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Writing the core stats in a tabletop RPG based on your name's initials is a fantastic idea for a viral trend on Twitter!

Actually going through with writing rules around those core stats is pretty silly! But here we are! Six tiny tabletop RPGs all inspired by the initials of six designers in Hangzhou, China.

Each of these games was written in less than a week. Many of them are the first time the designer has published a game at all! All of them are better than they have any right to be!

We hope you enjoy these silly ideas as much as we enjoyed creating them.

The Games

The Quick and the Broke by Forrest R. Schott

Gold has been discovered here and people from all over the country have flocked to find their fortunes, some have even succeeded. Not you though, your fortunes have fallen and you owe money to some deeply unpleasant people who will do deeply unpleasant things to you if you don't find the money by the end of the week.

Management and Mysticism by Matthew Morris

Magic rules the world. In the dank depths of the towers in the Seven Cities of the Magocracy lies the true beating heart of the supernatural bureaucracy: the Department of Occult Regulation - Magic and Thaumaturgy. You are an office bod in the Spell Effect Reporting Office, tasked with cataloguing known spells and their effects, and issuing fines for improper use.

Ashton’s Battle Coliseum & Duel Emulator by James Ashton

Fight to the death as one of 9 distinct classes in a unique 5-way rock paper scissors style medieval combat system. Play head to head in duels, together as a team, or in a free for all deathmatch!

Live Laugh Love by Laurence L. Lundgren

YOU USED TO HAVE IT ALL:  FOLLOWERS, PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES AND YOGA PANTS, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN THE UNDEAD WENT LIVE. Now, you and your girlfriends are doing everything they can to slay and SLAY (Yas Queen). The Monroeville Mall is having an End-of-the-World sale and you just have to be there.

Eating Contest by Michael J. Hinds

You and a group of friends decide to have an eating contest. In this TTRPG, players will roll dice for three attributes and narrate how their character handles the contest. The player with a better roll will win the contest.

Action! Danger! Bounty! by Alexander D. Boer

There’s treasure out there and it belongs in a museum! It belongs in YOUR museum. You’ve been given the job of recovering rare artifacts from a recently discovered temple. But there are other archeologists out with the same goal! The stone gate of opportunity is closing, so grab your hat and be the first to slide through!