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purity politics

by “americanise” i mean purely in terms of vocab/grammar, for example the use of em dashes is different (in the uk we use -, in the us you use —), or you guys would say “apologize” rather than “apologise”

There's A TTRPG For That!

MonsterPunk Live, by ADRENALINE GAMES.

In MonsterPunk Live you play vagabond monster hunters with a video channel, posting your hunts to finance your work. Characters can be made in minutes by picking or rolling a former occupation (like a bartender or street magician) and mentor, equipment, a ritual or two, and your name (Hendrix Frost).

With game systems like Brindlewood Bay and Trophy name-dropped in this game, I have a feeling that your characters are probably fucked. With a name like MonsterPUnk though, strong likelihood that you're hitting things with your car.

#ihunt: The RPG, by Machine Age Productions.

Be a hero. You pick the hours.

iHunt is a story telling game about killing monsters in the gig economy. In it, you play millennials scraping by paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet. A gig app called #iHunt offers them more money than they've ever made to hit the streets and kill vampires, werewolves, demons, and anything else that goes bump in the night.

God the horrors are unending but so is the rent. So keep going I guess, and pray that your ex doesn't end up needing help getting out of a vampire's cult.

Monster Heist, by Mantyf.

A one-page RPG for one-shots detailing the adventures of a crew of thieves against impossible (and eldritch) odds. Will they fight just to survive, or will you still try to finish the job? And will you work together, or stab each other in the back?

Something about this game makes me feel like maybe you can play out a Leverage-style heist and then have to process the horrors together over breakfast the next day.

Monster Truckers, by Table Cat Games.

Get behind the wheel of a big rig as a Vampire, Mummy, Werewolf, and more! Monster Truckers is an easy to learn and low prep tabletop role playing game featuring semi truck driving monsters in a post-apocalyptic world. They make deliveries, discover the weird and mysterious stuff, get into scrapes, and maybe help out a few folks as they experience (un)life on the road.

You can practice your trucker slang and also try to survive the apocalypse! Not exactly urban fantasy but you can't tell me that you wouldn't be hanging out at a 24/7 diner in this game.

You can check out a test drive on Itch.io.

What Big Teeth, by Lorc.

Werewolves are cursed to hunt. The curse gave you the strength to take everything you ever wanted. But you've chosen a better path. The nightmare curse may drive you to hunt, but it doesn't care what you hunt. So you and your pack are hunting the other monsters of the night.

By day you survive dead-end jobs and investigate rumours. By night you hunt the monsters you found, drag them into the nightmare and kill them in a climactic action sequence.

So what if you wanted to play the monsters instead? Also what if the game was free?

I've also got an Urban Fantasy tag that you might find interesting…

By Josh Fox and Becky Annison

We are going to tell a story together. The story of a lone individual stumbling upon clues to a terrible evil. At first they dismiss it, but piece by piece a picture emerges, until suddenly it becomes impossible to deny. They plunge into shadow, they recoil in horror, but it is already too late. The horrifying truth is laid bare and they are consumed by darkness.

Lovecraftesque is a GMless tabletop game that creates a compelling cosmic horror tale in a single session of play.

2-5 players each share control of a single character who is the witness to the terrible horror you will create, and each contribute to the horror itself.

Lovecraftesque has exciting scenarios by authors like Ken Hite (The Dracula Dossier), Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) and Lynne Hardy (Call Of Cthulhu). Or you can build your own setting at the table using the game’s core deck.

It can be played solo or with a group of 2-5 players, in around 2 hours.