| Title | The South Bridge Enigma |
| System | Trail of Cthulhu (2nd edition)/Gumshoe |
| GM | Phil Masters |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Period Lovecraftian Horror |
| Tags | |
| Players | 3-5 |
| Content Warnings | Lovecraftian Horror, 18th century attitudes and medical treatments |
| Description | The year is 1786, and Dr Erasmus Darwin of Lichfield receives a letter from an old friend at Edinburgh University. Something strange and perhaps uncanny seems to be emerging as work progresses on the new South Bridge in that city, and the old friend would appreciate new eyes on the problem. As servants of the Lunar Society, you are despatched to investigate, and to carry Enlightenment into darkness. Dr Darwin trusts that your skills will overcome any wild and superstitious nonsense, after all. But the city still has its strange corners, and the light of reason can only reach so far. A game using the second edition of the Trail of Cthulhu rules, demonstrating the new “Boundary of the Darkness” campaign frame, which sets agents of the Enlightenment against the Mythos. |
| Title | Dungeons IN Dragons |
| System | Legends in the Mist |
| GM | Chris Dean |
| Age Rating | Child Friendly |
| Genre | Heroic fantasy dungeon crawler with some twists |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 2-6 |
| Content Warnings | Violence (the degree of violence can be easily decided pre-game with the players present) |
| Description | The World Above was desolated centuries ago by the dragons. Now a dragon has come that does not breathe fire; instead, its roar tears apart the earth itself, and threatens all life that dwells in the World Below. The stories say that the dragons, creatures made of earthen materials, are hollow on the inside. You are part of a crack team being sent to the dangerous surface. Find the dragon, get inside it, and find a way to destroy it. Legends in the Mist is normally intended as a rustic fantasy, using its Hearts of Ravensdale setting. But the game is also designed to make your own fantasy settings, and so this one-shot takes place within a homebrew world, that both riffs on and subverts a lot of D&D / heroic dungeon crawler fantasy tropes. I largely run convention RPGs of my own design, but this is just a system I am a big fan of. City of Mist is a Powered by the Apocalypse hack. Legends uses a further hacked system, City of Mist Reloaded. It maintains the PbtA 2d6 system for successes and consequences: rolling 6 or lower means Consequences, 6-9 is Success and Consequence, and 10+ is Success. However, PbtA Moves are replaced with an Effect system; for more complex actions, Effects can be spent for a variety of mechanical and narrative effects. Your character sheet has four Themes that define your character. You have three Power tags and one Weakness tag for each theme; tags are descriptive words or phrases that define your various capabilities. Add +1 to your roll for each Power tag that applies, and -1 for each Weakness tag. (You may occasionally have other modifiers to apply.) The total you have is your Power, which is added to your dice rolls, and determines how many Effects you get if you succeed (if applicable). |
| Title | Pumpkin Spice |
| System | Pumpkin Spice |
| GM | Michael Paul O’Sullivan |
| Age Rating | Teens (ages 12+) |
| Genre | Cosy RPG/Magical Girl |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 2-4 |
| Content Warnings | None |
| Description | Pumpkin Spice is a cozy role-playing game (RPG) in which you play a coven of Witches who run a magical Café, looking to preserve and grow the mystical energy of the Fount of Magic that dwells in their establishment. |
| Title | The Search for Lucius de Cervantes |
| System | Daggerheart |
| GM | Angel Carrasquillo |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Fantasy, Exploration |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 3-6 |
| Content Warnings | None |
| Description | Lucius de Cervantes may not have been the most accomplished student at the Avonmore Academy of Magic, but he still had an active social life on campus, a real passion for the arcane arts and a family that was willing to fund his lifestyle. So when he didn’t return to Avonmore people started to worry. The last time anybody saw him was when he left to volunteer at an orphanage in Bhatal, a tropical archipelago renowned for it’s beautiful beaches, warm sun and welcoming community. He wanted to give back to the less fortunate in a hands on way and take some time to find himself. Or at least that’s what he said to convince his parents to let him take a 3 month vacation. Out of concern for Lucius you have decided to head to the island yourself, the de Cervantes family have offered a large reward for his return and a state of the art airship to get you to Bhatal. What happened to Lucius? Did he run away from home? Drink some bad water? Maybe lose his map on a hike? The only way to find out is to head to the islands yourself. |
| Title | Tea, Turnips & Temporal Troubles |
| System | GURPS Discworld |
| GM | Peter Raisen |
| Age Rating | Teens (ages 12+) |
| Genre | Light fantasy on the Discworld |
| Tags | Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 3-6 |
| Content Warnings | Fluffy game, no nasties |
| Description | Things never seem to go right at the good old Unseen University, and when magic goes wrong the last thing they want to do is put a wizard or a hero near the problem. So when you tell them they have got it wrong… |
| Title | Seasons of the Sun – Hunt the Gowk |
| System | Liminal |
| GM | ABS |
| Age Rating | Teens (ages 12+) |
| Genre | Modern Day Urban Fantasy Folklore Shenanigans |
| Tags | Rules Lite |
| Players | 2-5 |
| Content Warnings | Folk Horror, Eldritch Happenings, Modern Life |
| Description | Our crew thought the Mad March Hares were more than enough merriment for one month but then they forgot about April Fool Misrule… can they ride the madcap rollercoaster of Huntigowk Day which has fae, fops and fools alike in an uproar… can they stick the landing…. A playtest of ‘Hunt the Gowk!’ the next scenario of the Seasons of the Sun campaign as our intrepid, arcane adventurers try to work out why both sides of the Veil seem to be going doo lally and what this means for them and their burgeoning crew. Game- System: Liminal – https://modiphius.net/products/liminal-quickstart has a free copy of the Quickstart Guide – • Folk Horror/Urban Fantasy Folk Horror, Eldritch Happenings, Modern Life |
| Title | Felonious Little Plans |
| System | The Great Martian Tripod Race |
| GM | Martin Pickett |
| Age Rating | Teens (ages 12+) |
| Genre | Steampunk |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 3-6 |
| Content Warnings | None |
| Description | After the fiasco of the Sky Pirates a myriad of small-timer operators was left in the criminal underworld of Victorian Mars. Kathy Clemens, Mayor of Victoriana, has to be seen to be tackling the situation and as such has tasked her most trusted Sky Guard patrol to clean things up. However, the denizens of the underworld do not seem minded to cooperate, and enjoy nothing more than giving the law the run-around. A policeman’s lot is not a happy one. A game of Scientific Romance and Steampunk adventure, set on the Victorian colony of Mars. |
| Title | Murder on the Occidental Express |
| System | The Code of Steam and Steel |
| GM | Simon Burley |
| Age Rating | Child Friendly |
| Genre | Alt-Victorian egalitarian Steampunk |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 2-6 |
| Content Warnings | None. Victorian themes of Colonialism and Empire are actively challenged |
| Description | In an alternative 19th century, your characters are faced with a murder mystery on the maiden voyage of The Occidental Express – a giant 5-hulled – Steampunk Transatlantic Liner Train. In an egalitarian, multi-cultural world of Steam, Steel, Overland trains and Airships this is a high octane pedal-to-the-metal Steampunk adventure against the clock. Can you solve the mystery and uncover any deeper plots? The Express is “Too Big to Fail” they say. But who can know for sure? Players Will Experience: * Role-play forward, player driven 2d6 shenanigans, with an easy-to learn system that generates an unforgettable experience. * You’ll use pre-generated characters in a short, fun, prologue adventure before making your own bespoke unforgettable Steampunk adventurers. Player Requirements: * No previous experience or knowledge necessary. GM Style: Narrative-first and cinematic. Player-focused, collaborative emphasising story, improvisation, and memorable character moments. |
| Title | Isle of Blood |
| System | Draconis |
| GM | Alex |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Fantasy/New Weird |
| Tags | Rules Lite, GM’s Own System |
| Players | 3-5 |
| Content Warnings | Fantasy religion, horror elements |
| Description | Draconis is a fictioncore fantasy RPG using a lightweight playing-card system. In ‘Isle of Blood’, a group of scholars and hired specialists journey to a misty island south-west of Clamour, whose strategic location made it a key defensive outpost during the Chromatic War. While studying the thaumatic devastation left by the conflict and the twisted belluæ that stalk the woods, they may discover they are not alone on the island, and that their presence has not escaped attention. |
| Title | Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays |
| System | Delta green |
| GM | Emily |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Cosmic horror gumbo landing on the true detective side of the fence |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 1-5 |
| Content Warnings | Gore, medical horror, body horror, implied child death |
| Description | Thirteen people have vanished along Highway 70 in the Arizona desert. That stretch of road—the press already calls it the “Devil’s Highway”—runs through the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Tribal police and state investigators are at a loss. Now the FBI steps in. It sends your agents. They may find a trail of terror that leads far from Arizona and a deeper evil than they can hope to overcome. |
| Title | Dragon Gardens |
| System | Feng Shui 2 |
| GM | Matthew Hambley |
| Age Rating | Teens (ages 12+) |
| Genre | Hong-Kong action cinema |
| Tags | Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 3-6 |
| Content Warnings | cinematic violence, organised crime, magic |
| Description | Whether a noble student of martial arts, a retired killer on a blood spattered road to redemption or some dumb tourist who saw something they shouldn’t, everyone needs a place to rest their heads. Of course the criminal underworld wants your head on a pike. It will take blood, sweat and tiers, just try to make sure it’s someone elses blood |
| Title | Oni |
| System | Mothership |
| GM | Jamie Heitler |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Sci Fi, Horror, Comedy |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 2-6 |
| Content Warnings | Violence, Alcohol consumption, Multiple personalities, Organised crime, Android cannibalism, Implied parental abuse, and Suicide |
| Description | Oni is a social stealth delve into a mob boss’s derelict spaceship, inspired by Japanese folklore and mythology. The players will have to act the part of honoured guests to avoid the attention of ONI, the ship’s hallucinating AI, and the 20 android Brothers. Can the players escape the notice of ONI long enough to steal 15 million credits and save the princess? Play to find out! For more on the myths and folklore that inspired this work, check out Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present by Noriko T.Reider |
| Title | Fyrelight Festival |
| System | D&D 5e (2014) |
| GM | Paresh |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Fantasy horror |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly |
| Players | 3-5 |
| Content Warnings | Fantasy violence, cult rituals, zombie |
| Description | You have been invited to the Fyrelight festival, to enjoy and relax. So why not come and enjoy the music, food and performances. What could go wrong? Will it turn out to be an evening filled with splendor and joy, or will external forces take away that one evening of festivities. Only way to find out, come along. It’s a beginner friendly game for level 2. I will provide character sheets. |
| Title | The Abandoned Onsen Mystery (Version 3) |
| System | Ronin ( Mork Borg with Samurai) |
| GM | Stephen L McMorland |
| Age Rating | Adult only (ages 18+) |
| Genre | Fantasy, Survival Horror, Psychological horror Ghost story |
| Tags | |
| Players | 3-5 |
| Content Warnings | This is Mork Borg, you have been warned, death is fairly likely, but it is not the end, horror themes, violence crazy shenanigans, Lines and veils to be discussed |
| Description | This is the third version of my experiment, As with previous iterations, the same setting (feudal Japan or similar) same scenario possibly similar characters. This one is using the gritty Mork Borg rules, the world is ruined, and you are wandering Ronin, while travelling through the countryside, you get caught in a terrible storm, in fear of your lives you try to find shelter, and it feels as if your prayers are answered when a light appears, it is a traditional Hot Springs Inn, an Onsen, and, gratefully, you enter, once in, you all realise that this place has recently been abandoned, what happened to everyone? And will the same fate befall you? A tale of psychological horror, retaining your honour in a doomed world and surviving whatever this thing is. |
| Title | Dream Askew |
| System | Dream Askew |
| GM | Avery Alder |
| Age Rating | Teens (ages 12+) |
| Genre | Post-Apocalyptic Daily Life |
| Tags | Rules Lite, Newbie Friendly, GM’s Own System |
| Players | 2-5 |
| Content Warnings | violence, gangs, oppression, apocalypse, queer sexuality |
| Description | Dream Askew gives us ruined buildings and wet tarps, nervous faces in the campfire glow, strange new psychic powers, fierce queer love, and turbulent skies above a fledgling community, asking “What do you do next?” Imagine that the collapse of civilization didn’t happen everywhere at the same time. Instead, it’s happening in waves. Every day, more people fall out of the society intact. We queers were always living in the margins of that society, finding solidarity, love, and meaning in the strangest of places. Apocalypse didn’t come for us first, but it did come for us. Gangs roam the apocalyptic wasteland, and scarcity is becoming the norm. The world is getting scarier, and just beyond our everyday perception, howling and hungry, there exists a psychic maelstrom. We banded together to form a queer enclave — a place to live, sleep, and hopefully heal. More than ever before, each of us is responsible for the survival and fate of our community. What lies in the rubble? For this close-knit group of queers, could it be utopia? This is a Belonging Outside Belonging game – that means it’s diceless, MCless, and we all help customize and play the world around our characters. |