Darktier Studios · the catalog
Board games published at The Game Crafter are print-and-play titles, professionally manufactured to order. The PDF archive holds PDF versions of our games for print and play.
Mobile game
Roll an adventurer, descend the maze, die, read the epitaph, try again. An offline roguelike dungeon crawl based on Mazeworld, a tabletop RPG from 1994, kept as crunchy, unfair and funny as it was then. Paid once, no ads, and the Oracle narrates with the warmth of a tax auditor.
TTRPG
Continue mission. A military PbtA TTRPG — a game of special operations and tradecraft. Use the TOC companion app to run your games at the table. You can download the latest PDF from the TOC app.
Board game
Get in, get out, get paid. A tactical extraction game with sitrep-driven missions and a spoiler-laden campaign guide — published at The Game Crafter with a print-and-play edition.
Board game
Build your kingdom, destroy theirs. A grim card drafting game where you compete for resources. We recommend the Deluxe version of Woe!
Board game
The tide already won. Scavenge, bargain and sail the drowned world of Wæteria before the rising water takes what's left.
TTRPG
Good news travels slowly through a painted world. A setting of shrines, ruins and the long roads between them.
Card game
Fight your way through the dungeon to recover the four artifacts in this 1-4 player dungeon delve. You only standard playing cards for this print and play game.
Board game
Court intrigue on a checkered field. Maneuver your house into power while the old king's board crumbles beneath it.
TTRPG
Roleplaying beneath a red and undying sun — dynasties that will not stay buried, and the ones who dig anyway.
TTRPG
The runes glow in the dark for a reason. Dark-fantasy roleplaying where every working leaves a mark on the caster.
Board game
Mazeworld is a brutal rogue-like that you can play with your friends. Don't get too attached to your character ...
Game system
Hit locations that matter. A combat framework where where you strike is as important as how hard.
Game engine
The Anti-Ivory-tower Game Engine: no dice required. A diceless engine for running fast, fiction-first tables.
TTRPG
Where every campaign at Darktier begins. The house d20 — heavier, older and luckier than it should be.
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