#notdndgames

I love D&D but I also love being hipster trash, so here are some other options. there are single night games (very short campaigns) and full-fledged rpgs in here

Apocalypse World -- Ever wanted to play Mad Max? This is kind of like it. You’re alive after the world ends, and you have to survive, no matter what. You fight scavengers, animals and starvation in a quest to do something or to just stay alive for another year. The end of the world offers a lot of GM customizing options. Everything is free online!

Cat Hack -- The name comes from White Hack and Black Hack which are different rules/rolling conventions based off of D&D proper. In this one, you play as cats, living cat lives and saving the world. Cats can see the things beyond death and beyond the veil, and fight them (with spells!!) when needed, saving mankind and, more importantly, catkind. Comes at a reasonable price.

Spirit Of ‘77 -- Disco. Dance. Drugs. Death. In this game based on the Apocalypse World engine, you play as a groovy seventies person (or a square if you’re down with that scene) and play through any scenario the GM can make up; for instance, do you want to fistfight the Million Dollar Man to death? In this game’s engine, it’s possible. Comes at a reasonable price.

Call of Cthulhu -- Based off of H. P. Lovecraft’s works involving the unknown and the price of knowing, this game has multiple playing options. Players start out as regular people who find something terrible, and from then on have to battle against the unknown and their own dwindling grasp on what is and isn’t out to get them. This game offers a lot of customization and has a fun underlying plot, or can be played in a serial version. Comes at a reasonable price!

The Warren -- Similar to Cat Hack, The Warren is a game where you play as an animal. In this, you’re a rabbit! Your warren is in danger, and it’s up to you and your warrenmates to save it and save your family, using any means your little bunny minds can think of. This is a fully-made tabletop RPG and can be as in-depth as you want it to be. Comes at a reasonable price.

Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf -- In this game, you’re a normal person, living a normal life on a normal night at a normal park. But then, you see him. Shia LaBeouf. The Shia Master (GM) controls Shia, and the players have to be clever to outrun or out-trick him, lest they be devoured. This is a single-session game, based on a silly meme. Everything is free online!

Pokemon Conquest -- This tabletop is based off of a video game, where the Pokemon world collides with a seafaring, alt-history Japan world named Rensai. Players can bond with Pokemon, battle on the seas, and most importantly, try to mend their beautiful country’s shattered state, with battle, discussion, and probably a little seduction. Everything is free online!

Monsterhearts -- also based on Apocalypse World’s engine, in Monsterhearts, players are young adults, or older than anyone, and usually vampires. Will you turn your family, or leave them behind? There’s blood, drama, romance, and... hormones. It’s a little bit True Blood, a little bit Twilight, and a little bit Degrassi. All in all, it sounds like a lot of fun! Comes at a reasonable price.

I’ve got an ever-growing list of things I want to play lmao

Fleshscape -- In this scifi/horror game, you play as a member of a nomadic, primitive tribe in the Fleshlands; lands made of skin, bone, muscle and blood. You look for knowledge, or for a place to settle safely. Everything you ear, wear and use must come from another creature; hunt and scavenge to survive! Pay what you want for this!

Dirty Aces -- This is a multi-genre engine, involving no dice. All you need is some paper and a deck of regular playing cards. You play as a member of a group of wanderers, vagabonds and ne’er do wells, bound by fate, karma, ka, or something else. This engine is good for tons of genres, from Firefly to The Dark Tower. Comes at a reasonable price!

13th Age -- A spellsword, fantasy-style game similar to D&D, this game relies on different dynamics between PC and NPC, building on ideas of bonds. This system runs on dice rolls and imagination, and can be a very fun, very deep story. Comes at a reasonable price!

Wearing The Cape: The Roleplaying Game -- This game is based on a novel series lets you play a superhero, with all the downsides that come along with it! Pick your costume, your powers, your city, and anything else. This game is built on the FATE engine. Comes at a reasonable price!

Dungeon World -- Y’know how Apocalypse world was built on D&D but with less dungeons? Dungeon World is Apocalypse World with more dungeons. The engine changes gameplay from D&D and has a lot of customization, and is it’s own full game. Comes at a reasonable price!

ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG -- “Pathetic Aesthetic” gaming, this fantasy adventure game relies on morally gray choices, gritty storytelling and dark fantasy. This game uses the classic d100 system. This new edition comes with character creation guides, a bestiary and all the rules you could need. Comes at a reasonable price!

Veins of the Earth --  “At the deepest point of the dungeon, behind the throne, beyond the rooms where the battles took place, after everything is done and the enemy dead, there is a crack. A black empty space where the wall joins the stone floor, a foot and a half high and three wide. A breeze comes out. You’d never notice it. You could lie on your belly and fit inside.” You play an adventurer, delving deep into the earth, to see what you can find and discover the truth of your world, battling monsters and counting wealth in how much light you have. Comes at a reasonable price! 

Robotech® Return of the Masters Sourcebook -- A game that can fit into the RIFTS engine, this one allows you to battle mecha in epic robot fights in the war-torn aftermath of the Robotech Wars! Survive as one of the remaining people in this world, dealing with three states still vying for power and living a life in a robotic wasteland. Comes at a reasonable price!

Blades in the Dark -- Players are members of gangs in a notoriously crime-bogged city, battling rivals, solving occult mysteries and completing dangerous heists. There are riches to be had, if you’re bold enough to take them. Your fledgling gang must survive amidst powerful families, bigger gangs and vengeful ghosts. Comes at a reasonable price!

Fiasco -- Maybe someone at youth group convinced you to steal some motor oil, but now your cousin is dead and you killed him. Maybe your girlfriend wants you to scare your wife into a divorce, but now you’re on the run from a drug cartel wearing latex gloves and using dogs. The events do not work out for you in this game, and success is measured in how far you can get anyway. This is a single-session game with d6 mechanics. Comes at a reasonable price!

FARFLUNG: Sci-Fi Role-Play After Dark -- This game is based in the far edges of the universe, where everything is permitted and no one is better than anyone else. Are you a humble robot, yearning for freedom, or a galactic power on par with a god? You’ll learn the complex gray areas of love, hate, trust, death and time, as well as anything else. Fiction-forward, this game lends a lot of storytelling power to the GM. Comes at a reasonable price!

there are so many of these and I can’t possibly cover all of them (even if I want to play all of them), but here are some more! (as a note these are english because I don’t know other languages, but drivethrurpg.com has other languages as well!!)

Belly of the Beast -- Players in this dice-based RPG play people scrabbling for life in the belly of a world-devouring beast, that came from somewhere and ate entire cities whole. “You are a scavenger. Driven by the primal instinct to survive, you venture into the depths of the Evergut in search of some remnant of the past that will postpone your inevitable digestion.” Comes at a reasonable price!

Labyrinth Lord -- Enter a world of magic, danger, and mazes, as you quest to find the Labyrinth Lord. An old-school, simplistic adventure game of puzzles and traps, the Labyrinth Lord could easily be a one-night game or a longer campaign. Comes at a reasonable price!

RIFTS -- A multi-genre, multi-lore game made to mix and match different aspects of other games and universes created by Pallidium Books, this game takes players through different worlds in a series of “rifts” between them, battling monsters, mythic legends and even cowboys! The only limit is the players’ and the GM’s imaginations. Comes at a reasonable price!

TransFormers RPG BETA -- A fan-made fully customizable TransFormers RPG! As far as I know, this is still in BETA, so there might be glitches, but the game is still worth looking into if you like robots, space, and guns! Everything is free online!

$6000 Movie -- A B-movie fated to be forgotten. Low budget, bad actors, sick directors, and a rushed schedule, among other things. This game is a shorter one, with the set up of your players making this movie, and seeing what they can do. Comes at a reasonable price!

Supernatural Hunter -- Hunt down cryptids and monsters, for money, fame or just to keep the world safe. Join a faction or ride solo. This game lets the players hunt and kill monsters, create groups to do it with them, and get famous doing it. Comes at a reasonable price!

1%er - The Outlaw Motorcycle Game -- In this game, your players are hog-riding, gun-toting, product-moving bikers, starting or joining existing games, modding their bikes, and claiming territories. This game is labeled as very explicit. Comes at a reasonable price!

Paranoia Red -- You are Troubleshooter, an invaluable member of Alpha Complex’s most advances security team. You find trouble, and you shoot it, dealing with hackers, terrorists, mutants, monsters, [REDACTED] and more to keep the complex safe, unless you become a threat yourself. A darkly humorous future-turned-present game, recently rebuilt 100%! Comes at a reasonable price!

Wizard Cop --  “You are a cop that polices wizards. You might also be a wizard. You have 10 Gold, 3 Reputation and 1 Life. Reputation is worth more than any Gold, Life is worth more than any Reputation. When a conflict happens, wager an amount of something and add a d4 to the value. Highest wins and the story goes their way, and the loser loses everything they wagered.” That’s literally about half of the rules for this short, interesting game. Everything is free online!

it’s been a long time! as a note, please feel free to send me messages if there are games you want listed for whatever reason, or if, god forbid, one of the ones I list is ethically wrong by nature. here we go!

SIGMATA: This Signal Kills Fascists: In this retrofurturist game set in  the 1980′s, there is a type of hero called a Receiver, who can interpret the Signal and channel it to attack the state power called the Regime, as well as clear out neo-nazi hoodlums and other scum. When the Signal is down, however, you are a weak mortal, on the run. Extremely customizable with an interesting setting. This game centers on the disruption of severe bigotry and may be triggering. Comes at a reasonable price!

Realms of Terrinoth: This game works on the Genesys system. Recently updated and swordspell as they come, this game is set in the world of Runebound, a fantasy world full of skeletal Reanimates and terrible demons, as well as most other fantastic monsters. A story-forward game with a lot of customization options, this core book allows the GM to create a singular story for each character involved. Comes at a reasonable price!

Bloodlines & Black Magic: Character Journal & Grimoire: The scope of human knowledge and endeavor is woefully limited, compared to the incalculable vastness of the cosmos as it truly is. This game is set in a darkly magical world, where monsters roam at night and nothing is truly impossible. Occult 7 (called O7 through the book) is a Pathfinder system made for this game’s universe. This game is very in-depth and the page deserves a full read! Comes at a reasonable price!

The Faerie Ring: Along The Twisting Way Player’s Guide: Another game using the Pathfinder core, this game has you play one of the Fae, magical beings who torment and play with the humans of the world. This game is customizable and allows plenty of control to the players and the GM. Comes at a reasonable price!

The Mecha Hack: Based on The Black Hack and using similar rules, this game lets you make and fight robots. It’s pretty straightforward and is a full, standalone title that requires no extra rulebook purchases to play. Comes at a reasonable price!

The Hidden Halls Of Hazakor: This fifth-edition style game was written specifically to allow young and beginning GMs and players to have an open, fun story to play while learning mechanics that can be applied in other games. Focused on fun and storybuilding, this would be a good game to play with young relatives, and is full of fantasy and magic. Comes at a reasonable price!