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Vault of Monsters is a 5e-compatible adventure rooted in British folklore, full of creatures with personality, lore with attitude, and encounters that escalate without asking permission.
Wytch Mountain is a fast, rules-light pocket RPG of covens, curses, and occult power. Built for quick play with simple mechanics, it delivers eerie folk horror and witchcraft in a form that’s easy to learn and dangerous to master.
Broadcast strange signals, take twisted calls, and question how much longer you can stay alive in this solo journalling game. Midnight in Jubilation is an urban horror game, perfect for those who prefer tales of a dark descent over a happily ever after.
One Hundred Dungeons is a collection of hand-drawn word puzzles where your vocabulary is the only thing standing between you and the exit. It's a word game, a puzzle, an adventure and an escape all on one page. Play digitally or print & play.
In this solo game, you were born with a curse of misfortune that follows you wherever you go. You are also a suitable vessel for the deities—kami—living all around you. Help them overcome their challenges and gain their aid as you face your fate.
The real dungeon was the hobby we made along the way. Dungeon crawl your way through half a century of RPG history in this full-scale megadungeon for the DIE RPG by Gareth Hanrahan.
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.
Lie To Him is a solo game exploring themes of honesty and dishonesty, trust and mistrust. The zine will include original artwork, professional layout and fully play-tested rules.
A GMless game for 3-4 players set in the deep Italian countryside at the turn of the 20th century. Think Pavese, Calvino, Buzzati. Or imagine the secrets buried beneath the stones of any village where decades go by and nothing ever seems to change.
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A Lost & Found game of a giant robot, its many pilots, and the passage of time, and a Wretched & Alone game of a mecha mechanic.
Whispering Willows is a fantasy role-playing game about small animal folk who protect the quiet heart of a living forest. A realm of leaves, roots, and magic, where "Redwall" saga and "The Secret of NIMH" meet. Playable solo, co-op, or with a DM!
The Deepest Dark is a tragic, GM-less horror TTRPG about being trapped underground.
Gossamer Frontier is a witchy, sci-fantasy solo-TTRPG with a narrative focus. In a time of strife, become the Captain your people need. Build a crew, earn their trust, and find companionship along the way.
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.
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
The newest hardback sourcebook for the critically acclaimed TTRPG Heart: The City Beneath. MORE CALLINGS! MORE CLASSES! MORE GUNS! MORE MAGIC! MORE DRUGS! MORE ALLIES! MORE ENEMIES! MORE FALLOUTS! MORE BOUNTIES! MORE DELVES! MORE HEART!
A mythopoetic mech TTRPG about war, tragedy, and what you do with the power to change the world.
LIMINAL HORROR: Deluxe Edition is the definitive version of the world's greatest horror RPG. Newly revised, expanded, and available in two beautiful hardcover books.
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.
A dark academia solo journaling game from the creator of The Wretched, bringing new mechanisms and methods of storytelling to the Wretched & Alone engine.
Become the Masterminds of a Death Game and create stories of Horror, Hope, and Despair. Inspired by Danganronpa, Zero Escape, Squid Game, and more.
A SOLO TTRPG where you take on the role of a sole survivor of a facility catastrophe. Map out the facility and combat entities while finding a means of ESCAPE!