Asa Donald wrote Rust Never Sleeps and offers scaffolded journaling, which avoids players needing to write from scratch, using prompts instead, and promises no number crunching. While there’s no grid, there is tactical storytelling.
Space: 1999 RPG quickstart is a free download
Of course, there’s a tabletop game coming from Modiphius, that British powerhouse of TTRPG publishing.
Free5e Kickstarter: Open-source D&D alternative is already free to download ahead of crowdfunding
Wyrmworks Publishing, a family-run venture committed to enriching the tabletop gaming community, is set to launch a Kickstarter campaign for their ambitious project: Free5e.
Free to Download: Helluva Town – the adult toon TTRPG quickstart
The 40-page Helluva Town quickstart released to promote the crowdfunding campaign is still live and free.
Free to Download: A preview of Fate of the Stormwailer
Tales of Ereden is a British indie publisher on Kickstarter right now with Fate of the Stormwailer.
Free to Download: Evil Hat’s Blades ’68 Playtest Preview
The TTRPG Blades ’68 Playtest is a free preview from Evil Hat Productions.
Free to Download: The hope-filled “Embers of Humanity” quickstart
John Hedge, Brian Ashford & Colin Richards have released a free to download version of the hope-filled but post-apocalyptic TTRPG Embers of Humanity.
Free to Download: Occult intrigue in the weird cyberpunk of Chromatic Shadows
Matrix Ghost Games’s Chromatic Shadows Basic Rules have been out for over a year – and they’re free in PDF.
Free to Download: DayLITE – Fantasy & Sci-Fi Core Lite TTRPG systems
Daylight Publications are based in New Hampshire, USA, with Diversity, Storytelling and Connection as their three core values.
Free to Download: Dragonslayer quickstart
Slayer Games has one title in DrivethruRPG, and it’s Dragonslayer – but there’s a quickstart too!
