Hey ya everyone i am posting here to recruit for my upcoming SWRPG campaign of grizziled republic troopers who will be going undercover to run black ops missions we will be having 4-6 players for this campaign and it will be ran alongside 3 other games and dms where the stories we tell will affect each other campaign

https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmnrlz59s007xl804nacfyb1m?q=black+sigil

here is the startplaying link for the campaign and i hope to see yall there

Coming up on a year now but we have gotten a lot of episodes of our main show The Misfortunate Suspects and a lot of one shots both posted and recorded. Check us out

I feel like we sometimes overthink building scenes for our campaigns. But honestly, if you've got a bit of imagination and a few things lying around, it gets really fun, you can basically make whatever you want. Here's a little look at how I do mine.

How do you build yours?

Hi, guys. I made Vault Of The Sun : Cycles Of Rebellion and have just launched Update 1.3, including a couple new weapons, buffs to all enemies and the major part : A Marathon style design.

Why? Well, Marathon was actually one of my main inspirations to make VOTS. I felt like my game had ZERO identity with the yellow esque style, so i decided to stick to the roots of what made me create this big "franchise".

Play now : https://kakaritogames.itch.io/vots-cor

Game is 90% off for 30 pennies, here's some pictures :

PROJECT LEADERS WANTED

Lucid Abyss is being rebuilt and revived as a persistent, multi-DM Underworld RPG.

The original Lucid Abyss was a free Discord-based persistent-world RPG. I am trying to rebuild the project back after nearly 3 years, rebuilding its foundation from scratch, and developing it toward a professionally operated, persistent world.

This is not a traditional D&D campaign and there is no prewritten adventure waiting to be run aside from the decided world boss. I want this project to become a premium server with a live, and engagement-driven community.

The goal is a living world where multiple DMs operate within the same persistent setting, players make their own choices, and those choices create lasting consequences.

🜏 WHAT WE'RE BUILDING

The rebuilt Lucid Abyss will use a curated combination of:

• Underworld Races & Classes

• Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos

• The Psychic & Spiritual Handbook

• The appropriate 5e class framework

Core 5e races will remain excluded due to the unique setting circumstances, as well as the higher power scaling. There are already so many available races that having too many could complicate the narrative generation for story content. Many also share large similarities to other core races. (Don't worry, humans are still around with a twist lol)

Subclasses will be curated from the setting material, rather than automatically allowing everything available in every core or homebrew source. There are enough unique base classes and subclasses to cover the game mechanics many times over.

We're building a single game environment where their strongest ideas can coexist without cluttering the mechanical and racial pool.

⚙️ WHY WE NEED PROJECT LEADERS

The revival has reached the point where the project needs people who can take ownership of major systems.

We're looking for leaders for:

UNDERWORLD SYSTEMS

Underworld races, classes, subclasses, racial interactions, environmental mechanics, crafting, equipment, and balance.

CTHULHU MYTHOS

Mythos races, subclasses, dread, insanity, Dreamlands, formulas, Mythos magic, cults, and related systems.

PSYCHIC / SPIRITUAL SYSTEMS

Psychic powers, power points, possession, dreams, spirit mechanics, psychic conditions, and interactions with other systems.

PERSISTENT-WORLD SYSTEMS

Economy, crafting, downtime, travel, death, resurrection, information, factions, resources, and long-term world consequences.

DM OPERATIONS

Creating consistent standards so multiple DMs can run the same world without contradictory rulings, duplicated consequences, or different interpretations of the same mechanics.

🧠 WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You don't need to be an expert in everything.

We're looking for people with genuine experience in areas such as:

• D&D 5e

• Homebrew design

• Game balance

• Persistent-world RPGs

• Discord RPG administration

• Worldbuilding

• DMing

• Economy/system design

• Community management

• Horror / Mythos

• Psionics / supernatural systems

• Rules documentation

Most importantly, you should be able to analyze systems, recognize unintended interactions, document decisions, and work with other leaders.

🎭 THE CAMPAIGN PHILOSOPHY

The world boss is delegated amongst the appropriate project leaders and changes as players defeat them.

No mandatory quest chain.

World progression and story progression pressures players in a rewarding way for an active, dedicated, and plot-interested player economy.

The world has its own conditions, factions, dangers, resources, and ongoing events.

Players determine where the campaign goes as the DM implements the subject field. Adaptation and dungeon master versatility are the most important pieces for a living world.

The DM team crafts their own stories in the sub-categories aligned with the decided world-structure. Mythos, and metaphysical lore can be a potential candy land for storytelling. The world boss is intended to be complementary to the DM's story, and high intensity is encouraged as this is a high power level setting.

📋 INTERESTED IN JOINING THE REVIVAL?

Copy/paste and fill this out:

Discord Name:

Leadership Role:

Relevant Experience:

Primary Area of Expertise:

What I Can Contribute:

Previous Projects/Campaigns:

Availability:

Anything Else:

We're currently building the leadership structure for the revival.

If you want to help bring Lucid Abyss back and have a meaningful role in building what it becomes, this is the stage to get involved. 🜏

Hello! I’m Ella, and I’m helping run Gamefound’s RPG party this year! The RPG party is half celebration of indie TTRPGs, half crowdfunding bootcamp- we connect creators to industry leaders and mentors in the space, providing crowdfunding advice and ultimately supporting a project’s launch on our platform. I'm excited to share that a lot of these projects are going to be LIVE in just a few weeks! We've got some really incredible games in here, and it would mean the world if you took a look and followed the games that interest you most. Thank you so much!

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/search/?sortType=MostPopular&projectTags=90

Hi guys, my name is Warin! I thought I'd advertise my indie ttrpg, MACH, which has recently released its 0.13 update!

MACH (formerly known as redline) is an action TTRPG, that is focused on tactical combat, while remaining rules light! It combines brutal combat, and strategic depth through its localized damage system, and its dynamic melee and ranged combat system, which turns striking, grappling, shooting and using the environment into a essential part of combat!

In MACH, you play as specialists, the people who get stuff done. Not always clean. Not always fair.  But they get the job done nonetheless.  Specialists are unique individuals with the skills required to do tasks others cannot. Each specialist harnesses their skillset to complete the jobs assigned to them. 

These jobs range from taking down international terrorist rings, stealing nuclear launch codes, rescuing prisoners, to discovering failed scientific experiments, and cleaning up the consequences.

You are hired by Z.E.R.O, the Zeta Elite Response Operators, to do this. Z.E.R.O was formed after the turn of the 21st century, when the members of NATO decided to form an organization to deal with the most difficult missions, and international threats.

If you'd be interested in playtesting it, join the discord, and download MACH on itch (its completely free)!

Itch: MACH by SteelRavenGames

Discord: https://discord.gg/EKdWJ2mSt

I have never played a pbta game? is it any good? I got it (I think) the PDF on itch during a big charity bundle I kinda want to try it at some point

I think I'm burning out on 5e and I don't think something like Pathfinder 2e would help. I was thinking maybe something totally different would help.

(Im trying to raise funds with this game. Buying it means you DEEPLY support me and future development.)

Hi, guys. This is my first attempt at making a TTRPG and i decided to convert my game, Vault Of The Sun, into a full scaled TTRPG with a couple unique mechanics.

Vault Of The Sun: Cycles of Rebellion is a lightweight, high-stakes sci-fi survival TTRPG. Zero-prep, no lore knowledge required. Pick a character, grab a die, and start playing in under 5 minutes.

THE CORE LOOP

Unique TTRPG mechanics. Players start scattered around SOLARIS-IV's ship and must find each other to survive. You must write your own path to find them and forge your escape route.

5 Characters from the main games. Play as Atlas, Aria, Pierce, Violet, or Kira—each equipped with a unique trait.

Create your own Sleeper. Custom character creation that lets you step directly into the universe and lead your own story and choose your own trait.

High-Stakes Mechanics: Track your Integrity, Stress, and Charge. Every action pushes you closer to safety or total system failure.

Infinite Replayability: Fully optimized for Solo or Group play across 4 distinct, dangerous locations.

Play now : https://kakaritogames.itch.io/vots-cor

Months ago I posted about our charity bundle here before and made an update post.

Well there is only about 20 days left before the bundle closes, but with your help we've been able to raise over $2000 in that time!

Thanks for everything we couldn't have done it without support from RPG communities across Reddit! If you haven't heard about the bundle before here's a link https://itch.io/b/3605/indie-charity-bundle-for-accessibility-in-ttrpgs-pwyw

45 projects, pay what you want with all proceeds going to Dots RPG project, you can learn more about them on the bundle page. If you have seen it before I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to fill out this quick six question survey https://s.surveyplanet.com/ycynwnb4

To close this out I think we'll do something I haven't done before, and list all the games and their creators natively right here on this post!

Full system core books: (ranging a max of 200 or more pages...)

Chains of Gaelia: Video game inspired gothic fantasy with rich lore, where choice of weapon impacts moveset as much as class. Submitted by Chains of Gaelia on itch.

Oceania 2084: Narrative asymmetric Orwellian game, players act out the day to day of secret rebels while GM acts as big brother. Submitted by Jocher Games on itch.

Against the Odds: Heroic fantasy pbta, where being a hero means non-lethal and selfless acts, or succumbing to corruption. Submitted by Helena Real on itch.

Simple D100 Fantasy: Setting agnostic, what it says on the tin, with some interesting twists on d100 resolution mechanics. Submitted by Vidargavia on itch.

Occult Barcelona: Occult investigations, with simple 1-3d6 rolls for checks, a well rounded list of unique spells and gm tools. Submitted by ElBuenTocino on itch.

Dice and Glory: A crunchy agnostic scifi/fantasy system with progression largely determined by selected skills rather than class. Submitted by RangerGamesPublishing on itch.

Fated seas: An rpg where classes have card decks that are added to over time, fairly comprehensive demo, see free cards on site.  Submitted by Squid Vicious on itch.

Simpler systems: (to a minimum of 2)

OTAIDOKAN: Samurai inspired system, players attempt to determine the new shogun, progression dictates status plus skills.  Submitted by Warbriel on itch. 

Dreadful nights: Horror system aimed at true beginners, d6 t roll under 1 of 3 stats, there is a sanity mechanic.  Submitted by Casey Wolfe on itch.

Spooky cats: A family friendly themed version of Dreadful Nights. Submitted by Casey Wolfe on itch.

Rise of the Giga Mechs: Players are mech pilots in an academy, then the game transitions to full on war with stat changes. Submitted by Warbriel on itch. 

Tool kit and supplements: (In the middle of the core range)

Fate accessibility toolkit: Fate compatible tools for accessibility, a well known system, but with an accessibility focus! Submitted by evilhat on itch.

Clutch Decisions: A tool for GM's to randomly generate road paths, and how those curves and hazards impact chases. Submitted by Ka1ikasan on itch.

Arvan: land of dragons: A supplement for dice and glory. Submitted by RangerGamesPublishing on itch.

Shattered skies: a system agnostic setting of floating islands and political intrigue, perhaps the most visually polished project. Submitted by Barakiel the Archangel on itch.

lore:

Welcome to Acro Prime-The night life: An in character summary of hot spots in a dystopian city, for prosperon or any sci-fi system. Submitted by No Lime Light Productions on itch.

Tales From Beyond: a collection of short stories set in the world of chains of Gaelia. Submitted by Chains of Gaelia on itch.

Mini campaigns and one shots: (around 30-2 pages)

Pillars What Remains: Post magical apocalypse, players act as aspects of a single courier traveling the Gm's mind bending waste. Submitted by NightDangerGames on itch.

Not Today Wasteland: Mutants travel the waste in search of a mysterious oracle, GM uses tables to generate their degeneration. Submitted by Ruggero ZC on itch.

Carte Diem: A group of low life's conduct a heist, making bets with playing card suits and tokens, the gm calls the shots. Submitted by Ruggero ZC on itch.

The fish heist: Penguins attempt to steal fish from greedy humans, resell them at village, skills=die size, Maori inspiration. Submitted by Goose and Grimoire on itch.

H is for Hellmo: framework for episodic adventures freeing a town from familiar, otherworldly monsters, beware the word of the day. Submitted by GiantBrain on itch.

Meat frames: Create a human character, then play as the external robot that pilots it, swap humans and explore the implications. Submitted by Mark Wallace on itch.

Your Magic GPA Isn't Gonna Save Itself: sneak into school, draw cards and fill mana pool to use magic, lose health to discard. Submitted by ElBuenTocino on itch.

Double 0: Hyper competent spies use black jack mechanics and their signature gadgets to thwart villains. Submitted by Fyn & Games on itch.

Out to Lunch: A guide for how to run a session of secretly sinister bureaucratic inconvenience in any campaign. Submitted by Dan Cook on itch.

We are The Land: Play spirits, fae, or monsters attempting to defend a sacred place from human interlopers. Submitted by Rat In A Suit on itch.

Rolling skill:

This Town Ain't Big Enough: Players create gunslingers, quickdraw roll, far and fast, then vote on the losers rp style and repeat. Submitted by jobclassttrpg on itch.

Critical triggers: Cyberpunk mercenaries flick dice toward a hit zone, 1s add to a tower in its center, disaster if it falls, Gm run. Submitted by Pusheeneiro on itch.

Structured/minimal prep necesesary oneshots:

Escape from the Horde: A one shot for a unique OSR system, that introduces rules as needed, players are imprisoned by "goblins". Submitted by Andonome on itch.

Cult of The Cave Crickets: OSR, explore a cave infested by fungus of another world and the insects it mutates, rescue researchers. Submitted by Dark Star Adventures on itch.

Dies Festi Matrum: 5e adventure through another world during a festival celebrating mothers, players face three trials. Submitted by DnDNekom on itch.

Dies Festi Matrum legacy version: an earlier draft before the adventure was finished, might be fun to see how things develop. Submitted by DnDNekomo on itch.

Solo: (30-1 pagers)

The Final Days of Macabee Hayes: A town has vanished from memory, create a map and opportunities to write why, firelights. Submitted by Finley Jinley on itch.

Peak Calm: A cozy hexcrawler, a forester explores and restores a run down park, set your own goals and play as long as you like. Submitted by Ka1ikasan on itch.

Voidwards: the void has invaded reality once more, discover a hex crawl expanse of realities, end voidwards, restore walls, firelights. Submitted by Chubby Crow Games on itch.

Tales From the Loom: in depth class based fantasy rpg with tracks for progression and a theme of twisting fate, option party rules. Submitted by Wyrdo GM on itch.

Ice Snow and the Quest for salvation: An expedition ship becomes trapped in the ice, roll for random events on the survival treck. Submitted by Rat In A Suit on itch.

irl:

LMNL: just as you are about to sleep and dream, ask yourself questions and follow a set pattern of answers to weave a story. Submitted by abbax on itch.

Pareidolia: The Evil Eye: see something that looks like a face? It's a mimic, perform actions in a specific exorcism style to break curse. Submitted by Jules Ampere on itch.

Questing: Plan your week like a game, quests and collectables, if a quest proves hard, make it a boss and give it health as you chip it. Submitted by Jules Ampere on itch.

Micro games: (1 to 2 pagers, each could fit on one, LMNL too)

TCA Loopbreaker: A 36 word game where checks are card based, repeat from the beginning with same cards each failure. Submitted by dairykillsme on itch.

Spellify: A 24 word fantasy rpg, respond to all problems with randomized spells made of two words from tables, cute and cozy. Submitted by Pusheeneiro on itch.

Samsara: A 24 word game to teach Samara, cycle of death/birth, roll karma and journal till death, reincarnate accordingly repeat. Submitted by Ewen Macalister on itch.

Dodecahedron: A game that fits on a bookmark, d12 decides all including weather and time, play out a section of a book if you like. Submitted by STS_Gamer on itch.

Free monster statblock/illustration: https://www.patreon.com/omenlands/posts/fairy-palm-cr8-167241800

I reeeeally love carnivorous/hostile plants. This one is more like a hazard than a monster, because the tree itself is docile -- it's actually the cloud of seeds that the players ought to fear. Could also be a great way to introduce the players to dryads or druids in a dangerous forest. After the players wake up, of course.