8 ungovernable games currently crowdfunding

R’lyehwatch — A rules-light tabletop roleplaying game about a group of lifeguards and their friends who protect their local beach from the monsters trying to take over. It mashes up the campy melodrama of Baywatch with the cosmic horror of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Psychic Trash Detectives — Animals race to solve a mystery before the city’s trash is collected at dawn. A diceless TTRPG played with trash.

Broken Cities — A diceless, GM-less tabletop RPG in which players take the role of travelers coming to a city with adventurous goals in mind, while the city wants to convince them to go through the sacrifice needed to fix it.

Hungry Gnoles Eat the Rich — A rules-lite tabletop RPG set on an island city beset by a plutocratic monarchy. Players take the roles of gnoles—chaotic, violent, but community-minded hyenafolk compelled by their hunger to strike back against forces of oppressive control.

Rising Star — A short-form, cooperative, story-driven TTRPG about sports.

Goblin Gonzo — A stand-alone TTRPG built on the Mörk Borg engine. This art-punk gonzo game puts you in the role of one of many many variations of the filthy little gobbo’s full of shenanigans, Schneez, and sing-a-long songs.

Fever Dream Nexus — A surrealist role-playing game set in the ever-shifting dreamscape of the Nexus— the place between sleep and wake. Play as a Sleepwalker and roam the six plates to solve crimes, protect the innocent, duel in bloody clashes, sate your shadow, and unleash your ego to mold the dream with your signature Track.

If I Were a Lich, Man — A trilogy of funny Jewish roleplaying games about creative resistance against authoritarianism. The villains in the stories of our oppressors become the heroes in our play.

Ailing Away — A solo mystery game with historical romantic elements. It really is a little bit like Clue but it’s meant for one player, you get to kiss some of the suspects, and there’s no board to set up. All you need to play is a copy of the book, a deck of standard playing cards, a pair of 10-sided dice, and writing implements of your choosing.