Roll For Hope

2026 Games

Game systems

CAIN Call of Cthulhu CBR+PNK D&D D&D 5e Daggerheart Draw Steel Hard Time ImmorTales LARP Monster of the Week (in Spaaaace!) Nefas Paranoia Pdq PSI*RUN Riverbank Shadowdark Update Vaesen Way Out West

Genres and other tags

18+ Action Adventure Beginner friendly Comedy Computer horror Conspiracy Cyberpunk Dark fantasy Dystopia Family drama Fantasy Folk horror Forged in the Dark Heroic Historical Horror Mystery Near-future NZ author Occult OSR Playtest Roman Sci-fi Silly Story game Storytelling Superpowers Ultra-violence Update Western

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    Registrations open for Roll for Hope 2026

    The game schedule is up and registrations are open, welcome to Roll for Hope 2026! Read more

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    Longing Calling

    Everyone desires something or someone. We struggle to satisfy our heart’s needs. In this mystery the investigators will dive into a disaster sprung from love, hurt, greed and sorry. What will you do to prevent a village being consumed by a soul’s thirst?GM: JanellSystem: VaesenSystem knowledge: Not neededRoleplaying knowledge: Not neededBeginner friendly? YesNo. of players:… Read more

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    The Angulotls

    Don’t you just lament the state of adventuring these days. It’s a tragedy the great bards are dead, who is there to tell the tales of heroes and inspire the next? Seems like it’s time to change that. All you need to do is follow the river Styx down all the way to Hades. Then… Read more

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    ImmorTales – A Playtest

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live forever? To be an immortal being wandering the earth for millenia? With ImmorTales, step into stories of the deathless, the eternal and the forsaken. ImmorTales is an upcoming new tabletop role playing game, created and written by Edie Freeman. Drawing inspiration from games like… Read more

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    Better Living Through Robotics

    Written by Elizabeth Fein, Eva Schiffer, Jaime Frey, Kathleen De Smet, and Keith A Darron In the BioDome, the last known outpost of human civilization, life is as beautiful and technologically advanced as we always pictured it would be: flying cars, automated kitchens, and of course, personal robot assistants. Robots, so helpful and affordable these… Read more

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    The Obituary

    London, New Year’s Eve, 1969. Fleet Street journalist Anthony Sinclair thought the strangest thing he’d face tonight was another obituary. Instead, five confused teenagers appear in his office. They have no reflections, cannot touch the world… and have no memory of who they are. As Sinclair investigates a decade-old disappearance, the trail leads to the… Read more

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    PSI*RUN

    You wake after the crash, gaping holes in your mind where memories should be. You know only two things for certain. PSI*RUN is a narrative focused system designed for one-shots. Expect punchy action and dramatic escapes as we discover who these characters are at the table. GM: Cameron Read more

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    Raid on the Abbey of St Christopher

    You survived old King Skorgold’s tomb. You spent your gold, drank your fill, and swore you’d never go underground again. But on the coast sits the Abbey of St Christopher waiting for the bold to take their share of its riches, not least the excellent beer for which the Abbey is famous. The weak hide… Read more

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    Hoard of the Sea Wolf King

    The mightiest king of the sea wolves, Skorgald, lies entombed in the sea caves, carried to Valhalla with the hoard he won in life. It’s said his rotting head rests on piles of gold, and his hands still clutch the bejeweled crosses and crowns he reaped from those he conquered. King Skorgald will live on… Read more

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    Mister Break’s irresistible deal

    There is a secret world, with those with the eyes to see it. For the betterment of mankind, it must stay that way. The job is simple: Identify the SIN, find the HOST and EXECUTE them with impunity. “Wipe out the stain. As above, so below.” -AUTHORITY. =System= made by the creator of Kill Six… Read more

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    Sheep Happens

    An Adventure of Wool, Woe, and Questionable Decisions Things were simple once. Sheep grazed. Farmers farmed. Adventurers dealt with dragons, goblins, and the occasional necromancer. Then someone gave the sheep intelligence. Now flocks are forming criminal syndicates, wool merchants are disappearing, and a mysterious ram known only as The Woolfather controls the countryside from the… Read more

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    Way Out West

    In the wild world of the frontier, only the boldest heroes will survive. Will you be a daring gunslinger? A noble lawman? A wild man of the hills? Find out in a game where dice rolls are replaced by a deck of cards and winner takes all. GM: Severin System: Unique system System knowledge: Not… Read more

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    THE BIG APPLE

    The eternal kingdom’s beloved heir vanishes within the ancient Briarwood Forest, Queen Eleanor calls upon a band of adventurers to rescue the next in line to the throne, from the mysterious Briar Witch. Rumors of dark magic, cursed woods, and an ominous tower at the heart of the forest, the task seems simple. But as… Read more

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    Perfectly normal animal village simulator

    You’re a cute animal who just bought a house on a paradise island! All the folks here seem nice so welcoming just in time for the festival! Welcome to your new home, make some friends, Grow some plants! The sun is warm and the villagers could not be happier you are here Perfectly Normal Animal… Read more

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    Ghost Ship Hades

    The Hades vanished during her shakedown cruise, testing an experimental new drive. Nobody knows what happened, but four days ago her distress beacon activated. Your crew of space truckers are the closest vessel, and you’re contractually required to provide assistance. No bonus pay will be provided. This is a playtest of new Monster of the… Read more

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    Mind Maze

    You’re Quaestors, space police, on the trail of the notorious telepathic criminal “Shatter”. He was last seen on Caryatid, heading for the ancient alien ruin complex. Whatever he has planned there, it’s bound to be bad. Note: this is a playtest of new Monster of the Week material dealing with space horror. This scenario is… Read more

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    The thing in Wellington Harbor

    You’re on the ferry from Lyttleton to Wellington when something rocks your boat and changes the course of history for all of New ZealandGM: MaxineSystem: Call of CthulhuSystem knowledge: Not neededRoleplaying knowledge: Not neededBeginner friendly? NoNo. of players: 3-6Minimum Age: 16 Read more

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    JUGGERNAUT

    It is July third, 1950. The Korean War is eight days old. National Security Council Report 68 is sitting on Harry Truman’s desk, a grim outline of the Cold War that is to enfold the world for the next 40 years. Alan Turing’s paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” is circulating for review. Cinderella is a… Read more

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    Encore

    It is new years ever, 2099, and you are a living legend. Phantom thieves, political terrorists or “professional freelancers”, your crew carved a name for themselves across the Neo United States. But infamy has a nasty tendency to catch up. One of your own has been captured- now held in one of the most secure… Read more

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    The City Watch

    Waterdeep. A city of wealth, secrets… and crime. Gangs, syndicates, and criminals rule the shadows but you are the ones standing in their way. You are the Waterdeep City Watch. Your badge is your oath. Your partner is your backup. Your shift has just begun. Let’s see what kind of trouble the city brings tonight.… Read more

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    Express Delivery

    As citizens in the Utopian society of Alpha Complex you are always happy, always healthy and always follow Friend Computer’s instructions. Life is perfect and you do your part to ensure it stays perfect. You have been selected to delivery a package to another sector and are eager and happy to do it. (This game… Read more

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    Crystal Waters

    Matalum. The golden sands of its swimming beach. The crystal clear waters of the bay. The sandstone cliff dotted with rock-cut tombs and houses. The busling port for Gortyn, one of Crete’s most important cities. Destination port of an Imperial legate, sent to Gortyn by Hadrian for an unknown task. Soon the lives of Matalum’s… Read more

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    Solving a Selection Conundrum All in Time for Tea

    The annual cricket match between the good folk of the riverbank and those blighters from the Hill is almst upon us. But things are far from settled in the Riverbank XI. In fact, the XI is I or II short of full numbers. So it’s up to you and your friends to navigate the bluster,… Read more

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    The Toymakers Cottage

    Once the village had an amazing toymaker. The toys they made were the envy of children for miles around. And then they disappeared. The toys stopped and the toymaker’s cottage became silent and empty. A generation later and lights started appearing in the cottage and then several village children went missing. Now it’s up to… Read more

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    Roll for Hope 2026

    Over this weekend the games for Roll for Hope on Saturday 19 September 2026 will be posted as blog posts on WordPress. To avoid subscribers receiving emails for each of the 22 odd games the posts should be published without an email being sent for each one. However, I am testing out importing all the… Read more