Inadvisable tabletop RPG premise #137: play Apocalypse Keys completely by the book, except every player chooses a playbook with one of those moves where it generates a new Monster of the Week when you biff the roll, and starts with that move. Note: for the full effect do this with a group size of at least six.
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Due to… recent events that I would rather not talk about, today's post is a highlight of different tabletop games made by trans peeps! These games are fantastic in their own right, of course, but you can also know that they were made by incredibly cool and attractive people
(Also, these are flyover descs of the game, they'll get more in-depth singular posts later, this is because I am lazy)
A TTRPG About People Playing TCGs
Perfect Draw is a phenomenal card game TTRPG that was funded in less than a day on backerkit, it's incredibly fun and has simple to learn hard to master rules for creating custom cards, go check it out!
A post-apocalyptic sci-fantasy tabletop RPG about building a better future.
Songs for the dusk is fucking good, pardon my language, but it's a damn good post apocalyptic game about building community in a post-capitalist-post-apocalypse-post-whatever world. do yourself a favor and if you only check out one game in this list, check this one out, its a beautiful game.
An RPG of Aviation Fantasy
Flying Circus is set in a WW1 inspired fantasy setting full of witches, weird eldritch fish people (who are chill as hell), cults, dead nobility, and other such things. It's inspired by Porco Rosso primarily but it has other touchstones.
A pastoral fantasy tabletop RPG about traveling animal-folk and the way they change with the seasons.
Wanderhome is a game about being cute little guys going on a silly adventure and growing as the seasons change, its GMless and very fun
https://weregazelle.itch.io/armour-astir
Armour Astir has been featured in here before but its so damn good I had to post it twice. AA demonstrates a fundamental knowledge of the themes of mech shows in a way that very few other games show, its awesome
A discord-based LARP and mystery game!
Kitchen Knightmares is… more of a LARP but its still really dang cool, its about being a knight serving people in a restaurant, its played using discord so its incredibly accessible
https://grimogre.itch.io/michtim
Michtim is a game about being small critters protecting their forest from nasty people who wish to harm it, not via brutal violence (sadly) but via friendship and understanding (which is a good substitute to violence)
Thirsty Sword Lesbians is a roleplaying game for telling queer stories with friends.
ok this technically doesn't count but I'm putting it here anyways cuz its like one of my favorite ttrpgs of all time
TSL is a game about baring your heart and dueling away with people who you'll probably kiss 10 minutes later, its very very fanfic-ey and inspired by queer narratives. I put it here because its made by a team, and the expansion has a setting specifically meant to be a trans "allegory", so I'll say it counts, honestly just go check it out its good shit
https://willuhl.itch.io/mystic-lilies
Mystic Lillies is a game inspired by ZUN's Touhou Project about witches dueling powerful foes, each other, and themselves. Mystic Lillies features rapid character creation and a unique diceless form of rolling which instead uses a standard playing card deck.
https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/141424/nobilis-the-game-of-sovereign-powers-2002-edition
I… want to do a more general overview on Jenna K as an important figure in indie RPG design, but for now just know that Nobilis is good
https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/apocalypse-keys
Apocalypse Keys is a game inspired by Doom Patrol, Hellboy, X-men, and other comics about monstrousness being an allegory for disenfranchisement. Apocalypse Keys is also here because its published by Evilhat so its very cleaned up and fancy but I love how the second you check out the dev's other stuff you can tell they are a lot more experimental with their stuff, this is not a critique, it is in fact a compliment
Work together to build a world you must then save from evil.
Fellowship! I've posted about this game before, but it is again here. Fellowship has a fun concept that it uses very well mostly, its a game about defining your character's culture, and I think that's really really cool
The castle infects all. Its vassals run this city. Start your revolution.
Voidheart Symphony is a really cool game about psychic rebellion in a city that really does not like you, the more you discover for yourself the better
Panic at the Dojo is a phenomenal ttrpg based on what the Brazilian would call "Pancadaria", which basically means, fucking other's people shit up. Character Creation is incredibly open and free, meaning that many character concepts are available
Build a new world in the ruins of the future.
Legacy 2e is a game about controlling an entire faction's choices across time, its very fun
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Featured Systems
-Deathmatch Island
-Alchemistresses
-Apocalypse Keys
-Vale of the Failed and the Fallen
The Doomsday Clock is ticking down and emotions run high as you and your team of DIVISION agents struggle to find the Keys before the villainous Harbingers unlock the Doors of Power and bring about the apocalypse.
As an Omen class monster, you are the only thing capable of holding back the apocalypse. Combat occult threats and investigate supernatural phenomena alongside your team of supernatural agents working for the shadowy DIVISION. But in a world that shuns monsters like you, only your deepest, most heartfelt bonds can grant you the power to stop those who seek to unlock Doom’s Door.
What I love about tabletop RPGs is that it's not just a hobby or a business. It's a community.
Right now, one of indie TTRPG design's luminaries, Rae Nedjadi, is going through it. He's been terribly ill, hospitalized and got out. Now the work begins: he has to learn how to breathe on his own and walk again.
And Evil Hat Productions, who published Rae's game Apocalypse Keys, is pulling out all the stops to give Rae the support he needs.
They've bundled more than 20 amazing PDFs over on DriveThru RPG. $25 gets you $250+ worth of fun. Two games in there are Defy the Gods and Raccoon Sky Pirates!
Here's the lowdown:
Defy the Gods is a queer sword & sorcery adventure-romance set in fantasy ancient Mesopotamia. It's full of messy romance and cursed power.
Raccoon Sky Pirates is a raucous, GM-less story game where you play raccoons flying a ship made of trash. You raid a suburban house until the lights come on, then try to make it back home without exploding. But things keep going wrong. Because you're raccoons.
Go grab those games. Even if you have half of them, which I bet you don't. Get them for the fun, the fascinating ideas, the value! But most of all to show it's not just about the money. Show how we can come together for someone who's given so much to our community. Solidarity.
Rae's the genius who wrote:
Balikbayan: enslaved elementals in a cyberpunk future return to Earth and rise up in revolt.
Our Haunt: dead ghosts recover their memories in slices of life.
Once More into the Void: a shattered starship crew reunites to save the galaxy one last time.
and of course Apocalypse Keys: a team of Hellboy-like monsters solve mysteries to save the world from even worse monsters than them.
Rae mentored me through Defy the Gods, and you can see his ideas all over it. No kidding—after you get the bundle, skim Apocalypse Keys and Defy the Gods, and you'll see a conversation between designers: messy love, found family, monstrosity, the hunger for world-shattering power ... and all the shit you can stir when you finally get it.
Each book is over 300 beautiful pages. Hell, that's a bargain right there.
Go help Rae recover. And pick up Raccoon Sky Pirates and Defy the Gods while you do!