Indie RPGs
199 games, last updated
Wed Jan 25 05:06:08 UTC 2012
This isn't a comprehensive list of Indie RPGs, just the ones I've bookmarked for my own reference, some of which you may also find useful. Some are in print, some not, some free, some not, some still works in progress. In some cases I've linked to additional resources for them. Some of these may be out of date; feel free to send updates and corrections to cdr AT telemancy.com.
Other (non-exhaustive) lists of RPGs:
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- Absolute Destiny Apocalypse
- The Adventures of Lucky Pip and the Incomparable Ithamar Conchie - using fortune cookies
- Aethertide notes - Ryan Macklin's Cortex+ adaptation of Mage
- Afraid draft by Vincent Baker actual play
- Agon
- Ammo
- Anathema by Jonathan Walton, example PC by neelk
- Anima Prime steambots and megaswords (free pre-final draft PDF)
- Annalise downloads journal
- Apocalypse D&D (PDF) by Tony Dowler Praxis thread on ApocD&D
- Apocalypse Girl 24-hour RPG by Sydney Freedberg
- Apocalypse World
- Archipelago RPG
- Back in Time for Tea: Bacchanal for children
- The Believers one page RPG by Chris Bennett AP at GPNW July '08
- Best Friends by Gregor Hutton
- The Big Night
- Black Lipstick: the goth RPG by Jared Sorensen
- Bliss Stage
old link
old preorder link
- Blowback by Elizabeth Shoemaker preorder
- Breaking The Ice by Emily Care
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Under the Eaves (LA 76)
- Burning Wheel Downloads
- Cannibal Contagion - A Game of Psychobilly Zombie-go-Nuts by Nathanael Cole
- Capes by Muse of Fire
- Cat by John Wick
- carry. a game about war. by Nathan D. Paoletta
- JDCorley makes you into an awesome Changeling GM
- Chronica Feudalis Revisions
- City of Brass free PDF
- Classroom Deathmatch
- Clover by Ben Lehman, Yotsuba&! inspired RPG Clover thread on S-G
- The Code by Jared Sorensen, superheroes without superpowers
- The Code II
- The Cog Wars, zero edition
- Cold City Hot War wiki
- Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries (with link for demo kit)
- Covenant demo downloads Codex wiki Guild of the Signal AP
- Craven County Afraid Slasher hack, which turned into Geiger Counter
- Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walsley, free 1-page Chtulhu RPG.
- The Dance and the Dawn, a fantasy fable of dance and romantic tragedy at the Islands of Ash and Ice.
- Danger Patrol Alpha PDF 2009/7/5
- De Profundis
- Dead Weight, by John Harper. Survival. Horror. Parkour.
- Diaspora Fate SF RPG
- Dictionary of Mu sorcerer supplement: review map Words of Destruction Done in Fate
- Doki Doki card game of Shoujo Romantic Combat by Ben Lehman
- Dogs in the Vineyard
- Don't Rest Your Head
- Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple, a Coming of Age Road Trip through Endless Skies and Odd Little Worlds by Daniel Solis
- DoubleZero "distilled" wiki rerelease of James Bond, 007
- The Dreaming Crucible, a game of adolescent pain and journeys through Faerie. downloadable play aids
- Dresden Files RPG Thaumaturgical cheatsheet DFRPG resources
- The Drifter's Escape by Ben Lehman, older draft
- Dungeon World: Dungeon World downloads Jason Morningstar's 2-hour Dungeon World Demo (PDF) Dungeon World (old link)
- Eclipse Phase RPG of post-apocalyptic transhuman conspiracy and horror. Solar System Map scaled to population density
- The Face of Angels
- Fae Noir
- Fiasco by Jason Morningstar, Coen Brothers film-style RPG monthly playsets All known Playsets Fiasco Wiki Playsets
- A Flower for Mara by Seth Ben-Ezra - Why Mara Goes First
- 44: A Game of Automatic Fear free online version (HTML or PDF) or $8 print edition at Lulu
- FreeMarket transhumanist SF RPG
- Geiger Counter draft by Jonathan Walton, see also Geiger Counter
- Ghost/Echo Ron Edwards S/Lay w/Me
- Giants RPG blog by Jeff Lower of Sons of Kryos
- Girls with Swords by Jason Petrasko, an RPG about authority, dreams, and youth. oven thread
- Golden Sky Stories: Yuuyake Koyake translated to English. see Yuuyake Koyake. Meet the Henge
- Happy Birthday Robot Help Me Harry Dresden
- Heart of Ashes by Joe McDonald
- Heart of the Rose (PDF) by Emily Care Boss
- Hero's Banner Demo
- Hi-Quality Role-Playing fantasy game design by Ben Lehman
- Hikikomori (PDF)
- Hollowpoint
- How to Host a Dungeon
- How We Came to Live Here
- Icons wiki
- Idoru by Jared Sorensen
- Inspectres Tips
- Invulnerable superhero RPG by Joshua Kubli, playtest draft
- It's Complicated 2007/11 PDF
- Journeying West by Ben Lehman
- Joy Divison by Mark Vallianatos, near-future RPG of technological horror
- Juiced Rider Mecha pilots with fading memories
- Kagematsu draft Torrid Samurai Romance Romance and Privilege
- Kazekami Kyoko Kills Kublai Khan by Jon Walton example
- Kelly Link the RPG thread on story-games.
- Knife & Candle, a Game for Delicious Friends, by John Harper, Vincent Baker, and Elizabeth Shoemaker Sampat, based on Echo Bazaar
- Lacuna part 1 The Creation of the Mystery and the Girl from Blue City (second attempt)
- Lady Blackbird PDF by John Harper,
- Lords of Gossamer and Shadow by Jason Durall, based on Eric Wujick's Diceless Roleplaying System
- Love in the Time of Seið
- Magical Burst (2nd draft), a dark magical girl game inspired by anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, "like if Sorcerer and Don't Rest Your Head got a civil union and adopted a beautiful baby girl from Japan."
- Maid RPG
- MARS: The RPG of Planetary Romance
- Mars Colony Green Corruption, Yellow Terrorism ashcan play report
- Matchmaker by Vincent Baker
- Max Must Die by John Harper
- Microlite D20 Core Rules
- Minions, Inc free RPG adapted from Apocalypse World.
- Misspent Youth Master Mines: In Snow Crash's future, Danny Ocean's crew-Goonies-sized-play craps to take down Big Brother. Its a sci-fi game about 12 to 17 year olds in a future about ten years from now. 4 page preview (PDF)
- Monsters and Other Childish Things by Benjamin Baugh, 12 Monsters of Christmas
- Monsterhearts Monsterhearts AW Forum Example of Play Preorder Monsterhearts at IndieGoGo through 2/22
- Montsegur 1244
- Mortal Coil Wiki Fudge Mortal Coil
- The Mountain Witch by Timothy Kleinert
- MSG™
- My Daughter, The Queen of France (PDF) by Daniel Wood. MDtQoF Cozycon 2011 thread
- My Life with Master Manifesto on Mastery in a serious setting
- My Supernatural Romance
- Mythender by Ryan Macklin. Rashid's character sheet
- Nemesis One-Roll Engine (ORE) horror
- Neverwhere RPG
- Nicotine Girls by Paul Czege Tips on Running Nicotine Girls
- Nighttime Animals Save the World playtest version by Vincent Baker
- Night's Black Agents
- The Inverse Ninja Law: The RPG
- Nobilis
- Norwegian Style Book Handout Downloads with 17 games: Forgotten Memories, Fuck Youth, Gun Smoke, In The Belly Of The Whale, It Wasn't Me!, Itra's City, New Voices In Art, Pervo, Retrospect, Stoke-Birmingham 0-0, Storyboard, The Father, The New Middle Ages, The Trouble With Demons, Until We Sink, Wanderer, Zombie Porn
- Ocean draft by Jake Richmond, amnesia survivor horror RPG
- On Mighty Thews
- One Can Have Her - film noir RPG
- 1000 Kings wiki Rise of the Empty-Heart Vegetables
- Friendright: You always know what your friends are up to.
- Guestright: You are welcome in any land, as long as you obey its laws.
- Fateright: Your visit will always be interesting, even if you run away from things of interest.
- Ordinary Angels film web site buy at filmbaby
- Otherkind by Vincent Baker
- OVA RPG - Anime roleplaying
- Panty Explosion - Psychic Schoolgirls
- Part-Time Gods
- A Penny For My Thoughts by Paul Tevis Prisoner adaptation
- Perfect by Joe McDonald
- Polaris
- Prime Time Adventures PTA Pitch generators
- The Princes' Kingdom Wiki
- Project Donut
- Puppetland by John Tynes (free) | 'The more said about Puppetland, the better, especially if what's said includes the word "eeeegh."' -- Ken Hite
- SR Games including Pure Shoujo
- Radiant (PDF)
- Raspberry Heaven 0.3 - slice of life anime/manga 0.2
- Red Box Hack
- Reign
- Remember Tomorrow by Gregor Hutton
- Ribbon Drive by Joe McDonald. A game about road trips, mix tapes and letting go.
- Announcement thread Radion Accelerator Drive for Firefly
- Rock N Roll Dreams based on DitV
- The Rustbelt: Tales of Tenacity, Depravity, and Hope
- Ryuutama natural fantasy Japanese RPG Scenario: Midsummer Road of Grandile
- Schauermarchen
- Scott Pilgrim: The Flippin' Sweet Game
- Seven Leagues
- Sex & Violence by Jared Sorensen
- The Shab-al-Hiri Roach by Jason Morningstar (older link)
- The Shadow of Yesterday Main Rulebook by Clinton Nixon
- Shock: social science fiction
- Silver and White by Jackson Tegu
- Six Bullets for Vengeance
- Slime Story - "teenagers hunt cute monsters for spending money"
- Snakes on a Plane: the RPG
- Solipsist
- Sorcerer
- Spione
- Spirit of the Century Pulp RPG OGL SRD, faterpg SotC OGL SRD
- Star Moon and Cross by Lee Short
- Stars Without Numbers SWN character sheets by John Harper (PDF), who called it "possibly the best sandbox-gaming RPG ever made"
- Steal Away Jordan by Julia Bond Ellingboe, about survivors and heroes who beat the odds
- Stitch by Iain McAllister (in development) - A time travel game played against the clock.
- Strands of Fate toolkit for Fate 3.0
- Sufficiently Advanced 2nd Edition thread with links to quickstart PDF
- Sufficiently Advanced Wiki
- Summerland Free Lulu download clarifying rules (PDF)
- Survivor: Relay - Zombie survivor horror game for play over Twitter or SMS.
- Sweet Agatha by Kevin Allen Jr
- A Taste for Murder by Graham Walmsley. How to play British
- Tähti - Finnish RPG "where you play the member of a Maoist mutant girl band in the Finland of 2017. The action of the game revolves around dating, school, parents, rehearsals, fans, gigs, managers, celebrity and so on."
- TechNoir RPG by Jeremy Keller
- Teen Justice Force notes adapting Afraid for teen supers with snazzy character sheets
- Tenra Bansho Zero being translated to English
- Thirty by John Wick
- Thou Art But a Warrior
- Three Sixteen: Carnage Amongst the Stars (3:16)
- Time & Temp
- Tokyo Rain
- Tooth and Claw RPG
- Torchbearer by Shreyas
- Toward One by Vincent Baker
- Tramp Stamp - A Game of F---up Tatoo Artists
- Transantiago by Jonathan Walton: bodhisattvas on the subway at the end of the world
- Trial & Terror: Supernatural Victims Unit
- Trollbabe
- Under the bed
- Under My Skin by Emily Care Boss
- Unknown Armies Unknown Armies 2e fillable character sheet (PDF)
- Unsung - Morality under fire
- Until We Sink
- Vesperteen thread by Jon Walton, another thread
- Verge by Adam Dray, Recharged Reprogrammed (obsolete)
- In a Wicked Age
- Wild Talents
- Wildlings by John Harper D&D for Kids thread on story-games
- Witch Girls Adventures
- World's Edge
- Wuthering Heights RPG
- XXXXtreme Street Luge
old link
- Yuuyake Koyake populating. see Golden Sky Stories
