A bunch of people in indieland have of late been expressing their... disappointment with a the announcement of an RPG for a Certain Property using a Certain Ruleset. A bunch of these people are also talented game designers. (Yes, you. I'm talking about you.) This game jam is an invitation to anyone and everyone who would like to put a stake in the ground and tell the world "this is what a Dark Souls RPG should look like!" Or, what your Dark Souls RPG should look like, anyway.

The rules are simple:

• Write an original (or submit an already written) tabletop role-playing game inspired by Dark Souls that captures what you think are the important bits and stuff about the game/genre.
• Feel free to hack an existing game, build something on an available SRD, or whatever you like!
• Charge whatever you like for your game, or not. You deserve to be paid for your work. (Community copies are always cool, tho.)
• Multiple submissions are totally fine. I envy your boundless energy and enthusiasm.
• Respect copyrighted material, but I'm not a cop, so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• No hate speech, bigotry, n*zi bullshit, any of that.  You know what's wrong, so do what's right.

If you need some inspiration, poke around on game design twitter or fb groups. So many people are talking about what would be better than a 5e reskin of... well, anything. (Links to come!)

And if you're so inclined, please include a link back to this jam, and/or use the #bettersoulslikejam tag on the platform of your choice.