GameSearch

An AI-Powered Search and Recommendation Engine for Itch.io RPGs

DIRGE
This game is a hack of DURF.  It adapts that game’s procedures and themes into a ruleset more precisely calibrated for tabletop scenarios of dramatic mystery, misadventure, and most of all - games of gothic horror.  They are only games but do not forego all proper precaution. Before playing, ensure that every player is comfortable with themes of gloom, terror, loss, illness, doom, and superstition.  Players can use DIRGE as a toolkit to expand five key mechanisms of DURF into a lightweight yet robust engine for gothic horror on their tabletop.  Beware & godspeed. -C.H. Written & Designed by Calen Heydt Illustrated by Rob Matthews
Price:
$0.00
Rating:
5.00 (from 3 reviews)
Published:
28 October 2023 @ 20:39
Updated:
30 October 2023 @ 03:47
These games are similar to DIRGE ...
NIGHTHAWKS   - A TTRPG about loneliness.
Die, Grave Robber, Die!   - A gothic horror incursion fueled by Trophy Dark!
A Modern Prometheus   - A Roleplaying Game for 2 Players about Gothic Horror, Dark Science, and Creating Monsters
THE MARTIAL CULT of BLOOD KNIGHT GAIUS   - a gothic horror/martial arts OSR adventure
The Mustang   - Gothic Western horror
Beneath A Cursed Moon   - A Gothic fantasy tabletop roleplaying game.
The Black Manse   - A gothic horror dungeon crawl.
Bloodclotte   - A Gothic Horror Medical RPG
In the Light of a Setting Sun: Saddlebag Edition   - Rules for Western Campaigns and Gunfights
One Shot World   - A tabletop RPG designed for one shots and short campaigns
Grand Guignol   - Queer intimate horror in a haunted Gothic city. A game of Belonging Outside Belonging.
Lowcountry Crawl 1.5   - A Southern Gothic Tabletop RPG Supplement
DIRGE is similar to...
Bloodclotte   - A Gothic Horror Medical RPG
A Modern Prometheus   - A Roleplaying Game for 2 Players about Gothic Horror, Dark Science, and Creating Monsters
Gothic Society   - Gothic Horror Tabletop Story-based Role-playing
Beneath A Cursed Moon   - A Gothic fantasy tabletop roleplaying game.
Raefenheim   - A one page game of literary gothic romance and horror
Backwoods: Quickstart Guide & SRD   - Gothic Horror in a Post-Apocalyptic New England
THE MARTIAL CULT of BLOOD KNIGHT GAIUS   - a gothic horror/martial arts OSR adventure
The Black Manse   - A gothic horror dungeon crawl.
Die, Grave Robber, Die!   - A gothic horror incursion fueled by Trophy Dark!
In the Light of a Setting Sun: Saddlebag Edition   - Rules for Western Campaigns and Gunfights
Per Dolorem Silentio   - Gothic Science Fantasy Skirmish
One Shot World   - A tabletop RPG designed for one shots and short campaigns
If you like In The Queue check out...
Greetings From ______   - How will you leave your mark on the map?
Ghostboy   - a 2-4 player RPG about the beauty of moving on
Sing Out   - A virtual LARP for three or more people
Chao's Art Pack: Pay What You Want!   - Art to use in your TTRPG projects! Pay what you want!
Feathers   - a slice-of-life game of fallen angels and Belonging Outside Belonging
They Stole the Moon   - A short story and ritual about grief, loss, and magic.
The Final Undertaking   - A journaling game about necromancy, grief, and resolution.
Cybergorgon - a Beautiful Class for Cy_borg   - Make them pay.
Beach Episode   - leave your grief at the beach
Wishing Well   - A game about escaping the city and moving to the country with your friends
WHALESONG   - A game about grief and space whales for two adults
All We Love We Leave Behind   - A solitaire letter-writing RPG on grief & loss
If you like Build-A-Lair: Familiar Edition check out...
Mangayaw   - Rules-light adventuring in an Early Philippines-inspired world
RPG Generator   - Generate ideas for new tabletop RPGs
The Endless Dungeon of the Mad Mage Morag   - Use this cursed tome to generate an endless dungeon full of great mystery and wonder.
Wouldn't You Rather Do That With Maaaaaaagic?   - A storytelling game about a wizard and their familiar, for two players.
Spirals   - A solo dice game for the brave!
Untold Horizons   - Generate a world using a deck of cards: a map-drawing game for 3-5 players.
Dungeon Trappings   - Generate a themed dungeon with a series of dice rolls
Skirmish - D20 Arcade   - A Fighting Dice Game
Squid Fishering   - Dice micro-game for your RPG
Escape from Demon Castle Dracula   - A horror-themed dungeon-crawling card-based solo journaling ttrpg
scaffold   - a game to use until you make your own
Dialtone TTRPG   - A mini tabletop system for Deltarune
If you like Best Left Shut check out...
3 Kids in a Trenchcoat   - Stuck in detention, it's time to devise a “fool-proof plan” to get out of it 3 kids stacked at a time.
Wandering Dreams   - A solo storytelling RPG zine of eldritch horror and exploring the unknown.
Cosmic Crawl   - An eldritch space crawl
Athenæum Adrift   - For generations, you have been hailed as a grand repository of knowledge.
Lost City of Talghor Paper Minis and Vttrpg tokens   - Lost City of Talghor is set of Paper Miniatures and Vttrpg tokens for ttrpg and wa games
The Cutout   - A one page game.
The Library   - What is the price of knowledge?
The Beargirl: A Troika! Background   - A TroikaJam supplement made with minimal knowledge of the game.
The Longest Inch   - a game about Worms with a thirst for knowledge.
Reverie   - a supplement for firebrands
Do not read this journal!   - A horror journaling experience.
A Very Tiny Fish With A Big-Ass Fishing Pole That Turns Into A Laser Sword   - A Troika Background