STAPLE! presents Indie Tabletop Day at ABC Sidekick Store

STAPLE!, the small-print comic book convention on hiatus since the COVID-19 pandemic began, will bring a showcase of independently-made tabletop roleplay games to Austin Books & Comics‘ Sidekick Store, located in the shopping center behind the side that faces North Lamar, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 3. RSVP on Eventbrite for this free event.

A dozen local and regional creators will be on hand to demo their tabletop RPGs, board games and card games! Free to attend and play! Secure a seat at a specific game session using the Add Ons. There will be special discounts 2 doors over at Outlaw Moon Games & Toys during ITGD, and several of the designers are providing stuff for drawings to be held throughout the day!

Games from:

Just Added! Super Savage Systems https://linktr.ee/neonlordrpg

• Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland A grotesque amalgamation of old school RPGs, heavy metal, punk, super sugary breakfast cereals (prize included), 80s pop culture, 90s in-your-face marketing, and a healthy dose of radiation. 3 hours.1-5 players, Noon, 3:30. Pregens provided.

Irradiated Pigeon Games schwagart.com

• TerraForma is a tile laying and buying game where you and upt to 3 others play as elemental spirits that are creating your own world to inhabit. With each player trying to collect enough energy to gain the most influence over the new land while they attempt to unify the elements. 30-45 min., 2-4 players, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30.

Bannerless Games bannerlessgames.itch.io

• KILLER RATINGS is a one-shot, zero-prep horror-comedy about reality TV ghost hunters using melodrama to wake the dead before throwing each other under the bus in the race to get out alive. 90 min., 2-4 players. Noon, 2:30 & 5:00.
• TARGMARGS is about the great American pastime of getting drunk with your friends in a Super Target and causing enough ruckus to get chased out by security… but not before you shoplift a bunch of cool stuff.

Madness Heart Games madnessheart.press

• ODD GOBS – Chaotic Goblins working the gig economy in a cyberpunk dystopia all on a double-sided folding map! 2 hours, 3-5 players, 11:30, 3:30.
• MORKKABEANS – Mork Borg meets Jewish mythology in this scenario/adventure.
• AGAINST THE HUNGRY DAWN – A sticker game that turns any book into a spell book.

Vu Gandin Le www.partyrpg.com

• PARTY AT TIFFANY BURRELL’S HOUSE: (3-8 players) A ’90s teen movie RPG; revisit your lovable, wall-hugging, shoegazing weirdo days when being a nerd wasn’t cool. 3 hours, 3-8 players, 1:00pm.

DMDouble Games & Comics dmdoublegames.com

• Surviving the G.A.M.E. 1-4 players, 45-90 min., 11:30, 2:30, 5:00

Swordfish Islands, LLC shop.swordfishislands.com

• You survived a shipwreck and washed up in the jungle choked Swordfish Islands. What will you find in the sweltering darkness beneath the trees? Or perhaps… what will find you? 4 hours, 2-5 players, Noon, 4:00.

ROLLINKUNZ! rollinkunz.itch.io

• ORC BORG is a standalone RPG zine by Grant Howitt and ROLLINKUNZ in which players are cyborg orcs trapped aboard a massive junkyard of a spaceship, excited for the day they smash into the side of a planet!
• Combined with THE DUNGENERATOR is a deck of cards that generates inky dungeons! Each deck quickly creates nigh-infinite labyrinths on-the-fly and is crammed with hand-inked art by ROLLINKUNZ!
• 1 hour, 2-4 players, 2:00, 6:00.

The Tiny Minotaur www.tinyminotaur.com

• Tiny Minotaur PvP Combat – Battle various Live-Action NPCs from the Immersive Fantasy World of The Tiny Minotaur in a One on One Guerilla Card and Dice Game! 30 min., 1-2 players, Multiple sessions!

Zoracle Games www.bloodrunes.com

• BLOODRUNES is a perspective based pattern creation, take that, strategy game. Place Runes onto a shared mat to create runic patterns to win fortunes for your clan or steal fortunes from other players. Whoever gets to 6 fortunes first wins! 1 hour, 2-4 players, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30.

Majcher Arcana – majcher.itch.io

• THE EMPIRE NEVER ENDED: Surreal RPG inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick. 3 hours, 2-4 players, Noon, 4:00.