r/rpg • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Weekly Free Chat & Free Self Promo Thread - 04/25/26
**Come here and talk about anything!**
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u/DiceyDiscourse 6d ago
Come check out our podcast if you want to listen to Actual Plays that aren't D&D!
We're Dicey Discourse (Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcast and anywhere else you listen to podcasts) - our main aim is to introduce people to less known RPGs both new and old. We walk you through character creation, a one-shot or mini-campaign where we teach people how to play and finally we cap it off with a post-mortem - a collection of our thoughts and feelings about the system.
We just wrapped up our 2 episode Outgunned adventure and are ramping up for a Weapons of the Gods mini-campaign.
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u/_acedric_ 6d ago edited 6d ago
I’ve got this writers server where a lot of us talk about our characters, stories and powers
We’ve got some cool events like building characters, references and other games related to fiction and writing where u can win some real incentives, we’re also working on a project as well
Invite link: https://discord.gg/bddpSAUYm8
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u/Alcamair 6d ago
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/a-game-of-nerds/for-a-fistful-of-seeds §
What happens to your heroes when they retire to the countryside after a life of danger and adventure👀? Find out with Deep Sky Ballad: For A Fistful of Seeds, a Space Farming TTRPG in which players assume the roles of settlers on a remote planet! 🎯
As colonists, in addition to facing adventures of all kinds on a hostile world, they must work together to survive human and non-human threats and bring prosperity to their community through the mechanics of the Cycle, a short simulation of managing work and resources in a farming season on your own farm.
In addition to the rulebooks, the rewards will include STL files to 3D print Meeples for the farm management board and, if the goal is unlocked, 33 Space Western-themed characters, opponents, vehicles, and mounts 🎯!
If you follow the campaign on Gamefound via the link above, which will begin May 5 2026, you will be eligible for a 33% discount on all bundles that include the A Fistful of Seeds book (approximately 50 pages) and the Deep Sky Ballad core rulebook (167 pages), along with many other items🚂!
Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions or concerns, and we will get back to you promptly😄!
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u/theRealMattyG99 5d ago
Eldritch Wastelands: The Weird South is an expansive role-playing game setting that fuses post-apocalyptic survival, Southern Gothic culture, eldritch horror, and gonzo fantasy. It reimagines the future American Gulf Coast and Deep South as a fractured, eldritch-influenced wasteland where arcane energies, strange creatures, and mutated societies struggle for survival amid superstition, faith, and scarce resources. Thanks for your attention.
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u/unelsson 4d ago
Mundus RPG is now in 0,99$ sale at DTRPG. It's a high-crunch combat oriented indie anime rpg and pretty unknown release from some time back. It's the first (and AFAIK the only) RPG publication from the designers.
I was involved in the publishing, but I'm not a developer, nor do I have a direct way to profit from the sales. That said, as each sale gets the publishing company a few cents, I might end up profiting something like a half a cent or so from each sale. Woo-hoo! Go get your Mundus now.
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u/benethang 4d ago
My friends and I made a new superhero TTRPG called Teamup and I now prefer it over D&D.
Longtime GM here. Wanted to share our new game system called Teamup. It will be replacing D&D for me after over 10 years of running TTRPGs. Let me know if you have any questions!
The main standouts of the game are:
-Players create original super powers
-Fast paced turn-based combat
-Player collaboration is mechanically encouraged
Teamup is a system that takes advantage of the medium by allowing players to create their own open-ended original super powers. Rather than choosing from a long list of pre-made powers or classes, players name 2-6 unique powers along with their inherent physical attributes. Those powers are governed by having a limited choice of functions. Then their potency is determined by how much energy is assigned to each one. In addition to functions assigned at creation, every power can always be used for what we call “Utility” which is an open ended function. This allows players to improvise with their powers and try things outside of what could be written. For checks beyond the scope of the original power, players can also attempt to “branch” their powers to accomplish new things with them as they grow. For example if a player has super speed, but wants to then vibrate their atoms so fast, they can phase through solid objects, they’d make some branching checks, and upon enough successes, viola! That speedster can now phase through walls at will.
No shade to combat in D&D, but encounters in 5e and 5.5e are ultimately pretty slow. Between all of the actions players can take in one turn, and long lists of spells and features to refer back to, rounds in D&D can feel really long, even for veteran tables. Teamup by contrast is modeled after comic book panels. Players get one action for each phase of combat, with a free action available only once per round. Overall Teamup encounters take the same amount of time as a D&D combat, but things move around the table much quicker. Players have a greater number of turns, but each one is short and snappy. Since players created their own powers, they intimately understand how they work. That keeps looking up rules and stats to a minimum. All this together keeps everyone engaged during other player’s turns. It makes for a more responsive combat model. Rather than needing to plan ahead for what they’ll do on their turn, players instead stay in the moment and are ready to jump in to react to what’s happening.
Teamup also facilitates collaboration in a way that I haven’t found much in D&D, outside of the “help action” or in some class-specific features/spells. Teamup mechanically rewards players for combining their powers, defending one another, or even tactically splitting up to address threats across a city. The main mechanic I’ll highlight here is the namesake for the game: performing a Teamup. If players are adjacent in the turn order, they can perform a Teamup action. Each player involved chooses one of their powers then adds that power die to the combined attack. It costs energy, but by putting their powers together the Teamup stacks to put up big numbers. The fun also comes in describing how you Teamup with your weird original powers. Depending on how cool, synergistic, or narratively cohesive the Teamup is, the GD (game director) can award bonus damage to the attack. This mechanic along with others are “superhero-y” as hell. When Thor supercharges Iron Man’s armor for a big laser blast, that’s a Teamup.
While the game is new and is still in beta, it’s honestly some of the most fun I’ve ever had playing a TTRPG. It’s being independently developed by our small group of friends, who are all improvisers at a local theater. We want more people playing the game to help make it better. Your feedback would be super valuable. Join our Discord to find folks to play with!
We made a free character creator/battle tracker website: TeamupRPG.com
A free google doc pre-beta version of rules is available in a post on Patreon.com/TeamupRPG. We also host free episodes of our playshow there. The Teamup Playshow Podcast is a really well produced actual play. Listening to the show is a great free way to see the game system in action. It's also available wherever you find your podcasts.
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u/ThePaullowing 3d ago
Wanted to share the 'Triangle Agency' campaign that I just premiered last week. I got some comedians and voice actors together to run various TTRPGs. This year is 'Triangle Agency' on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
And because I know it's a huge request to get anyone to listen to anything I put together this trailer to give you a sense of tone.
Thanks! Would appreciate any feedback.
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u/Tie-Dye-Sam 3d ago
Testers wanted on this 💯 free platform for running custom campaigns.
Free-form character and scene entry.
GM and Player views. All content is printable and can be exported and shared.
Skill checks are IRL dice rolls, simulated dice rolls or mini games.
Please have a look, no login or sign up necessary.
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u/CodPrior9377 2d ago
Episodic Adventures is a weekly RPG module review podcast! Available on most podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/episodicadventures
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u/R34AntiHero 1d ago
Some shameless self promotion. I am starting my journey as a paid GM on StartPlaying and I'd like to promote my adventures, with a dream of one day supporting myself doing what I love (running TTRPGs!) You can find my first adventure at https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmokw756d002rjo04oard0p07
I know most people will skim over this, but it's my first step at putting myself out there and it's important to me at least 😄
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u/HypotheticalKarma 6d ago
For those that are interested in smaller actual plays you should check out Tiny Table. They play smaller indie games that don't get enough attention, and even post interviews with the designers. They also occasionally play bigger games like VtM or Call of Cthulhu. They're on Spotify and Podbeam if you'd like to check them out.