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Midnight Muscadines is a cozy-dark tabletop roleplaying game where light and shadow intertwine in a fractured world. Players take on the roles of Marmateers—brave adventurers who venture into the untamed Wildernight to collect the elusive Midnight Muscadines, craft magical jams, and protect the fragile light of Nimm.
 
The games comes with a variety of play modes; solo, duet, GM’less and GM-led. Perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and Sea of Stars -- Midnight Muscadines seeks to capture the magic of exploration and heartfelt adventure in a world where small heroes make a big impact.
 
Store:  https://pandiongames.com/muscadines
Itchio: https://pandiongames.itch.io 
Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/pandiongames.com 
Discord: https://pandiongames.com/discord 

‘I Could Do This In My Sleep’ is a cyberpunk entry to DriveThruRPG’s 2025 PocketQuest game jam. Powered by a simple yet flexible character skill system, I Could Do This In My Sleep suits a group of 2 - 4 players and one game master.A modern-day cyberpunk tabletop roleplaying game where Cybernetic implants keep the masses of Great Britain on their feet and working 16 hours a day, dead to the world around them. You play someone with a glitched chip in their head that lets you hijack work streams and tug the reins of power for yourself; superhuman feats of strength, perfect recall, mind control. All you gotta do is keep taking the drugs, and try to forget the nightmares you saw through a thousand pairs of hopeless eyes.Find out more as we speak to Zachary Elliott-Hatton, if you’re sure you wanna be awake for this…
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/517253/i-could-do-this-in-my-sleep 

Take on xenophobic separatists, cut throat criminals, lethal machines, and otherworldly predators as you strive for a better future together on the Frontier.
 
Changed Stars is a sci-fi roleplaying game set in a bright-yet-perilous future. Inspired by utopian feminist science fiction and contemporary gritty speculative futures, Changed Stars presents a modern-take on a post-patriarchal society for the players to navigate.
 
The game features a unique d6 system. On a test only a single 6 is necessary to achieve Success, but multiple 6s may be used to Twist. There is also the Edge pool, a push-your-luck mechanic that helps you succeed will adding additional complications to the heat of the moment.
 
Buy the game: https://dieselshot.itch.io/changedstars
 
Social: https://bsky.app/profile/dieselshot.bsky.social
 
Discord: https://discord.gg/GSc4swY9wk
 
Crowdfunder: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dieselshot/changedstars

Frostpunk, the Tabletop Roleplaying Game based on the award-winning Frostpunk video games
 
The cold is unrelenting. It's been ten years since the end of the world. Cities depend on massive generators that provide heat, and machinery that excavates resources and grows food. Humans scramble to survive, relying on the pillars of Faith and Order to build societies that can keep residents alive despite the odds. You have skills to contribute to the city—but can you make the difficult choices needed for survival?
 
Frostpunk, the Tabletop Roleplaying Game, based on the award-winning Frostpunk video games, uses Catalyst’s new medium-weight roleplaying Dice Core system. Join us this week as Jason M. Hardy tells us all about the project.
 
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cgl/frostpunk-the-roleplaying-game
Website: catalystgamelabs.com
Warm Flesh actual play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQK9igBQf6w

In May, Not DnD is looking to the future. Some visions are frozen, some dark and dystopian, but others feature a rehabilitated vision of humanity. Join us as we look forward in time.
Frostpunk
Changed Stars
I Could Do This In My Sleep

Join us for a cozy interview of mystery, psychic prediction, community, and tea. This week we’re speaking to James Kerr about The Psychic Danger Society.
 
The unique mechanics of the game give you a pool of “prediction dice” which you roll at the start of the session. The players choose which dice results to use when resolving issues in the game. Each die, when put forward, is spent and gone, leaving players with fewer to use should something go wrong. If you’re caught without dice, you can't know the future, and it may mean the end… so make your predictions count!
Buy on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/485796/the-psychic-danger-society?affiliate_id=359568 
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jameskerr/the-psychic-danger-society
 
https://www.radiojamesgames.com/
 
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Runecaster is a narrative TTRPG about learning magic through spectacular failure. Play as rookie mages who cast unique spells by combining runes. Magic will just as often blow up in your face as it will light your way.
 
Join as we speak to Wes Zebrowski on this weeks episode of Not DnD.
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pangurbancollective/runecaster-a-narrative-ttrpg-of-magical-experimentation

What does it take to survive the wilderness? Who does it take? A soldier, a talker, a hunter, a witch? Who lives and who starves? In the wilderness, food is the only thing that matters -- and while your stomachs go empty and wounds begin to ache,one thing remains truly certain... the World will Feast.
COLD SUN is a visceral roleplaying game by Robert Cambias about scarcity, survival, and adventure, for 1-8 players. It takes inspiration from John Harper’s Blades in the Dark, Patrick Stuart’s Veins of the Earth, and the OSR (Old School Renaissance) movement.
robert-cambias.itch.io/cold-sun

Become one of The Cunning Folk with this rules-lite dark comedy ttrpg. Use your Magick and Luck to create a whole heap of Mischief. And seek devilish revenge on mortals on the receiving end of your ire.
 
The Cunning folks has its own system with a simple D6 dice pool, and interestingly features a levelling DOWN as well as levelling up mechanic. The rules encourage a ‘failing forward’ style of storytelling, and the low prep required of the GM makes it ideal for one shots.
 
The game is launching on Kickstarter today (31st March 2025)! Find out more as we speak to Emily Greymoore on this weeks episode of Not DnD.
 
Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emilygreymoore/the-cunning-folk-ttrpg
Emily’s LinkTree https://linktr.ee/emilygreymoore
Art by https://www.patreon.com/c/Rossydoesdrawings/home

Join host Jessica on this week's episode of Not D&D, presented by E.N. World, as she delves into the innovative tabletop RPG 'Mapa Mundi' with creator George Francis Bickers from Three Sail Studios.
Mappa Mundi is a TTRPG driven by exploration and ecology.  Players take on the role of Chroniclers, brave souls setting out from hearth and home to travel the wilds and tell the story of this world in flux.
Emphasising non-violent gameplay, Chroniclers must work with the peoples, monsters, and creatures of Ecumene to return the world its voice. Explore the Wilds, encounter extraordinary Monsters, and write the chronicle that reconnects the world. Swear an oath to do no harm and illuminate a land shrouded by Fate.
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/threesailsstudios/mappa-mundi-an-exploration-ecology-rpg
 
www.mappamundirpg.com