Little Bones
A downloadable game
Basically Maze Rats with a dusting of Tunnel Goons and a large spoonful of Basic Dungeons, but stripped back to fit on a double-sided A5 sheet, and sped up for one-shots, picnics, and parties. These rules work great with both kids and adults.
Little Bones is played with 2d6. If you would like to play this game with, say, a single giant foam d12 instead then try Big Bone.
Includes pre-rolled characters, a spell generator, stat suggestions for creatures and NPCs, and an adventure builder.
There's also a PDF of four A6 character sheets.
HTML version is available here.
Thanks to Suikyun Studio there is now a Brazilian Portuguese translation of Little Bones! Amazing!
NEW: Thanks to grk, we also have a German translation! Wonderful!
Also new: Wanna buy a shirt?
Here are some short, fun, free adventures that might work well with Little Bones:
- The Archon Mines
by Alex Damaceno - Barrow Of The Elf King
by Nate Treme - Swamp Renewal
by Numbered Works - Well-Gourded Village
by Luka Rejec - Belly of the Fishy Beast
by Sam Doebler - Temple of the Moon Priests
by Will Doyle - Plumb the Depths
by Ed Nicholson - Timmy Fell in the Well!
by GM Lily - The Place in the Bog
by Skullfungus - The Witch's List
by D. G. Chapman
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (8 total ratings) |
Author | Numbered Works |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | maze-rats, OSR, rules-lite, Tabletop, Tabletop role-playing game |
Average session | About an hour |
Languages | German, English, Portuguese (Brazil) |
Links | Homepage |
Download
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Development log
- German TranslationMar 27, 2023
- Brazilian Portuguese TranslationJan 25, 2023
- Cross BonesJul 02, 2022
- Markdown VersionJan 21, 2022
Comments
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This is so good! I am always on the hunt for super light systems. Tunnel Goons is elegant but always felt slightly TOO simple for my liking - you adding in the 'classes' and dungeon and monster creation (albeit simple) rounds things out for me. Thank you!
I really liked your game. By any chance, is there a template for hacks or a guide with font names and graphics?
Hi Luiz,
Thank you, and apologies for the delay. There isn't a template ready to go, but I don't think it would be too much work for us to make one. What format would be most useful? We mostly use InDesign, but also have access to Affinity Publisher.
Fonts used are Alte Haas Grotesk for titles and CMU Typewriter for body copy.
For me, just the font names will be very useful. Thanks!!!
Really nice presentation. Super clean. You pack a lot of flavor into it too! My only complaint - while I like the little doo-dad filler graphics I want them to be bones. :)
Little ones.
Oh, and included the markdown file ... chef's kiss.
Thanks Ray! The index card format looks great too.