At The Table with The Dice Tower - Re-Role

This time, we continue our discussion of RPGs by suggesting Role Playing Games that share popular boardgaming mechanisms, as well as giving Tom tips for getting a game started. Plus, we have a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and we close the show with some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:50 - A Story About Mail
02:22 - Eric at PAX Unplugged (inc. Hot Streak)
06:50 - Gift Guides, Dice Tower West and East
08:02 - RPGs for Boardgame Fans (detailed notes below)
37:55 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror
43:03 - Formaggio
48:35 - Gnomic Parliament
52:13 - Carnuta
54:49 - Magic Number 11
56:54 - Insurrect10n
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Julie's Notes
Where to go to get core book pdfs?
DriveThruRPG drivethrurpg.com/en
Itch.io itch.io
Cooperative play (yes the overwhelming majority of TTRPGs are cooperative) some extra cooperative leaning
• Heckin' Good Doggos drivethrurpg.com/en/product/405426/heckin-good…

• Teatime Adventures snowbrightstudio.com/teatime-adventures

Dice rolling - Also many many many ttrpgs use dice. Here are some examples
• D20 - D&D/Pathfinder dndbeyond.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorCdKoS-xSfI4e05Us…, paizo.com/pathfinder

• d100 (percentile): Call of Cthulhu chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg

• Symbol-based dice: FFG Star Wars. fantasyflightgames.com/en/starwarsrpg , Fudge dice: Fate evilhat.com/product/fate-core-system

Area control
• Beak, Feather, & Bone possible-worlds-games.itch.io/bfb

Faction/War
• Song of Ice and Fire RPG drivethrurpg.com/product/101026/A-Song-of-Ice-…

• Mutant: Year Zero drivethrurpg.com/product/139453/MUTANT-Year-Ze…

• Numenera: Destiny drivethrurpg.com/product/240655/Numenera-Destiny

• Coyote and Crow allplay.com/board-games/coyote-and-crow-the-ro…

Action points -
Level Up
• D&D

• PbtA

Using Action points
• Feng Shui atlas-games.com/fengshui

• C&S: Rebirth

• Mythras

Deck builder/Bidding
Ok not really but Redigo is "Hand Management" letsplayredigo.com
Games using a standard deck of cards
• Castle Falkenstein drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2370/castle-falken…

Games using a custom or proprietary card deck - mostly they are being used instead of dice
• Dragonlance: Fifth Age drivethrurpg.com/en/product/186462/dragonlance…

• Clockwork Dominion drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489608/courier-rep…

My Closest Pick
• Torg Eternity:A Thousand Faces of Adventure torg-gamereference.com

Pick up and Deliver
Solo/journal:
• Courier drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489608/courier-rep…

• Delivered! drivethrurpg.com/en/product/441018/delivered-a…

One shot
• Delivery Dragons shardsofblue.itch.io/delivery-dragons

Worker Placement?
Become a GM
Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com