Be the Media is a tiny role playing game about playing scrappy documentary filmmakers trying to right wrongs in their communities by exposing truth, giving voice to the voiceless, and speaking truth to power. The rules, all of which fit on a single sheet of paper, are inspired by World of Dungeons and should be familiar to anyone who has played a "Powered by the Apocalypse" game. All... [click here for more]
What if RPGs really did lead to madness, murder, and suicide?
In this system-neutral horror scenario, the PCs will investigate the spread of a new RPG that drives people mad, not unlike the King in Yellow. The PCs need to find out what's going on and find the source of the game before more people get hurt.
The scenario includes a micro-game designed to be used as an in-game handout.... [click here for more]
Why another cyberpunk game? Unlike other cyberpunk games, Mission Driven takes place in the modern world, not the future. Nor is it based on an alternate history or a retro-futurist imagining of what people in the 1980s thought 2020 would look like. It’s based on our real world.
But isn’t the real world boring? No. The real world is full of violent... [click here for more]
Destiny City is a fictional city I created in conjunction with my "cyberpunk present" game Mission Driven, but you can use it with any modern RPG setting, including urban fantasy, superheroes, horror, or crime campaigns. I think it would be particularly interesting to use with Esoteric Enterprises by Emmy Allen, Maximum Recursion Depth by Max Cantor, Hit the Streets: Defend the Block from Orklord Games,... [click here for more]
The Green Hack (TGH) is a traditional tabletop roleplaying game, played with paper, pencils and dice. The game's design goal is to be broadly compatible with TSR-editions of the Original Fantasy Roleplaying Game while being as compact, easy to learn, easy to teach, and smooth to play as possible.
This is the Systems Reference Document for The Green Hack system, made available... [click here for more]
For years, the small Pacific Northwestern town of Bleakwood has been as dependent on opioids as it is on the dying timber industry. Locals dubbed the economy "recession proof." That's starting to change. Many locals are kicking their habits and living healthier lives. But amidst this surprising turn of events, there's something strange going on. Why did a dead body turn-up covered in tiny holes? And... [click here for more]