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Headcanon
Fundamentally unlovable creature killer in trouble
Quadratic Engine
The Fledgling and the Vale
You Are a Beacon
PDQ Shakespeare
Disaster Wizards
Getting There
If you like ICON playtest check out...
BEACON TTRPG   - High-fantasy TTRPG inspired by LANCER and 4e
MOTH-LIGHT (beta)   - Post-Fall Science Fiction, Forged in the Dark.
Skirmish: Wallet Friendly Wargaming   - A wargame that uses things you already own for miniatures
Rebel Crown   - A roleplaying game of courtly intrigue, feudal ambition, and perilous conflict
Subway Runners   - A tabletop RPG of gig-economy metro workers clearing up monsters in a subway that dug too deep.
Troika! Numinous Edition   - The Other world's favourite fantasy RPG
Major Magicka   - A chaotic no-prep rules-lite game about weird wizard academia.
AGON   - Heroic action in the mythic age
Mythmaker   - A tale of mythic antagonism.
Band of Blades   - The Road To Skydagger Keep
RPG Snacks #1: RAYCATS!™   - A micro-RPG about TOTALLY RAD nuclear-mutant cats!
LOK   - Discover a vast unknown world by learning its cryptic language
If you like Forever 41 check out...
VAMP CAMP!   - Attend a vampire support group to make friends, complain, and cause shenanigans.
BORP Survival Guide:   - How to survive Undead, Aliens, Monsters and Myths. End of the world survival.
FANGS - Minimal Vampires   - You are a cotery of Vampires struggling to survive in the shadow world.
Escape from Demon Castle Dracula   - A horror-themed dungeon-crawling card-based solo journaling ttrpg
With My Last Undying Breath   - A solo journaling game of vampires, memories, and one last attempt to hold onto humanity
Whistling Wolf Café   - A solo café sim game. "You may not always get what you want, but you'll always get what you need."
Vampire Block Party   - can you blend in with your human neighbors?
Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors   - A pick-up-and-play horror tabletop roleplaying game. Defend a cabin against untold horrors. Survive until dawn.
Halo 'n' Horns   - a comedy RPG for 2 GMs and 1 player
As The Sun Rises   - A game about a vampire chronicling the end of their life.
The Last Detective   - Narrative detective game about trying to obtain redemption.
Knowing Revenge of the Grasping Gods   - A system agnostic adventure of defying the gods.
If you like Guided by the Sun SRD check out...
Wretched & Alone SRD   - An SRD for creating journaling games.
My Body is a Cage   - Slice of life drama in the streets, dungeon crawler in the sheets.
Breathless - System Reference Document   - An SRD for creating Breathless games.
The Land Whispers   - A card game of discovery and improvisational storytelling for 1-4 players
Divined Journey   - A tarot-guided walk through the Hero's Journey and Virgin's Promise
.dungeon   - An alternate reality table top roleplaying game.
Novel Story   - A Solo RPG About the Life of a Novel
Powered by Sentinel SRD   - An SRD for creating games Powered by Sentinel
The Waiting   - A one page GM-less roleplaying game of suspense for 1 or more players.
Carta SRD   - A Toolkit For Creating Single-player Exploration Games
Scarred by Quietus SRD   - Make your own games using Quietus
LUMEN   - Build action packed, illuminated RPGs