#two player ttrpg

[hmooncreates]

EXTENDED - The Fool Who Got Married

The Year is 1848...

...and gold has been struck in California. Your husband has decided now would be the time to catch his fortune, and he wants you to come with him. Of course. you agree, you love him after all. 

...and your family member's husband is on the hunt for gold. What's she going to do? Say no? This could be the key to their better life. You have to let her go. 

The Extended Edition...

...allows you to play one of five different types of characters. 

The game is about historical female hardship and how women stay connected even when they become members of their husbands family before their own. 

The game and story is told through writing letters. This is a two- or more- player game where each person plays a female familial archetype. Someone has to be the bride leaving her family, but there are four options for the other player(s).

The Four Options:

Mother, Sister, Aunt, and Mother-in-Law

Gameplay

This game is played by using music as the storytelling and mechanical device. To play you will need a way to send letters to each other, access to the albums, and something to write with.

Let The Music Lead You.

Music You Will Need Access To: The Crane Wives discography and Through the Deep, Dark Valley by The Oh Hellos.

Get the Game Now on Itch.io!

#letter writing game #ttrpg #two player #multiplayer #the fool who got married #my game #moon.txt #indie ttrpg #indie creator #historical #gold rush #1848 #the crane wives #the oh hellos #the fool in her wedding gown #safe ship harbored #the crane wives lyrics #through the deep dark valley #two player ttrpg

[jeeyonshim]

"My weapon, the ritual object of my coronation and reign, is a boar spear made of sapwood, yellow and orange like butter and yolk in the sunrise. It is only made of wood, but the sap is frozen so bitterly that it rips through metal like a boar's tusks rip through bark.

I am crowned with the northern lights. My cloak is made from spruce and fir and pine needles, coated with inches of powder fresh fallen snow, but when I move and it parts you catch glimpses of the inside lining which is made from the brightest leaves of autumn stitched together.

Every now and then, inside its frozen, ethereal grace, there is a flash of red. Like blood on snow." - Devorah, the snow queen (as played by @wildwoodsgames)

If you're looking for a poetic and riveting ttrpg for two players based in a captivating fairy tale setting, The Snow Queen is available to pre-order!

#jeeyon shim games #jeeyon shim art #the snow queen rpg #ttrpg #two player game #chess based ttrpg #two player ttrpg #fairy tale aesthetic

[rollforfelicity]

This Tuesday evening I get to play TOMBS: Toot On My Balls Skeleton with my good friend (and mod!) @trollmila! I knew I wanted to play this game with someone I'm very comfortable playing with, and also someone who is very silly. Considering that one of the more recent things we played together was a game of okcryptid involving a sewer-dwelling cryptid named Piss Boy, I knew this would be a great game to play with them.

TOMBS is a TTRPG where you play as skeletons who really would like to have sex but don't quite remember how to do it (they also maybe don't quite remember who they are or even what sex actually is). Get it here!

#ttrpg #indie ttrpg #ttrpg stream #streaming #ttrpg one shot #incredibly indie #twitch streamer #indie ttrpgs #two player ttrpg #toot on my balls skeleton

[canonkiller]

world's most normal animals

(if you want to use my concepts in your ttrpg campaigns you should 1. ask me 2. update me on events like a little podcast 3. give me money about it. I also take commissions once my queue is cleared!)

#my art #lancer rpg #lancerrpg #lancer #beam saber #afi #mechs #mecha #i think the horus pegasus is an animal #ft two of the player Beasts #ttrpg

[dungeonofthedragon]

Ttrpgs for Palestine: duo edition

Your regular reminder that you can get this incredible bundle of 195 titles for $15 and help kiddos in need in the process!

I wrote a post on some of the solo games in this bundle, but what about duos? Games you can play with a partner, a bestie, or a sibling? I live with just one other person, and ttrpgs are the major thing we bond over. Fortunately, this bundle contains many, many games I look forward to playing together. Below I've spotlighted four five examples of GMless two-player games in this bundle!

A Court Divided by Carlin Wednesday

(Bitter- Dramatic- Magical)

Build a fey domain together through a series of questions, and then break it apart as you play fey monarchs going through a divorce. You must negotiate how your court and assets will be divided between the pair of you. This game can be played in a single session, perfect for an afternoon or evening of dramatic roleplay.

Hearts Unmasked and Hearts Unrivalled by Islanderscaper

(Superheroes- Pining- Lightweight)

Superhero romance? Count me in! Hearts Unmasked is about two heroes trying to balance duty and their feelings for each other, while Hearts Unrivalled is an enemies-to-lovers hero/villain narrative.

The rules for each game fit onto a single page, so they're very quick to learn!

Lovers in the Apocalypse City by Paladin Kite

(Intimate- Intense- Futuristic)

Neon-soaked apocalyptic letter writing for two. I was immediately hooked by this game's gimmick: mailing letters to one another. One player draws a card from a standard deck, finds the relevant prompt on a table, and writes a letter to the other player based on this. Obviously, you can do it without actual letters, but the act of physical letter writing does add something to the experience. As I write, I'm mentally going through friends considering who would most enjoy playing this one with me.

Pale Dot by Devin Decibel

(Enchanting- Exploration- Aliens)

Hoping to play this one tonight! Two (or more!) players travel the cosmos as adorable alien astronauts. There's a good selection of locations with short, evocative descriptions and questions inviting players to further develop them as they explore.

#indie ttrpg #pcrf bundle #support palestine #two player rpg #tabletop #tiltify bundle #itch bundle

[cardboard-hyperfix-games]

HOUSE of cards

I read this really odd book a while back and loved it. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski does things with fiction that I had never before seen. I've toyed with the idea of making a TTRPG that simulates that in some way. I don't think I've even come close to actually doing that, but I am happy with the result.

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Concept: You are in a house. The house has a door. When opened, the hallway in front of you is black. The floors, the walls, the ceiling. Touching it is too warm, or maybe too cold. You cannot tell. It looks like it moves and pulses until you get close enough to see just how rigid and unchanging it is.

You decide to walk down this hallway and see where it leads.

You will not come back, at least not the same.

Materials: Deck of 52 playing cards, black paint, red paint, 5 tea candles, matches, walkie-talkies, writing utensils and paper

Player count: 2-players

#rpg #ttrpg #role playing game #two player game #house of leaves #mark z danielewski #itch.io #indie games #indie #indie ttrpg

[strautmaskreplica]

Insatiable Cravings out NOW

INSATIABLE CRAVINGS is a two-player game about courting, bluffing, and meal-making, for ravenous Monsters and their hopeful Admirers.

Played with a standard deck of cards and some six-sided dice.

Enjoy the meal together. It might be your last.

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY NOW OR AS A BUNDLE WITH 5 OTHER WONDERCABINET CREATIONS

One plays as the ravenous Monster, and chooses whether to eat  the meal or the meal-maker. 

One plays as the Monster’s Admirer, and chooses whether to cook something nourishing or deadly.

AT A GLANCE...

20 page A5-Sized Zine 

2 players

2-4 hours, single session

Requires a single standard 52-card deck and a few six-sided dice

Insatiable Cravings is a roleplaying card game. Using a standard 52-card deck and some d6s, you’ll build a hand of cards that will either kill the other player’s character or blossom a relationship between the two. It’s a game of bluffing, courting, and finding the fastest route to their heart (through their stomach, of course).

Through playing scenes, you will build your hand of cards. In the scenes, you’ll have opportunities to get more cards, find out more about the other player's character, and tell a beautiful, vicious story. At the end of the game you’ll reveal your hand and your intentions.

Touchstones:

Beauty and the Beast

Romeo and Juliet 

The vampire fervour we all had in the aughts (and some of us still have)

WONDERCABINETS

I had the absolute pleasure of creating this game for the 2023 Wondercabinet Invitational: a collection of unique tabletop games made by a curated group of designers inspired by randomized collections of oddities and ephemera.

Among my oddities were an antique "Food and Drug" stamp, ads for vintage grocery stores, and a tooth. I found inspiration in the intimacy of sharing a meal with another.

Please check out all the amazing games we created for this project!

#ttrpg #tabletop games #tabletop roleplaying #tabletop rpg #two player game #card games #courting #bluffing #monster #monster fucker #creature #monster lover

[superdillin]

Metalepsis - a deliberate transgression between the world of the telling and the world of the told.

Metalepsis is a two-player game about living fiction, authorial intent, and agency. Encircling the fight for autonomy between a storyteller and their story.

A two-player narrative RPG with one GM - the Author of the story, and one player - the Protagonist, as they fight for control over the Protagonist’s fate.

Some exerpts:

There is a plain text version available, community copies restocked, and I've included an overlay for Actual Play/virtual players who might like one.

#rpg #ttrpg #two player rpg #tabletop #indie ttrpg #roleplaying games

[crtgirl]

I released a new tabletop game!

Let the Fire Soothe is a two player narrative card game about an adventurer making a deal with a fire demon.

it has beautiful artwork by Drew Shields and is played using Spindlewheel, an interpretive tarot-like storytelling deck.

the game is $10 and you can check it out on my Itch.io page

#ttrpg #indie #fire demon #two-player #card game #tarot #spindlewheel #itch.io #indie ttrpgs #healing #adventure #demon #trans #queer #tabletop rpg #i made this #:D #wow i hate writing tag lists #this game is also about healing trauma and forgetting bad memories!

[cassimothwin]

Tangled Blessings: My magic academy horror roleplaying/journaling game is out now! All you need is a deck of tarot cards to play, but you can find printable tarot card PDFs for free or you can use this nifty dice roller alternative with a standard deck of cards.

Tangled Blessings is a 1-2 player, GM-less, and tarot-driven horror game set at a magical college. With ghosts, curses, secret societies, and a rival at your back, will you graduate at the top?

It has two play modes and neither require a game master!

Structured Journaling

Even if you’ve never played a journaling game before, Tangled Blessings makes it easy to dive in, walking you through the simple character creation process step by step. As you play, you’ll draw cards from your tarot deck and respond to prompts that guide you through 4 years at the academy. You can record your responses in whichever way pleases you most.

Two-Player

When you play with another person, you’ll take turns exploring what the Academy holds for you, adding to each other’s memories as you go. Just like in solo play, you’ll use a single tarot deck to uncover events where your characters cross paths.

I handcrafted each page of the PDF to make it as readable and atmospheric as possible, BUT I also created EPUB and HTML formats for those who prefer to play the game that way.

My favorite part about the game is that there are 22 rivals you can be randomly assigned. Each rival has a robust paragraph with traits to give you ideas about how you and rival interact.

In Tangled Blessings, your rival can be your best friend, a family member, a stranger, an enemy, a romantic interest or a combination of relations. Your rival is present in most of your memories at the academy. How your relationship evolves with them is up to you, but at the end of four years, you’ll still stand against each other in one final test of academic and magical mastery.

If you ever romanticized the university or boarding school experience, add a dash of terrible magic and this game is for you.

I hope you check it out! I'm so proud of it!

#ttrpg #indie ttrpg #solo ttrpg #journaling #solo journaling #dark academia #solo rpg #ttrpg community #indie ttrpg designer #dnd #fantasy #dark fantasy #two player ttrpg #horror #gothic horror #horror fiction #gothic fiction

[jeeyonshim]

"Kai doesn't feel the cold at all anymore."

#jeeyon shim games #jeeyon shim art #the snow queen rpg #ttrpg #two player game #two player ttrpg #fairy tale aesthetic #chess based ttrpg

[0rbwitch]

this mech has a ghost in it

i made a game! it's a hack of This Discord Has Ghosts In It by @goodluckpress for 2 players: a mech pilot and a ghost

it's a first draft but tbh i'm super proud of it

#ttrpg #ttrpg design #indie ttrpg #ghosts #duet games #two player game

[masculinepeacock]

[Image Description: A photo of a black and white graveyard that title text reads: "Luxuries of the Dead by h. moon". The bottom text reads, "A two-person ttrpg about what we crave beyond the crave". /end ID]

Luxuries of the Dead is a game that examines the luxuries that you crave beyond the grave and those who do their best to honor the dead.

Player 1. The Dead. You are dead. In the afterlife you crave luxuries from the living world.

Player 2. The Giver. You are alive. Your task is to help those in the afterlife fulfill their cravings.

You meet. One of you is in the ground. The other is standing in front of the gravestone. The game begins.

What You'll Need: Another person and a D20

How to Play:

Before the game begins in earnest, The Dead rolls on the Luxury table. This will give you what luxury you crave - but you add details to it to personalize it. 

After you know what your luxury is, The Giver arrives. The Giver decides why they do this job, and how they may know The Dead. 

The game is in three rounds - in the first two The Dead rolls on a senses table, and that affects one of the five senses of The Giver. 

In the third round, The Giver gets to ask two questions and receives one word answers in response. After three rounds, The Giver decides what to give The Dead. If they get close- or in the same vein, you both win! This game is about teamwork - not trickery. 

You may choose to play one Gift at a time, or you can make your own Graveyard and play until all of The Dead are gifted their luxuries. The graveyard is your oyster.

get for free on itch.io!

#REALIZED I FORGOT TO POSTED THIS #my game #beatrice.txt #luxuries of the dead #indie ttrpg #ttrpg #two player game

[pandiongames]

We wanted to start sharing some of the spreads from Badger + Coyote and Their Daring Adventures!

And yes, all the adventure titles are puns or wordplay. 🥰

We're currently crowdfunding to bring Badger + Coyote to life! We'll continue doing spread reveals over the course of the campaign.

#ttrpg #indie ttrpg #badger and coyote #two player game #backerkit

[paladinbaby]

So the bad news is the apocalypse is here, or something like it at least. And thankfully for you it’s been here for a little bit, long enough to adjust anyway. The good news is life finds a way. Even as the world is ending it carries on. So maybe ending isn’t the most accurate. The world is changing and you find yourself sticking around for the ride. Even better you’ve found yourself someone to ride out the apocalypse with, if you can just find your way back to them….

Dear God is a letter writing game played with two players, using a tarot deck to generate prompts as you cross a the world to reunite. It was made for the 2k23 Record Collection Jam based on the album Doomsday Diaries: A Love Song for Any Apocalyptic Scenario by Emily Axford.

available on itch.io or ko-fi

#letter writing game #indie ttrpg #duet game #duet ttrpg #reco2k23 #emily axford #two player game #storytelling game #doomsday diaries a love song for every apocolyptic scenario #personal #my writing #am writing my second ever game and realised I never actually posted the first one #also realised in pulling together the post I hadn’t saved the cover image anywhere #so that was fun

[transmisc2]

surprise!

godling, my storytelling mini TTRPG, is now out and FREE! using the booklet, a 54 deck of cards, and a coin, you and a partner will play as an infant god and the mortal trying to raise them. ♥️👼♠️

download here!

#artists on tumblr #TTRPG #indie ttrpg #indie rpg #indie dev #story games #two player game #free game #godling