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House rules, variants, scenarios and tools I've made for the games I love. Print them out, try them at your table, and break them however you like.
✦ ORIGINAL GAMES ✦
Games I designed from scratch. Rules coming soon!
Monster Valley
Board Game
Playable Draft
You are the monster. Raid a frontier town by night, dodge the guards and heroes by day, and evolve into something even scarier.
- Day / night turns
- Evolution card shop
- Dice combat
Junkyard
Card Game
Playable Draft
Dig through the scrap heap, bolt junk into working devices, and finish schematics to build machines worth victory points.
- Scavenge & build
- Upgradeable devices
- Schematic goals
Home Before Dark
Board Game · 2–5 players
Work in Progress
Neighborhood kids, water guns and foam darts. Explore the block, dodge the bullies and the grown-ups, and finish your chores before the streetlights come on.
- Explorable block tiles
- Pickup & Planned modes
- Scenarios
How To Play
Card Game · 2–6 players
Playable Draft · v0.0.2
Nobody knows the rules, because your neighbors wrote them. Secret cards set how you lose and how your turn works. Figure it out by playing before it figures you out.
- Hidden rules
- Gain / Lose / Dispose / Play cards
- Deduction
Team Fortress 2: The Card Game
Fan Game · 2 players
Playable Draft
All nine mercs, sentries and Payload, fought out over zones on a ticking timer. A two-player tribute to the hat simulator.
- All 9 classes
- Respawns & unlocks
- Payload mode
Unofficial fan game. Team Fortress 2 belongs to Valve.
Dungeons & Dragons
- Talos WIP
A full campaign for 5th Edition. Coming soon to DriveThruRPG / DMs Guild. - D&D Skill Variants
Harvesting monster parts, research, taunting and a cheaper Identify. House rules for 3.5. - Divine Favor
Favor points with each god, spent on prayers for help. A 4th Edition variant. - Shifting Alignment Variant (v 1.1)
Alignment as sliding scales that move with what your character does. 3rd Edition. - Combat Runner Tool
My little Visual Basic program for tracking monsters in 4th Edition fights. - Effort/Exhaustion Mechanic
Push-your-luck d6 checks that cost HP, plus a Stamina system. For 5th Edition. - Combo Skill Checks
Roll two skills at once and average them. Stealthy tightrope walking, anyone? - Low Magic Variant
Learn spells by watching them cast, then recreate them in the lab. 3.5 Edition. - Sleep Wizard
Upgrades for the wizard who really loves the Sleep spell. Deep sleep, nightmares and more. 5th Edition.
Settlers of Catan
- Catan Horror (v0.3)
Arkham Horror's monsters invade Catan. Knights, gates, madness and squads. - Mega Catan (v 1.33)
Base Catan, Cities & Knights, Fishermen, Rivers and Harbormaster, all in one giant game. - Hardcore Catan (v1.1)
Harder rules and scenarios, including the sinking island of Atlanticatan. - Drunkards of Catan
A drinking game where barrels of alcohol are a resource. Watch out for festivals.
All rules © Matt Sall. Originally posted on Nerdaphernalia, 2010–2017.