Not DnD
‘Not DnD’ is a weekly podcast discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s Jessica Hancock interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D!
Episodes
Action-Heroes is a cinematic toolkit role-playing game with a D6 dice pool system. The game encourages collaborative play in a group that give players the tools to play characters that are larger than life doing explosive action that roots them as the center of their world. There are no classes in the Action-Heroes RPG, and characters are built using pools of points that allow players to customize their characters to the ideas that...
Lethe is a TTRPG that uses a unique mechanic for collaborative storytelling; rather than players building their character in advance, the GM builds each player character. Players start with a blank character sheet that they fill in as they perform certain actions. Eventually the player’s abilities become better known and they start to uncover their missing memories. As the game progresses, players will have to decide if their memor...
Daniel Kwan (Asians Represent Podcast, Candlekeep Mysteries, Motherlands RPG, Candela Obscura) joins Jessica this week on Not DnD to talk about Wandering Blades.
Wandering Blades is a rules light, low fantasy tabletop role playing game inspired by Chinese wuxia and xuanhuan media, and old-school renaissance (OSR) games. Violent melodrama in an old school tabletop RPG package! Wandering Blades is currently in development, but you c...
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----- Watch live every week Mondays 10pm GMT at http://twitch.tv/enpublishingH.O.N.K. is a rules-lite, chaos-heavy system that will be very comfortable for those familiar with D&D Fifth Edition, or with 2d6 systems such as Monster of the Week and Apocalypse World. This game is perfectly suited to the brand of chaos that only a true goose can invoke. Find out more on from creator Jack Dixon on this week's episode of Not DnD.
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Pre-order the game: https://thepocketworkshop.co.uk/product/one-honk-befo...
The Contract is a tabletop roleplaying game about ambitious people who go on deadly missions to earn fantastic powers. Jessica Hancock speaks to Spencer Stecko on this week's episode of Not DnD to learn more.
The Contract is 100% free-to-play via the website. This website's online guidebook and extensive integrated tools can be found at https://www.thecontractrpg.com/ The game is designed so that only the GM requires a full unders...
This week Jessica interviews Alex White from Plane Sailing Games about The Long Road Home. The Long Road Home is a role-playing story game about friends returning from an epic fantasy quest, hoping they will find their loved ones safe back home.
The game was inspired the idea of the Hobbits travelling home after the events of their great quest. Reminiscing together about the friends they made and lost along the way, and wondering ...
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----- Watch live every week Mondays 10pm GMT at http://twitch.tv/enpublishingThis week Jessica interviews momatoes, and Chiara Locatelli about The Magus
The Magus is a solo RPG about “pathos, calamity, and the infinite loneliness of power”. The game promises crunchy narrative mechanics that inspire players to write the journey of a magus aspiring for ultimate power, while being forced to sacrifice who they love.
Written by the award-winning Philippine designer momatoes (ARC: Doom), the game is currently c...
Against the Darkmaster is a tabletop Epic Fantasy roleplaying game of high adventure, heroic action, and heavy metal combat. The game has a simple resolution mechanic using d100s and a flexible magic system. The passion & drive system encourages players to roleplay their characters' motivations and goals.
Join Jessica and the team from Open Ended Games to learn more about this classic fantasy tabletop RPG that comes served wit...
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----- Watch live every week Mondays 10pm GMT at http://twitch.tv/enpublishingThe world as you know it, early 21st century, Earth is nothing but a lie. In truth, it is a simulation called The Terminal, a lie to keep humanity under the control of the Robot Authority. This week's episode of Not DnD features a Digital Pirate Action TTRPG, built on a focused system to tell exciting and epic stories of grave consequence. Join Jessica Hancock as she interviews Kayla Dice about Terminal.
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Designers Aled Lawlor and Panayiotis Lines from Leyline Press are here to talk about Salvage Union. Learn more about this post-apocalyptic mech tabletop roleplaying game powered by the Quest RPG.
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Buy the Game: https://leyline.press/products/salvage-union-core-book
Website: www.leyline.press
Twitter: www.twitter.com/salvageunion
EN World Article: https://www.enworld.org/threads/scrap-together-a-mech-family-in-salvage-union...
When The Wolf Comes is a game of storytelling, heroism, and epic struggle set during a reimagined Norse End of Days - and powered by Robert J. Schwalb’s Shadow of the Demon Lord system. Join us for the live interview with creator Ian Sharpe.
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When the Wolf Comes on DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443491/When-the-Wolf-Comes
Space Vikings on DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/461160/Space-Vikings
Happy New Year from Not DnD! Find out what to look forward to in January as Not DnD returns next week.
A quick message from Jessica during the holiday season. Not DnD will come back on January 8, 2024!
Brindlewood Bay is a murder mystery tabletop role-playing game about elderly women amateur detectives, inspired by Murder, She Wrote and H. P. Lovecraft.
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Brindlewood Bay official website https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/brindlewood-bay.html
Brindelwood Bay on DriveThruRPG https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/410316/brindlewood-bay-kickstarter-edition?affiliate_id=36142
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In December, as we come to the end of the year, we'll be interviewing creators who deal with endings on Not DnD.
Brindlewood Bay lets you play as elderly women, who become amateur detectives.
Death Throes is set at the end of the world, the early stages of a zombie outbreak.
High fantasy in the Age of Industry. Steel & Scale is a complete and comprehensive Tabletop Role-Playing Game, based on a d20 system, designed to be simple for new players to pick up, with enough complexity to provide variety and tactical depth for experienced TTRPG players. With no fixed classes, and vast options for customisation, no two characters will be the same!
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Website: steelandscale.com
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