GameSearch

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

Blades in the Dark
Blade's in Dark is a tabletop role-playing game about scoundrel crew seeking their fortunes on the haunted streets of an industrial fantasy city, with heists and dangerous bargain schemes among other things to overcome obstacles such as rival gangs or powerful noble families that stand between them. The core mechanic puts storytelling above ability scores; lightning fast planning rules make criminal operations quick while supernatural elements like ghosts add a layer of excitement in this richly detailed setting full of secrets waiting for discovery by adventurous players (who are encouraged to use the character archetype system). 1-2 hours per session, with three or six player options. A 336 page PDF guidebook is also available and contains additional content such as maps, NPCs, schemes, factions, magic items, spells
Price:
$20.00
Rating:
4.90 (from 322 reviews)
Published:
These games are similar to Blades in the Dark ...
Picaroons   - A Narrative Game of Adventure for Scoundrels
The Brightest Things We Know   - A game of star-blessed demigods, forged in the dark.
Haunted Doll Posse   - A TTRPG where everyone controls the Haunted Doll
Subway Runners   - A tabletop RPG of gig-economy metro workers clearing up monsters in a subway that dug too deep.
UNCONQUERED Free Edition   - A free edition of the UNCONQUERED core ruleset.
World of Blades   - A Blades in the Dark / World of Dungeons hack.
Haunting   - A two-player, haunted house, roleplaying game
Slayers   - Monster hunting in a cursed city.
Rebel Crown   - A roleplaying game of courtly intrigue, feudal ambition, and perilous conflict
Adrenaline   - Near Future, Forged in the Dark
Band of Blades   - The Road To Skydagger Keep
Capybara Capers   - A daring game of trust and thievery.
Blades in the Dark is similar to...
The Archivist Playbook   - A custom playbook for the roleplaying game Blades in the Dark
Picaroons   - A Narrative Game of Adventure for Scoundrels
Checkerbeak   - A supplement for MÖRK BORG created during the OSR Supplement Jam hosted by Taylor Lane in March 2022.
Reigns: The Council - Print and Play   - An asymmetric party game for 3-4 people
The Musicians: a BitD Crew Playbook   - A Musical Crew Playbook for John Harper's Blades in the Dark.
The Brightest Things We Know   - A game of star-blessed demigods, forged in the dark.
Scavenger Saga   - An exploration and survival game powered by Charge
Kill the Tyrants   - A supplement pamphlet for "From the Mud"
Venture Forth! A One Page Fantasy RPG   - A One-page Fantasy RPG of heroes and scoundrels!
What's So Cool About the Wastes?   - Simple + Light roleplaying game about the apocalypse, cars, and people in them.
Wanted: Belladonna Mortsafe   - A bounty-hunting scenario maker for Troika!
My advice for Blades in the Dark GM   - some advice from my experience for GM of blades in the dark
If you like Frontearth Striders check out...
DETHGASM   - a supremely stupid/awesome RPG
Electric Bastionland   - A complete roleplaying game. Go deeper Into the Odd as a treasure hunter with a failed career and a colossal debt
Electric Bastionland Free Edition   - A free version of Electric Bastionland RPG, featuring all the player rules and ten Failed Careers.
Heroic Tales   - A rules-lite Fantasy RPG
What's So Rotten About Zombies Defending An Ancient Temple   - Play as the rotten zombies defending your temple
Endure   - a survival roleplaying game
The DMPC is Dead   - Kick start your adventure when the DMPC kicks the bucket!
The Greatest of These is Love   - A solo game about love, loss, and the spirit world...but mostly love.
In the Dark   - Simple FitD roleplaying for any setting
VRBS SRD   - An ultralight system for creating highly improvisational role-playing games.
THE DEEP - 24XX Underwater Sci-Fi   - Adventures below the waves of a sunken earth.
Satan, Pay My Rent!   - A rules-lite TTRPG where the rent is due, and only Satan can help you.
If you like Rookwood Roots check out...
NIGHT OF THE HOGMEN   - A grotesque, single-session, standalone TTRPG
Yokai Hunters Society   - A rules-light pen & paper RPG about monster hunters in Meiji Japan.
BLOOD COTILLION   - A grotesque, single-session, standalone TTRPG
The Ground Itself   - A world-building game about places over time
Slayers   - Monster hunting in a cursed city.
Under the Seal of Solomon, an Into the Bronze adventure   - Under the Seal of Solomon, an Into the Bronze adventure for the RPGLATAMJAM
Together We Write Private Cathedrals   - A game for writing queer history.
Planar Compass: Issue 1   - A brand new RPG zine to take you brand new places.
Witch You Were Here   - A spell for time travel to more beautiful times.
Lab Rat   - Find the hiding places within yourself.
Ribbons: A Setting Guide for Masks   - Magical girls fighting evil and schoolwork.
Party First   - 1980s Alt History Pulp Horror
If you like Tiny Swords Tactics (Beta) check out...
La Bête: A Solo Game   - You are a monster. Survive.
God Remains   - A PbtA TTRPG about living inside the severed head of a god
Duelists Of The Pages   - Create Swords From Your Words
In The Time Of Monsters   - A tactical combat TTRPG about Norse heroes fighting at the end of the world.
Maharlika RPG   - A technomythical tactical mecha RPG inspired by Filipino Mythology
Valiant Quest   - A roleplaying game of high adventure and cunning strategy.
Under The Floorboards   - A game about tiny people in a giant, hostile world.
Monster A.I. - Goblins and Orcs   - Enemy A.I. Tool for TTRPG Tactical Combat
Time Knife   - Weird Tales of Swords & Sorcery for Troika!
Chant of the Abyss   - A dungeon crawling RPG boardgame.
TACTICIANS OF AHM - Ch. 1: The Road to War   - Ultralite Tactical Roleplaying in a Digital Fantasy World
The Creature Comes for Us   - A card-drawing game for 1+ players. Create a world, a menace to threaten it, heroes to fight it, and then do battle.