15+ projects backed in 2025
A stormy night murder mystery tabletop RPG inspired by Cluedo and Brindlewood Bay, played without dice or a GM. Uncover secrets, play your suspects, and solve the crime together!
Inkvein is a caving-centric megadungeon crafted for MÖRK BORG, drowned in inky horror. Emerging from the quill of ENNIE nominated Murkdice and published by ENNIE winning Space Penguin, this tomb of monochrome terror is not to be missed!
Run a magical Café, protect the world's magic, and tell a story... one Latte and a couple of D6s at a time! Pumpkin Spice is a magical, cozy RPG illustrated by SimzArt, inspired by Kiki’s Delivery Service, Legends & Lattes, Coffee Talk, and more
Find your "white whale" in the caretaking of a magical bookshop, use tarot cards to guide solo journalling and book curation. Learn to build collections for the future.
Rise, Wizards by Robin Ekberg is a dice-stacking, map-making, worldbuilding game of wizard hubris. All's Fair by Dillin Apelyan is an 18+ duet game about wanting to f*ck each other so bad you save the world about it.
You wake up dead. It’s a lot to take in, but there’s no time for philosophising- you’ll need to travel between Earth, Heaven and Hell to figure out whodunnit, howdunnit, and whydunnit. A game about death, levity and finding out hard truths.
One-page TTRPGs are simple rules-light games where everything you need to play the game is contained on one sheet of paper. They are great for parties and convincing your friends that they really will like role-playing games (you swear)!
A collection of bite sized mysteries to drop into any TTRPG system, and a system to drop onto the mysteries of your choosing!
A multiplayer TTRPG where you take on the role of an undead resident of Bardo’s Bluff. Whether you desire to exist in peace or seek out revenge for your wrongful killing, there is always something or someone determined to make your life hell.
A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch
StoryGuider, a collection of choice driven coloring book adventures for kids is coming soon to print! This 36 story series features in-game activities, lively characters, intentional social-emotional skills practice, human made drawings, and more.
A playful tool to make your TTRPG moments weird, whimsical, and wondrous. Skip the tired tropes and turn any plain creature, place, event, or item into something worth remembering!
THE JOB is a tabletop roleplaying game, leaning into the narrative, story-driven genre. In conventional RPGs, winning or losing is irrelevant. This game, however, has a clear objective: to pull off a heist. You either do it, or you don’t.
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Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts is a 128-page expansion for the Blades in the Dark roleplaying game — containing a treasure trove of lore, setting material, and alternative mechanics John Harper developed over the years for use in Blades campaigns.
Midnight Muscadines is a cozy-dark tabletop roleplaying game of dice, playing cards, and magical jams. Magic is waning. Find, collect, and preserve the last sources of magic into highly coveted jams that keep the world’s magic alive.
In this 2-4 player TTRPG, you are the crew aboard a ship sailing to grand adventures. You came together much as many find their true found family: through a connected queer identity and understanding of the world around you.
Tell a collaborative story about exploring unfamiliar lands in order to find safe passage for your tribe. Start with a blank map, or a pre-made one! Roll "Exploration Dice" to discover new terrain and encounters. Create your Field Notes, and more!
Hercules and the 12 Labors is a solo card and dice game where you become the legendary hero. Battle mythical beasts, overcome challenges, and strive for redemption to claim your place among the gods in this epic Greek mythology adventure.
Season One of GAST: A collection of solo folk horror RPGs.
Infinite worldbuilding in your pocket! A Post-Fantasy game by Viditya Voleti, award-winning designer of Bloodbeam Badlands, Space Between Stars, and more.
Describe the rooms of a grand hotel and the people who live and work there through a series of challenging descriptions.
A dark academia solo journaling game from the creator of The Wretched, bringing new mechanisms and methods of storytelling to the Wretched & Alone engine.
Play-at-home, escape room inspired, puzzle game.
Brielle, my 12 year old step-daughter, was inspired by my journey to create board games, and created this beautiful deck of playing cards. She is now 17 and preparing for college.. it's time to release this project to help her raise money for art school!