Just what the title says - a collection of TTRPGs that are best played in small groups!
Note: most of these player estimates don't include the GM since there's quite a few GM-less games. For instance, if a game calls for 2-3 players but it needs a GM, you should actually have 3-4 people at the table. Also, the time estimates are very loose, it really just depends on who's playing!
A game about capes and miracles
3-5 players, ~3-4 hours
Keywords:
superheroes, superpowers, modern setting, vigilantes, investigation, combat-heavy, just an insane amount of dice rolling
Potential Content Warnings:
vigilante justice, potential collateral damage (i.e. building destruction or civilian death), but the violence should be fairly non-explicit
Play as swashbuckling parrots!
2-4 players, ~2-3 hours
Keywords:
pirates, exploration, treasure-hunting, platonic/familial relationships, parrots, low/no prep
Potential Content Warnings:
N/A as far as I can predict
Note: the name comes from the fact that you're explicitly rewarded for showing platonic affection in the story :")
You are a hearth dragon: a dragon made and imbued with purpose by a skilled crafter. Protect your creator & their home!
Another Lasers & Feelings hack, this one inspired by The Last Dragon Chronicles!
2-5 players, ~2-3 hours
Keywords:
dragons (but little), cozy core, one pager, low/no prep, home defense
Potential Content Warnings:
N/A, should be pretty light-hearted!
Cosmic fantasy between the spheres and planes
2-4 players, ~3 hours
Keywords:
space travel, exploration, aliens, sci-fi/fantasy blend, magic, worldbuilding, modular/system-agnostic
Potential Content Warnings:
mild body horror, hive minds, and other types of alien anatomy; character death & undeath; weird dimensional and planar stuff
A pamphlet RPG about exploring space and saving the galaxy from corporate greed
2-5 players, ~3 hours
Keywords:
one pager, low/no prep, sci-fi, space travel, anti-capitalism, low/no combat, exploration, social encounters
Potential Content Warnings:
dystopian space societies, corporate greed/corruption, but you get to fight against it :)
The call of The Open Road beckons
A Lasers & Feelings hack!
3-5 players, ~2 hours
Keywords:
one pager, low/no prep, modern fantasy, magic, adventure, found family
Potential Content Warnings:
gang violence, but it's not particularly explicit/mostly goofs
A gmless game about fighting beasts far greater than you
3-4 players, ~2 hours
Keywords:
monster hunting, combat-heavy, tactical, setting-agnostic, low/no prep, gmless
Potential Content Warnings:
semi-explicit descriptions of violence, animal harm/death, and decent chance of PC death
A roleplaying game for episodic mystery stories and more!
2-5 players, ~2-3 hours
Keywords:
mystery, mystery-solving, detectives, investigation, shenanigans, deduction, rp-heavy, setting-agnostic
Potential Content Warnings:
depends on what the GM writes - please speak to them if you have any concerns!
Find love, play in horrible bands, and fight your exes when they break up your date
2-4 players, ~2-3 hours
Keywords:
comedy, romance, shenanigans, combat
Potential Content Warnings:
failed relationships, exes, chance of emotional manipulation/gaslighting from exes, but this is the kind of game that should be kept light-hearted and goofy
