What was the RPG Pipeline

The RPG Pipeline was a posting board to keep track of upcoming tabletop rpgs from 2015 to 2021 (this Blogger version began in 2019). It covered new English language ttrpgs and ttrpgs going into crowdfunding.

Friday, 26 April 2019

H. P. Lovecraft Preparatory Academy: Pip System Edition

H. P. Lovecraft Preparatory Academy: Pip System Edition:

H. P. Lovecraft Preparatory Academy: Pip System Edition
Publisher: Third Eye Games

A Roleplaying Game of Students in a School of Monsters and Mad Scientists

As a student at the prestigious H.P. Lovecraft Preparatory Academy, you’ll uncover conspiracies, deal with bullies and uncaring professors, explore dangerous steam tunnels, study for exams, escape from horrible monstrosities that humanity was never meant to see, and try to avoid an extended stay at Arkham Sanitarium. And that's just orientation week!

  • A semi-humorous RPG in the tradition of Saturday morning cartoons featuring mystery-busting kids…only the monsters are real. 
  • Features a detailed sandbox environment on the campus of a haunted New England boarding school. 
  • New archetypes to create a variety of students, from the Athlete to the Class Clown to the Visionary. 
  • Design your own faculty! Want Dr. Frankenstein to be the new Biology professor? No problem! 
  • Thanks to the medical breakthroughs developed by Dr. West in the school infirmary, your character can’t die…but sanity is another matter entirely. 
  • A section for Headmasters (the GM) with advice and mechanics for creating a variety of strange and exciting mysteries on school grounds.
This book contains an alternate Pip System edition of the game. Everything you need to play the game using our own Pip System can be found in this book.

Price: $15.00


Some Assembly Required [Free]

Some Assembly Required [Free]: An action figure RPG


Some Assembly Required

Quickdraw [Free]

Quickdraw [Free]: Outlaws dueling with six-shooters.


Quickdraw

Your Majesty [Free]

Your Majesty [Free]: A short, humorous game about flirting with royalty.


Your Majesty

Once Upon a Time in Jianghu

Once Upon a Time in Jianghu: Click here to view Once Upon a Time in Jianghu

A Powered by the Apocalypse Wuxia Roleplaying Game - [currently $1,075 (36%) of $3,000 goal]


Once Upon a Time in Jianghu -- Kicktraq Mini

A Town Called Malice - A Nordic Horror Story Game

A Town Called Malice - A Nordic Horror Story Game: Click here to view A Town Called Malice - A Nordic Horror Story Game

Monkeyfun Studios delivers another exciting game experience, based on complex relationships, horror and isolation. - [currently $1,741 (29%) of $6,000 goal]


A Town Called Malice - A Nordic Horror Story Game -- Kicktraq Mini

Barbarians of Academia

Barbarians of Academia:

Barbarians of Academia
Publisher: Ironic Hero Games

From the creator of Tales of the Obsidian Idol comes Barbarians of Academia!

Barbarians of Academia is a tabletop roleplaying game for three to six players in which you play a barbarian who has recently traveled through THE SPACE-TIME VORTEX OF AGARTHA, a recent arcane phenomenon that has allowed two-way travel between this world (modern day Earth) and the Lost Continent of Lemuria (A world of myth, magic, and monsters).

Of course, upon entering our world, you have immediately gained employment at the local university’s newly-created College of Lemurian Studies. You’ve acquitted yourself admirably this semester, and the Dean of the college has implied that he will be offering tenure to one member of the faculty. You’ve been invited to a faculty party at the Dean’s house. The Dean has implied that he hasn’t made a final choice concerning who will be receiving tenure, so how you conduct yourself tonight might make all the difference.

Designed for one-shot play and including maps, tokens, and other paraphernalia, Barbarians of Academia promises fun for the entire family.

Actually, I wouldn't let kids play this. It normalizes a lot of problematic behaviors.

Price: $0.00


Fate of Cthulhu

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The stars are right for Great Cthulhu's return—and it's your job to make them wrong again in this Fate-powered roleplaying game! - [currently $13,485 (67%) of $20,000 goal]


Fate of Cthulhu -- Kicktraq Mini

Some Assembly Required

Some Assembly Required:

Some Assembly Required
Publisher: Wannabe Games

In Some Assembly Required, you play as action figures pitted against household dangers like pets, people, and other playthings. Are you a superhero, a soldier, and alien, or something else? And just how durable is your plastic?

This game was created live on Twitch (with some editing latter on) on 4/21 by Alexander Sprague and Jessica Geyer of WannaBeGames. We are working on flexing our creative muscles and making new fun things for people. Follow us on twitter @jawska and @kittycrusade and drop us a suggestion for a game idea. We make them every Sunday!

Price: $0.50


Against the Darkmaster - Quickstart

Against the Darkmaster - Quickstart:

Against the Darkmaster - Quickstart
Publisher: The Fellowship

Join the Fight!

Against the Darkmaster is a Epic Fantasy role-playing game of high adventures, eldritch magic and heavy metal combat.

Inspired by the classic fantasy sagas and 80s fantasy movies, Against the Darkmaster is built for heroic action and intense, character driven campaigns.

The fully illustrated Against the Darkmaster Deluxe Quickstart Rules include everything you need to start playing:



  • Character creation rules and options;





  • Detailed rules for travels, combat and adventuring;





  • A complete magic system, with over 100 spells;





  • Attack tables and Critical Strikes;





  • Dozens of creatures for your heroes to face



Price: $4.99


Paths: World of Adia tabletop RPG

Paths: World of Adia tabletop RPG: Click here to view Paths: World of Adia tabletop RPG

Paths: World of Adia is a tabletop RPG that supports both classic Game Master group play and Solo Gameplay. - [currently $2,095 (26%) of $8,000 goal]


Paths: World of Adia tabletop RPG -- Kicktraq Mini

FIRST KINGS (RPG in a Dark Fantasy Rome)

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Dark-Fantasy Narrative RPG, where the descendants of Romulus - Werewolf Demigods - Fight for Rome, against the Terrors of the Night. - [currently £1,361 (11%) of £12,250 goal]


FIRST KINGS (RPG in a Dark Fantasy Rome) -- Kicktraq Mini

Lordling: Fantasy Role-Playing Game for Kids

Lordling: Fantasy Role-Playing Game for Kids:

Lordling: Fantasy Role-Playing Game for Kids
Publisher: Goblinoid Games

Gateway to Imagination

Lordling is the baton to hand off fantasy role-playing to the next generation!

It is an introductory role-playing game for kids. Play all of the classic race classes from Labyrinth Lord, but with a new streamlined system perfect for young new players.

Lordling is meant to be used by a mentor to teach young kids how to play role-playing games. It is a self-contained game, but as the players become more experienced it will benefit from using Labyrinth Lord for additional material.

Finally! Your kids are ready to play. But can you handle their imaginations?

Price: $5.99


Solitary [Free]

Solitary [Free]: A self indulgent, introspective, solo RPG about loneliness


Solitary

Idiot Teenagers With A Death Wish [Free]

Idiot Teenagers With A Death Wish [Free]: A Forged in the Dark game about teenage shapeshifters fighting an alien invasion


Idiot Teenagers With A Death Wish

Goblinville - Rules of Play

Goblinville - Rules of Play:

Goblinville - Rules of Play
Publisher: Narrative Dynamics

Issue One of the Goblinville Gazette

Goblinville is a tabletop rpg about broke goblins traveling to dangerous and fantastical places to find treasure and make rent.  The character creation process is fast and collaborative, producing unique goblins with lots of personality.  The core resolution system shares narrative pacing between players and the GM, keeping the focus on clear stakes and tough choices.  It's a character-driven dungeon crawler that works for short, punchy sessions and long campaigns.  The town itself is the key source of adventure and improving it is a core part of character advancement.

This text contains the Goblinville rules of play and a harrowing adventure site: The Pit of Mirrors.

Chapters:

  1.  Playing the Game
  2. You, Goblins!
  3. The Town
  4. The Goblin Master
  5. The Pit of Mirrors
The attached files include a booklet version for double-sided printing and a version with screen-readable spreads.  Player and GM sheets are included as a separate document.

Price: $10.00


The Pit [Free]

The Pit [Free]: A pamphlet RPG about loss and hope.


The Pit

The Rabbits Are Done Taking Crap - Rarr I'm A Pocket Game # 20

The Rabbits Are Done Taking Crap - Rarr I'm A Pocket Game # 20:

The Rabbits Are Done Taking Crap - Rarr I'm A Pocket Game # 20
Publisher: Rarr! I'm A Monster Publishing

Little did we know that rabbits are one of the most intelligent species on the planet.   Once a peaceful race of gentle creatures, they tried to live in harmony with the world under the radar of beings that purported to be higher than them in intelligence and the food chain.  Things were fine for the longest time...until humans began evolving at a much faster pace.  As humans evolved they tore down forests to make room for their buildings, destroying rabbit homes and those of predators who were forced to look for new sources of food.  The humans built cars and trucks that run over countless rabbits who are only trying to cross human built roads.  Worst of all, rabbits were being captured and against their will and senselessly given away as presents on a certain egg filled holiday.  It was only a matter of time before they had had enough and the rabbits gathered and began building their armies.  That time is today.

The Rabbits are done taking crap!

Pocket Games are small games for the PocketMod format that can be taken and played anywhere. They use ordinary 6 sided dice(D6).

Price: $0.50


I Only Kiss Werewolves [$2.00]

I Only Kiss Werewolves [$2.00]: Queer werewolves get the chance to start anew, too.


I Only Kiss Werewolves

Three Hauntings [Free]

Three Hauntings [Free]: Three short horror games in zine form.


Three Hauntings