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Explore physical games tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Sell your physical games on itch.io to have them show up here.

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You swore an Oath. And it's magically binding.
How can you just sit there and eat pizza!?
a universal, percentile based, tabletop roleplaying game
a decidedly un-heroic pen-and-paper dungeon crawl
tell the story of how you kiss kiss and fall in love <3
A one-page RPG about a party of adventurers being guided by an Oracle that may not exactly be what it seems.
Mini tabletop & digital dungeon crawl for lazy people
A Storytelling Card Game About Refusing (or Accepting) Your Destiny
A solo game about loving a malicious monarch.
A solo RPG and journaling game set in a labyrinthine mall.
Solo Journaling RPG in a setting of scientific exploration and unnatural observations
A Horror Solo Journaling TTRPG about Paranormal Investigation
A new revised rules set for solo journal RPGs, based on the Epistolary solo journal RPG system.
The long-awaited sequel to the now-second-most important game of all time
A one-page RPG about Witches resolving a Disturbance through flashy Magic
and the Accounts of the Changeling Child whom was brought crosst the Veil
A storytelling game about breaking free of a time loop that has ensnared your Home.
a journaling game of solitary journeys on post-apocalyptic highways
a character creation game that makes you clean your room
A solo game about haunting a bed and breakfast around Halloween.
You're a fan of mechs and their pilots: spectate their glory.
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A storytelling game about the world's pettiest café and its quest for payback.
A GMless, one player game about a mad scientist that aims to build the greatest creation anyone's ever seen
a single-move, single-sheet, setting-agnostic PbtA microgame
An expansion pack for Heroes of Lite featuring the new Gauntlet weapon type, new Skills, and new Combat Arts!
A solo journaling game using the Carta SRD about exploring an abandoned mansion.
Multi-User Discord Server Lore-Universe Role Play!
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An epistolary game of love and letters.
Yes, who’s this? A LARP about re-getting to know a life long lover or friend.
a potent spell, a game that countless others have performed, LARPy/artsy
reveal your true names
An extraterrestrial being has made contact and invaded... your group chat in this text-based guessing game using emojis.
An expansion pack for The Masks We Wear with a playable combat-navigator hybrid arcana and new Reaper build
A micro-world re-architecting game/ art game
Dracula in the world of The Blood
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