This tiny game was a finalist in the inaugural 200 Word RPG contest back in 2015.
1-? players, in 10-45 minutes depending on group size.
Ring is a storytelling game that can be played as a solo or group larp, tabletop rpg, journaling game or play by email/post. In the game, you play a tree, and describe events through it's lifecycle based on prompts the game provides. It invited players to think more deeply about the experience of living objects in the natural world.
muse is a very simple and flexible, music-driven GM-less character-creation tool, designed for TTRPGs and other forms of storytelling. it relies on creating characters inspired by songs, and can be played solo or with other players.
Radio In-between is a one-player ttrpg where you (the player) take the role of a fictitious person. They are remembering their own life through songs, while making their way to the afterlife (or whatever is after the in-between).
Let’s face it: dueling is sexy.
But do you know what’s sexier than combat? That slower, higher tension duel that occurs before any damage is done—before any blow is even struck. The duel of word and wit, of melodramatic motion and threatening maneuvers. I Have the High Ground is a short, collaborative tabletop roleplaying and storytelling game for 2 players about that kind of duel. It's GM-less and genre-neutral, and takes 1-2 hours to play.
In this Boss Battle, you are the Boss! Play as an Old School Video Game Boss fighting against an invading "hero" who wants to steal your treasured family heirloom. This is a solo tabletop game, using a standard deck of cards and 3 six-sided die.
Our Armistice is a two-player story game about partners who have been torn about by conflict beyond themselves. It was, oddly enough, inspired by a discussion I saw on Twitter about playing sex workers within the context of a traditional RPG world. This prompted me to consider gamifying what it must be like to be a "hero" in the aftermath of the end of a massive conflict or quest, ready to come back to the person they love the most.
penultimate: a game of wits between death and the witch who fell in love with them is an intimate feverdream for two players.
the Witch and DEATH have had the mightiest of love affairs - but it all ends today. what will you say before the Witch succumbs to their mortality? how long can you extend your final moments together?
coda:
a conversation between a monster and the hunter who has always been trailing behind.
this hack of penultimate: by quinn b. rodriguez is the whisper of a fever dream.
SWORD POEM RPG is a gm-less one-page rpg about a very cursed sword and the people who pick it up. You play as the cursed sword, experiencing the lives of the people you ruin from the moment they pick you up to the moment they self-destruct. This is a game for one to seven people.
Who Gives A Flying Fuck About A Fucking Black Square On A Fucking Blank Canvas And From Whose Pretentious Ass Did This Commentary Come From: A Modern Art Appreciation Game is an analog modern art museum tour simulator. A six-sided die will make modern art for you. Your goal is to interpret rooms full of paintings, because the curator said there's a big overarching theme and you really want to find out what it is.
Tea Harvest is a dice-rolling farming sim for one player. Using dice and tokens on a game board, you can track the progress of your tea plants, harvest them at the right time for the right type of tea, face different challenges, fill orders, earn money, help your neighbors, and purchase things from the shop to give you an edge in your work. Be careful though, because you only get so many actions in a day, and you only have so many days to reach your goals!
Quests Over Coffee is a single player dice throwing game where you try to claim fame and fortune. With a some strategy, some items, and a little bit of luck, you can find yourself on the other side of the glory or in the pit of a grave.
The game is also a system that allows for you to create your own Quests and Items to experience. Let your imagination and experience run free!
To play Dream Quilt, you'll need: a four-sided die, a tarot deck, and materials to make your quilt. Your quilt can be anything with separate layers or components: a collage, a playlist, a moodboard, a poem, or even actual tiny quilt.
The game file is a one-page color PDF.
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Dream Quilt was inspired by Last Tea Shop, a lovely cozy one-pager by Spring Villager; Getting to Center, a book by Marlee Grace; the wonderful Sasuraibito Tarot by Stasia Burrington; and my own experiences with recurring headaches.
As the World Falls Down is a romantic fantasy game for one player, inspired by by Labyrinth, Howl's Moving Castle, and Sword Queen Games' excellent tarot-based games. If you kinda wanted Sarah to become the Goblin Queen, here you go.
Princess Space Queen is a postcard-sized (5.5 x 4.25 inches) role-playing game to play with your beautiful, magnificent, imperious cat on a work day (or other day when you're out of the house and she's left to Her Own Devices).
A Descended From The Queen storytelling game for 2 or more players.
You are a renown cartographer that has been tasked with creating a comprehensive map of the entire world. To do this you have divided the world into 36 quadrants and will label the most important Landmarks.
A roguelike solo card game where you, as the survivor Stella Hoshiko, have to escape from a space station that was taken over by a cosmic anomaly.
Alone in the Labyrinth is a map drawing and journaling roleplaying game for one. Using a deck of cards and a six sided dice, you will attempt to map a mysterious and ever-changing Labyrinth.
Inspired by the jazz standard Autumn Leaves, Les Feuilles Mortes is a game for 2 players with a deck of cards. You will follow two characters in a relationship, viewing moments in time as they try to navigate their lives with one another. Will they drift apart? Or will they walk together, despite all odds?
Wail is a 25 page rules-lite ttrpg of solitary exploration, world building and journal writing. You take the role of a wayward adventurer lost in a new land and while playing you will build a map, generate locations, meet characters and resolve events. You will do this by keeping a journal of your adventures, creating the land, it's inhabitants and the trials you will face all through the eyes of your character.
Reign of the Star Kings is a solo roleplaying game where you will chart the lives of Galactic Emperors and the history of the worlds they rule.
Using only two, six-sided dice, you will build the family tree of a fictional royal family. Record the challenges they faced and the decisions they made, and discover how those decisions impacted future generations.
Pearl & Provenance is a two-player RPG where you can play a strategy game, create a world and collect a set of creation myths all at the same time. Raise islands from the ocean, create unique and bizarre lifeforms, inspire greatness in mortals, save the shattered pieces of your lost civilization, and circle warily around your fellow demigod as you judge who will strike out at the other first.
Her Odyssey is a solo journaling RPG about a wanderer trying to return home - or find a new home. Built on Caltrop Core, this game allows you to build a rich world, create a character backstory, explore an ongoing adventure, or all three at once - with nothing more than a deck of standard playing cards and a handful of d4s.
Four Told is a solo journaling TTRPG built on Caltrop Core about being a seer to royalty, while secretly also being a revolutionary hoping to overthrow them. It is about balancing your duties with your desires without getting killed in the process.
Train Tracks is a solo journalling game where you travel by train to visit an old friend. Draw a map of your train journey with stations and stops along the way, then answer prompts about your journey, your friend or yourself.
6 Trials of the Weavers is a solo exploration game where you find yourself transported into the realm of the Weavers, a group of mysterious spider-like creatures. You must complete the six trials they present you with before you have a chance at escaping, encountering plenty of horrifying things along the way.
