written in a paragraph.
• Fortune System Resource Document ● 'The Fortune System Resource Document includes the basic rules of the Fortune System. It also includes advice from existing Fortune System designers.'
• Forty Thieves ● A minimalist beer-and-pretzels game about life as an Arabian thief.
• Four Colors al Fresco ● Play a superhero in the Italian Renaissance.
• Free FATE ● A free, expanded version of FATE.
• Fringe ● A half-finished RPG designed by committee.
• Frost Devils ● An Alaskan take on Dust Devils.
• 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.
• Generic Fantasy Quest Game ● A generic fantasy RPG with familiar races and classes.
• Genesys System ● A generic rules-light RPG.

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RPG and Story Game Resources

• Weapons & Gear ● A Ronin Arts gear book for 4C System.
• World of Nevermore ● A setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
• 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.'

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Sources of RPGs and Story Games

• Telecanter ● A tabletop RPG website.
• (un)Playable_G4mes ● 'Where game ideas come to die'
• Valent Games ● An RPG publisher, now giving its works away gratis.
• Wizards of the Coast ● A game publisher.

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Solitaire Games

Solitaire Games

• Deathtrap Dungeon ● A Parsley adventure.

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• Storyleaves ● A solitaire game that tells a story.

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• The Plant ● A solo RPG where you play someone crawling around the innards of a power plant.

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• Twenty One Turn Hero ● A curious one-page RPG where you face off against dragons and sorcerers.

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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. 11 players.
• Death of the Japanese Emperor ● An experiential larp for 4-8 players
• News Hole ● A LARP about the death of journalism.
• Providence Junction ● A Western LARP of small town secrets.
• Ruritania: 1844 ● A live-action role-playing game set in an alternate pseudo-history.
• Science Fiction Mystery ● An 11-player science fiction LARP.
• Second String Superheroes ● A 12-player LARP about incompetent superheroes.
• Sufficiently Advanced Technologies ● A 16-player LARP inspired by Doctor Who.
• The Devil's Brood ● A Plantagenet family drama LARP for 7-9 players

LARP Resources

Sources of LARPs

Retroclones

Retroclones

• 4C System ● A supers retroclone.
• 4SRD ● A project to closely clone D&D 4E.
• 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.'
• 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.
• Dark Passages ● A modern fusion and re-organisation of 0E and 1E rules.
• Darker Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on a streamlined version of the Rules Cyclopedia.
• Darkest Dungeons ● A mash-up of the Rules Cyclopedia and Rolemaster.
• D&D4.5 ● A partial clone of D&D 4E.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• Exploding Kingdoms ● Inspired by 4th edition D&D.
• Fantastic Heroes & Witchery ● An extensive tabletop RPG.
• 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.
• Magic Sword ● A project to clone and improve upon D&D 4E.
• Mazes & Perils ● 'Mazes & Perils is a game of imagination and role playing in a fantasy world, suitable for ages 10 and up.'
• Myth & Magic ● An adaptation of 2E AD&D.
• Open4E ● 'This system is intended to be a streamlined and open tactical RPG. The primary source of inspiration is Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition.'
• Orcus ● A clone of D&D 4E.
• OSRIC ● A retroclone of 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons.
• Pathfinder ● A role-playing game based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.
• Project 74 ● A rules-lite game that works only in conjunction with early editions of Dungeons & Dragons
• Rage, Precognition, Grace ● OSR Fantasy RPG based on Steve Jackson's "The Fantasy Trip" with updated rules and original races (no elves, dwarves, or halflings).
• 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.
• Ultramodern4 ● Dungeons & Dragons 4E rules in a modern setting.
• Warrior & Wizard ● A retroclone of The Fantasy Trip.
• Wrack & Wruin ● Ryan St's rewriting of original D&D in the style of Apocalypse World.
• 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."
• BrickQuest ● 'Fantasy boardgaming in an ABS universe'
• Confrontation Chess ● Turn Chess into a tactical miniatures game.
• Hexpack ● An expansion to the Piecepack.
• Hunters And Haunts ● A board game played on two different boards.
• Kodrek ● A three-way game of shifting alliances.
• Monsters Menace Monopoly ● Spice up your Monopoly game with Godzilla.
• Piecepack ● A set of pieces you can use to play many games.
• Push ● A board game played on a chess or chequers board.
• Sovereign ● A Risk-like boardgame.
• Take-Back-Toe ● A simple, abstract board game.
• Tannenberg 4 ● 'Tannenberg 4 is a wargame about the Russian offensive into East Prussia 1914, later known as The Battle of Tannenberg.'
• To the Barricades ● A boardgame about a faceoff between radicals and the police.
• Vector 3 ● Sci-fi based tabletop board game.

Boardgame Resources

Sources of Boardgames

• Domino Writing ● "I have been a tabletop gamer for about 25 years, mostly with pen-and-paper role playing games."
• Interactivities Ink ● A creator of games you can print and play.

Miniatures Games

Miniatures Games

• Aetherverse ● 'Aetherverse is a tabletop sci-fi wargame that I first published in 2004. The concept of the game was to create a sort of “universal” rules system that players could use to create and play with armies sourced from any of the many miniatures manufacturers on the market. While this had been done before in a generic sense, I designed the system to build armies that had real character rather than just being a collection of numbers.'
• Astral Dreams ● A space opera miniatures wargame.
• Brigandine ● 'Brigandine is a 28mm skirmish-level fantasy wargame that aims for speed and simplicity.'
• BrikWars ● "BrikWars is the plastic-brick wargaming system that throws the peaceful worlds of your favorite construction toys into wanton chaos and destruction!"
• Brytenwalda ● A Britain-themed miniatures game.
• Confrontation Chess ● Turn Chess into a tactical miniatures game.
• Floor Games ● A storytelling game HG Wells played with his children.
• Leviathans ● 'Leviathans is a steampunk game that simulates combat between warships that have taken to the air in an alternate history 1910.'
• Little Wars ● A storytelling game HG Wells played with his children.
• Meatbot Massacre ● A fun and engaging game of gladiatorial battles in the far future, where the dice you gather determines your actions for that round.
• Mobile Frame Zero ● 'A tense, tactical game of giant robot squad battle!'
• Plastic Attack ● A miniatures game that uses plastic soldiers.
• Saga ● A rules-light narrative game engine.
• Toybox Wars ● Ready an army from your old toys!
• Very Simple Generic Miniatures Rules ● Quick and easy (though probably not well-balanced) rules for playing miniatures games with any figurines you have lying about.

Miniatures Games Resources

Sources of Miniatures Games

• Domino Writing ● "I have been a tabletop gamer for about 25 years, mostly with pen-and-paper role playing games."
• Tabletop Battles ● A website.

Card Games

Card Games

• Cards Against Humanity ● A free do-it-yourself party game where you match cards in humorous ways
• Conquering Corsairs ● A deck-building card game.
• Decktet ● 'The Decktet is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is structurally unlike ordinary poker and tarot decks, meaning that you can do different things with it.'
• Drupal: The Card Game ● "In this quick card game 2-4 players compete to earn the most reputation by developing new Drupal modules and building complex websites!"
• Elevation of Privilege ● 'The EoP card game helps clarify the details of threat modeling and examines possible threats to software and computer systems.'
• Final Decrees ● 'Final Decrees is a board game based on a monstrous incompetent bureaucracy.'
• First of May ● A card game inspired by a song.
• 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.'
• Phylo ● 'Phylo is: (1) a card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex, and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity; (2) an exercise in crowd sourcing, [free] access, and [transparent] game development; and (3) FREAKIN’ AWESOME!'
• Project Utopia ● 'A strategy card game set in the fictional world of Project Utopia.'
• Rainbow Deck ● 'The Rainbow Deck is a card game system that has a total of 162 cards.'
• Sneaky Cards ● 'Sneaky Cards is designed to encourage, inspire, or facilitate playful interactions. Breaking up the tedium of everyday life, with small entertaining objectives. Each card is created to be unique and develop different kinds of play.'
• Unsung Tales ● 'Unsung Tales is a card-based roleplaying game, in which you and your friends will work together to tell stories of mystery and adventure in a Sword and Sorcery world.'
• WTactics ● 'We're a community of free culture-loving individuals, creating a free card game.'

Card Games Resources

Sources of Card Games

• Yaruki Zero Games ● A company that publishes a number of games.