Welcome to the Imaginarium. A space to explore the words and games of others, curated for you.
OTHER GAMES YOU MAY ENJOY...
Romance
Good Society - A Jane Austen RPG, by Storybrewers Roleplaying
Feathers, by Thursday Garreau
Star Crossed, by Alex Roberts from Bully Pulpit Games
Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined, by Riley Hopkins from Linksmith Games (on itch.io)
Pasión de las Pasiones: Ashcan Edition, by Brandon Leon-Gambetta from Magpie Games
The Beekeeper, by Mel Leverich (a finalist for Game Chef 2014)
Kagematsu, by Danielle Lewon and Renee Knipe from Cream Alien Games
Hot Guys Making Out, by Ben Lehman from These Are Our Games
G X B (Girl X Boy) and B X B (Boy X Boy) by Jake Richmond and Heather Aplington from Atarashi Games
Blazing Rose: A Story Game of Romantic Rivalry by Sabe Jones
Group Date, by Sara Williamson
Into the Sunset, by Bryant Durell
Weatherly, by Olivier Legrand
Adventure
Prince Valiant, by Greg Stafford from Chaosium
1001 Nights: A Game of Enticing Stories, by Meguey Baker from Night Sky Games
Swords without Master, by Epidiah Ravachol from Worlds without Master
Dungeon Crawl Classics, by Joseph Goodman et al. from Goodman Games
Usagi Yojimbo RPG, by Jason Holmgren et al. from Sanguine Productions Ltd.
World Building
Lost Roads, by Ary Ramsey
Shock: Social Science Fiction, by Joshua A.C. Newman from the glyphpress
Microscope, by Ben Robbins from Lame Mage Productions
The Quiet Year, by Avery Alder from Buried Without Ceremony
Questlandia, by Hannah Shaffer from Make Big Things
Lexicon, by Neel Krishnaswami
Humor
The Upgrade, by Olle Jonson, Thorbiörn Fritzon and Tobias Wrigstad from The Jeepform Collective
10 Bad Larps, by Alleged Entertainment
Time & Temp, by Epidiah Ravachol from Dig A Thousand Holes Publishing
Fiasco, by Jason Morningstar from Bully Pulpit Games
Sea Dracula, by Nick Smith and Jake Richmond
Thought Provoking
Strange Changeling Child, by Lexi the Fae
Secret Person of Color, by Camdon Wright
Passing, by Mo Holkar
Dream Askew / Dream Apart (Belonging Outside Belonging) by Avery Alder from Buried Without Ceremony
LarpJam, by Glass Free Games - a collaborative game-design workshop where you create your own live action roleplaying game.
The Curse, by Lizzie Stark
Steal Away Jordan, by Julia Bond Ellingboe from Stone Baby Games
Spione, by Ron Edwards from Adept Press
Dulce et Decorum, by Troels Ken Pederson
Montsegur 1244, by Frederik Jensen from Thoughtful Games
Letters not about love by Oscar Biffi & Alessandro Giovannucci
Lists and Recommendations by Others
Game Lists from Hannah Shaffer's Make Big Things
An Encyclopedia of Role Playing Games from John Kim's RPG site
Rachel Kronick's exhaustive list of tabletop RPGs from Rachel's Pages
Role Playing Games for Kids, from Emerald City Game Fest
Tons of free role playing games online! from Ole Peder Giæver
What’s a nano-game? from Marshall Miller’s Fine Mess Games
Game Libraries
collections with free, downloadable, analog and digital role playing games and fiction
17 Beautiful Indigenous Comic Books and Video Games for Kids: article by Selena Mills on CBC.CA Parents
1KM1KT: one thousand monkeys, one thousand typewriters.
200 Word RPG Challenge: neat, note-card sized games
Alleged Entertainment: tale-telling and horde larps from the New England Interactive Literature traditions
Alexandria: Danish scenario style games from the Fastaval game convention (Selected games in English, larger collection in Danish)
Love Collection, from Blush Box. An ever growing collection of games with themes of intimacy, love, sex and romance.
Golden Cobra Challenge: live and tabletop freeform game challenge
Introducing American Freeform: live and tabletop games with freeform resolution from (primarily) North America
The J. Tuomas Harviainen Collection, collected by Lizzie Stark on her blog Leaving Mundania. A collection of three freely downloadable larps by Finnish designer and doctor of larp, J. Tuomas Harviainen.
Larp Library, curated by NewEngland Interactive Literature. An online repository of free-to-run live action roleplaying games.
Larp Scenarios, hosted by RPG.Net. LARP scenarios with pregenerated characters, that are ready to be run. They may be available in hardcopy form or for download. Some are commercial products available for purchase, others are free.
Mike Young's Insane Game Designer: a collection of free (and for sale) larps from the New England Interactive Literature traditions
Pico Game Library: more miniature than microgames, tinier than nanogames
RPG Solitaire Challenge: solo (single participant) role playing games from 2011 contest
Sad Things On Index Cards Zine: collection of poetry, visual art, analog microgames, and essays on larp and tabletop roleplaying with the intent of supporting charitable nonprofit organizations
Stockholm Scenario Festival: archive of live freeform scenarios, curated and showcased in Sweden
We Go By Jeep: Nordic freeform from the Jeepform Collective (games in English, Swedish, Finnish and others)