awesome-ttrpg

Awesome Tabletop RPG

About

A list of tabletop aka pen and paper RPG games, systems, and other resources. This contains only free/libre/open source references and must allow commerical distribution. While the game might have related non-free material, it must have a free/libre System Reference Document (SRD).

Note about historic differenence from software

Much of the tabletop RPG culture varies from free software. Wizards of the Coast, a game company, released Dungeons and Dragons Version 3 under the Open Gaming License which gave other companies the ability to release compatible game materials.

License

Copyright 2018 vaeringjar.

Work distributed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awknowledgements

• OGL Wikipedia article
• See original freepo.st thread Does anyone have thoughts on Open Game License or libre TTRPGs?.
• Similar list of projects from FOSsil Bank.
• Fudge has a wonderful explanation for the OGL.

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Contents

• Cards
• Board Games
• Pen and Paper
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
  • Ships
  • Genre Independent

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Games

Cards

• Arcmage - A specific ruleset for the open source card game WTactics. See Arcmage licensing which includes CC-BY-4.0 and GPLv3 among others.
• Keeper of the Cards - DIY trading card game with simple rules and an emphasis on strategic play. Each card has its own libre license written on the card itself (usually CC-BY-4.0, CC-BY-SA-4.0, or CC0).

Board Games

• Pepper&Carrot: The Potion Contest - Board game based on the Pepper&Carrot web comic. CC-BY-4.0.

Pen and Paper

Fantasy

• Basic Fantasy - Simple game system modeled on the classic RPG rules of the early 1980s. OGL-1.0a
• Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition SRD - Adventure action game loosely based on Norse Mythology and works by Tolkien. OGL-2.0
• Fate - Dual OGL-2.0 and CC-BY-3.0
• Iron Falcon - Rules for classic fantasy role-playing. OGL-1.0a
• Mongoose RuneQuest SRD (Mirror) - Fantasy adventure game. OGL-1.0a
• Open Quest SRD - Fantasy adventure game primarily based on the Mongoose RuneQuest SRD (MRQ SRD) with the D100 rules mechanic. OGL-1.0a
• Pathfinder SRD - Fork of Dungeons and Dragons v3.5. OGL-2.0

Sci-Fi

• Starfinder - Alternate rules for Pathfinder. The Archives of Nethys also contains the SRD for Pathfinder and it.

Ships

• TBD

Genre Independent

• FudgeRPG - Create any role-playing game desired. OGL-2.0
• Open Adventure - Similar to D&D B/X. CC-BY-4.0
• Revolution D100 SRD - Native multi-genre support: character creation and specific rules for fantasy, steampunk, historical, cyberpunk, space opera and more. OGL-1.0a

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