Fantasy AGE

• Genre: Fantasy
• Setting: Middle Ages
• Gameplay: Leans Storytelling    
• Mechanics: Fixed Dice 3D6
• Publisher: Green Ronin

Highlights

1. Uses the AGE system of 2d6+1d6 where doubles lead to cool stunts
2. Combat and exploration focused gameplay
3. Setting agnostic, play in whichever world you want

Official Site: Fantasy Age

Buy it: Green Ronin, Drive Thru RPG

Pugmire

• Genre: Fantasy
• Setting: Middle Ages
• Gameplay: Leans Gaming    
• Mechanics: D20 7 Polyhedral Dice
• Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing

Highlights

1. Be a magical doggo!
2. Post-Apocalyptic setting where science and technology are present but not well understood
3. OGL 5e compatible system

Official Site: Realms of Pugmire

Buy it: Drive Thru RPG, Indie Press Revolution

The Witcher

• Genre: Fantasy
• Setting: Middle Ages
• Gameplay: Deep Gaming    
• Mechanics: Fixed     1d10
• Publisher: R. Talsorian Games

Highlights

1. Based on the popular video game/novel/tv series
2. Designed by the team behind Cyberpunk
3. Gritty fantasy!

Official Site: The Witcher at R. Talsorian Games

Buy it: R. Talsorian Games, Drive Thru RPG

Thousand Year Old Vampire

• Genre: Horror  
• Setting: Middle Ages
• Gameplay: Deeply Narrative             
• Mechanics: Unique Follow the Dice
• Publisher: Tim Hutchings

Highlights

1. Solo journaling game!
2. Dice don’t resolve conflicts, only lead to new prompts in the character’s story
3. Great for people who want to lean into history and research for that verisimilitude.

Thousand Year Old Vampire is a solo journaling game, where you write in a diary about your experiences as a blood sucking monster. The problem is that time takes its toll on you and you only have so many pages. Memories that were precious to your character hundreds of years ago are erased to make room for new memories you want to hold onto. The dice rolls are how you move from prompt to prompt throughout the book. It is evocative, scary, tragic, and encourages deep dives into real-world events to find hooks for your character’s escapades.

Official Site: Thousand Year Old Vampire

Buy it: Tim Hutchings, Drive Thru RPG, or Indie Press Revolution