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Stay Safe Home With Free & Pay-What-You-Want Tabletop RPGs

Wed Apr 08 2020
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It's been heartwarming to see the tabletop RPG community react with online games and conventions to counter the social-distancing imposed on individuals and clubs.

It turns out tabletop RPG publishers are rising to the challenge as well through making a plethora of core books, bundles and TTRPG supplement free or pay-what-you-want.

Other tabletop RPG content might be brought forward as part of a fundraising effort.

I thought it might be a good idea to try to collate them in a blog post.

Feel free to let me know if some are missing or if an offer ends.

To be clear, some games below might have been available as pay-what-you-want before the current social-distancing but they are still great to check out.

Free or Pay-What-You-Want

"Ironsworn" by Shawn Tomkin

"Achtung! Cthulhu - FATE Guide to the Secret War" by Modiphius

"The Dark Eye Core Rules" and "The Dark Eye Quickstart Rules" as well as two solo adventures "The Vampire of Havena" and "Conspiracy of Mages" by Ulisses Spiele

"Delta Green: Need to Know" by Arc Dream Publishing

"Mothership: Player's Survival Guide" by Tuesday Knight Games

"Frostgrave" by Osprey Publishing

"Neon City Overdrive" by Nathan Russell for Peril Planet

"Escape From Dino Island" by Sam Tung & Sam Roberts

"Honey Heist", "Jason Statham's Big Vacation", "The Beast", "Crash Pandas", "Goat Crashers" and many other one-page and short games by Chris Taylor & Grant Howitt

"Clumsy Heroic Adorable Anticapitalist Penguins VS Business Goose’s Ivory Tower", "This Is A Sad Place, Where Ghosts Live" and all the one-page and short games by Ursidice

"Whiskey in the Jar", "Rawr: A business card RPG" and all the one-page by Jane Hermiston

"Rockerboys & Vending Machines" by Encoded Designs

"Millennial Apartment Hunters" by Paracosm Press

"WWII: Operation WhiteBox" by Small Niche Games

"Fantaji Universal RPG: Quickstart" by Anthropos Games

"Fate Condensed" by Evil Hat Productions

"Cats Of Catthulhu, Book I" by Joel Sparks

"Crystal Hearts" by Up to Four Players

"Teenagers from Outerspace" by R. Talsorian Games

"Top Secret / New World Order" by TSR

"Stars Without Number: Original Free Edition" by Sine Nomine Publishing

"Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game Quickstart" by Magpie Games

"Power Outage: Core Guide Book" by Go Nerdy

"Never Tell Me the Odds: The Space-Scoundrel RPG About Risking It All" by Smrvl

"A Bundle for Quarantine" by Swordfish Islands

"Never Stop Smiling" by Thought Police

In French

"Devastra", "Wulin" and "Space Adventure Cobra"  by Les Editions du Troisième Oeil 

"The Witcher, le jeu de rôle official Mode Facile" by Arkhane Asylum Publishing

Still Cheap Honourable Mentions

"Sonja & Conan Versus The Ninjas" by Guillaume Jentey

Please emulate the generosity of these awesome publishers through introducing new players to their game, posting about their products on social media and also reaching out to them to show your appreciation.

Stay Home and Be Safe

Kalum