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Top selling$15 or less tagged Text based (52 results)

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Solo Journaling RPG in a setting of scientific exploration and unnatural observations
A new revised rules set for solo journal RPGs, based on the Epistolary solo journal RPG system.
a journaling game of solitary journeys on post-apocalyptic highways
A solo RPG and journaling game set in a labyrinthine mall.
A Horror Solo Journaling TTRPG about Paranormal Investigation
a character creation game that makes you clean your room
You swore an Oath. And it's magically binding.
How can you just sit there and eat pizza!?
A solo game about haunting a bed and breakfast around Halloween.
tell the story of how you kiss kiss and fall in love <3
Multi-User Discord Server Lore-Universe Role Play!
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An expansion pack for Heroes of Lite featuring the new Gauntlet weapon type, new Skills, and new Combat Arts!
Yes, who’s this? A LARP about re-getting to know a life long lover or friend.
A solo game about loving a malicious monarch.
A one-page RPG about humanity, purpose, and combat constructs
You're a fan of mechs and their pilots: spectate their glory.
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A solo journaling game using the Carta SRD about exploring an abandoned mansion.
reveal your true names
A one-page RPG about a party of adventurers being guided by an Oracle that may not exactly be what it seems.
A storytelling game about breaking free of a time loop that has ensnared your Home.
a universal, percentile based, tabletop roleplaying game
A Storytelling Card Game About Refusing (or Accepting) Your Destiny
A storytelling game about the world's pettiest café and its quest for payback.
a single-move, single-sheet, setting-agnostic PbtA microgame
More money, more problems?
An expansion pack for The Masks We Wear with new enemy-recruitment mechanics for a playable Fool Arcana
a decidedly un-heroic pen-and-paper dungeon crawl
and the Accounts of the Changeling Child whom was brought crosst the Veil
An epistolary game of love and letters.
An epistolary game about a ghost and a medium for two players.
A micro-world re-architecting game/ art game
Dracula in the world of The Blood
Is your revolution worth pursuing?
A solo journaling game about death and discovery
A one-page RPG about Witches resolving a Disturbance through flashy Magic
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