Indie Vault
A new platform for indie TTRPGs. Reviewing games you've probably never heard of.
https://indie-vault.ghost.io
Email your weird games to indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com
- Scary Cave ✨👪 Your friend Suzie is missing, she's in the scary cave! Adults can't see the scary cave, but you can! Armed with a trusty flash light and some spare batteries, you delve into the scary cave behind the school. by @friendly-ghost.bsky.social indie-vault.ghost.io/scary-cave/
- We've had a slow week at the Indie Vault, but there's still a ton of #indiettrpg news going on. Have you got news to share? Tell us about it for #SelfPromoSaturday. We especially invite #Pocketopia creators to tell us about their games Share your game, then interact with another post to boost it!
- Never miss a review? Get Indie Vault direct to your inbox for free! indie-vault.ghost.io#/portal/signup
- A Fool's Errand 💡✨ by @uselessties.bsky.social A solo-journaling game about the futile effort of trying to warn a king about their inevitable destruction. indie-vault.ghost.io/a-fools-erra...
- Gentleman Bandit | Western Cantos I 💡✨ by @arthograph.bsky.social A solo roleplaying game exploring violence, woe, and dissociation, set in the American Old West. indie-vault.ghost.io/gentleman-ba...
- We published 4 reviews this week and have a pile of about 50 to look through! But on #SelfPromoSaturday, we celebrate every single #indiettrpg title that we see. So post your game below, and then comment on someone else's game to help get them noticed! #ttrpg #rpg
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- We always go cosmic horror. Tell us about Aether!
- Rebels of the Outlaw Waste 💎 🗺️ You've been tussled out into the Outlaw waste, abandoned by the last dredges of civilisation and told to go it alone. When suddenly, a voice from the last independent radio station crackles to life, sending you cryptic instructions, and a new purpose in life.
- We loved uncovering this diamond of a scenario by @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & @bananachangames.bsky.social Our first Diamond! 💎 indie-vault.ghost.io/how-to/
- CALVIN Core by @dcbradshaw.com Playing Calvin Core feels like a university drinking game - simple at first but quickly spiralling into delightful chaos. indie-vault.ghost.io/calvin-core/
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- There's a solo journalling option to the game, and I went through the steps to do that as I read through it. So this is somewhere in between a read-through and a full playthrough.
- Can't get enough #indieTTRPG? @chaoticanwriter.bsky.social covers indie games in his Dungeon Delve newsletter.
- Thank you for the space! ... I write to ChaoticanWriter.com, and post a weekly newsletter called Dungeon Delve, which is new this year and just reached 100 subs. Happy to mention/cross-promote the vault. chaoticanwriter.substack.com
- We can only get through a limited number of #indiettrpg titles per week. But there’s no limit to the number of times you can post up your games for #SelfPromoSaturday. Share your game in the thread below and comment on someone else’s title to help them get noticed!
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- You're absolutely welcome to post up your newsletter. We do similar work and we'd love to cross promote when it's useful.
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- It's still welcome here!
- Leopards Eat Your Face 📖 "It's hard to understand the subtle creep of fascism. Those who regularly vote for their governments to get rid of waste rarely realise that they are the 'waste' the fascists are talking about." indie-vault.ghost.io/leopards-eat... by @ceruleanfive.bsky.social
- Do you want someone to review your weird little #indiettrpg? We want to review your weird little indie #ttrpg Drop us a DM, comment here or light a signal fire to get our attention. We'd appreciate reposts from anyone who sees this to get the message far and wide
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- Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
- If we didn't reply to you today when you sent in a request to review your #indiettrpg, it's either because we're a bit swamped by the outpouring of interest or we hold a deep dark grudge against you for some imagined slight. And there's no way for you to know which.
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- Hey Jesse! @johnthehedge.bsky.social is operating this account, so of course we'll review Arrhenius!
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- I was about to ask you for a copy before realising that I already have a copy....
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- God that sounds tough...
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- Absolutely. This post has done rather well so we’ve had about 50 game submitted to us just today! But slide into our DMs if you’d like to pitch them to us! Or post them here for a free advertising spot.
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- Yes! Hit us up on indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com
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- Please don’t send us games before you’ve written them. You’ll do untold damage to L-space
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- Yes! We also want to showcase Pirouette once it comes out! Send us things to indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com
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- Please don't send us plagues of locusts. It's very cold here and the locusts would freeze.
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- Please do! indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com
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- As much as we love weird games, we also love beautiful games written by passionate designers. Please do send a review copy to indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com (Or if you can ship to the UK, DM us)
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- Oooh yes please. Do send a copy to indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com when you can.
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- Hey Axel, we try and review games that are complete so we can be as nice as possible about them. How close are you to publishing?
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- Hi Emily, We're trying to review things when they're finished and published. Is the kickstarter just for physical copies or is there more development going on? But YES, this is right up @johnthehedge.bsky.social's alley
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- Is the game that one pager? Yes. We're reviewing this for sure.
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- This is such a sensible approach! Yes! Do get back to us in about 5 months, so we have time to do the review and time it with your release!
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- You're actually a little early! We try and review things once they're published, rather than at the kickstarter stage, so it's likely we'll want to review it quite soon. What stage is development at? Do you have a nearly final copy and a release date?
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- Hey Megan! Thanks so much! We've just grabbed a copy! Looks weird and niche (So we love it already!)
- If You Loved Me 💡✨ Inspired by Goncharov: A 2-player GMless game where the characters are trying to kill each other. indie-vault.ghost.io/if-you-loved...
- indie-vault.ghost.io/hit-the-road... Hit the Road, Jack ✨ "You fucked up. You fucked up something big. And now the big house, the law man, the devil and all his little hellions are chasing your sorry ass down. Time to hit the road, Jack, and get gone."] by @percypropa.bsky.social
- A Physical kickstarter is coming for this game soon, check it out! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
- Where are all the people that want to play weird #indiettrpg games? We want to connect with you, review stuff for you and generally uplift all the cool little games we can find.
- Fancy getting a short review of your #indietrrpg? Send a copy to indievault.ttrpg@gmail.com and we’ll (hopefully) publish a short review on indie-vault.ghost.io (Or just DM us) We review games you’ve probably never heard of.
- Read/Play 🎨 How extreme can you take the concept of a lyric game? indie-vault.ghost.io/read-play-2/
- Hardcore Badass 💡✨ Who hasn’t fantasised about being an over-the-top action hero at least once? Hardcore Badass fulfils that fantasy in this easy-to-pick-up-and-play TTRPG indie-vault.ghost.io/hardcore-bad...
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- We’ll update the link soon!
- Oh hey, @whatsupgazpacho.bsky.social DOES have an account here. Hardcore Badass is by Gazpacho Tabletop.
- Forsaken 💡🎨 By @percypropa.bsky.social Play as the Forsaken, nameless children of the city, tell the story of their triumphs, through a grim-dark exploration of their lives or as their heroic alter-egos in this illuminated by LUMEN storytelling game. indie-vault.ghost.io/forsaken/
- This Person Should Not Exist 💡✨ Solo TTRPG; "An artefact-making game of Where's Wally defacement and surveillance weird horror." indie-vault.ghost.io/this-person-...
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- Oooh, do you have anything in particular inspired by it? We’d be happy to review it.
- It's always kind to leave a review of a game on @drivethrurpg.com or @itch.io whenever you can. It helps the creators, and a few kind words can make the experience of self-publishing feel really special.
- Have you bought Embers of Humanity on DrivethruRPG? A quick reminder to go and review it. Reviews massively help with sales. And while you're there, why not go through your library and review any other #Indiettrpg you bought recently. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
