Anthropomorphic Animal Tabletop Roleplaying Games for November

Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s @tabletopjess interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D! You can watch the live recording every Monday at 5pm ET / 10pm GMT on YouTube or Twitch, or listen on the podcast platform of your choice. In November we are looking at tabletop RPGs where you play...
Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s @tabletopjess interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D!

You can watch the live recording every Monday at 5pm ET / 10pm GMT on YouTube or Twitch, or listen on the podcast platform of your choice.

In November we are looking at tabletop RPGs where you play anthropomorphic animals!

Root​

Based on the Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right board game, Root: The RPG brings the tales of the Woodland to your RPG table!

In Root: The RPG, you play vagabonds, outcasts from the normal society of the Woodland who have come to live in the spaces between, whether that's in the forests themselves or on the fringes of society. You are competent and skilled—you have to be to survive as vagabonds—and you aren’t tied down to any particular place or faction.

The game is built on the Powered by the Apocalypse framework, and features a slew of specific and carefully designed systems to represent life in the Woodland.

Join us as we speak to creator Brendan Conway to learn more on 10th November


Primrose​

Primrose is a tabletop roleplaying game set within the Primrose Territories: a small peninsula disconnected geographically from the wider world by a dangerous and unforgiving mountain range. The PDF is currently available for free on itch.

Within the Territories small communities have formed by various woodland critters known as Inhabitants: Mice, Squirrels, Hares, Moles, Badgers, Rats and Weasels have built their homes within the shrouded confines of dens, hollows, caves and caverns. Most are naïve and unaware of the pending threats from beyond the mountains.

The game uses a unique D10 dice pool system inspired by Brian Jacques (Redwall) and David Petersen (Mouse Guard). Find out more on 17th November when we speak to Bilge Rat Books.


24th November​

We are in the process of confirming the final guest for 24th November. It is the first game I think about when playing animal rpgs, so I hope we can make our schedules align for recording! Can you guess which one it is?
 

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Another that's back due to PDF: Justifiers. Gideon (yes, naughty anthro art scene Gideon) wrote a decent game with a great premise, no naughty art, and the anthros are part of a near future human civilization... as persons unfree... they have to buy themselves off; justifiers choose to do so by volunteering to do planetary scouting, looking for exploitable resources... Justifying to the corp why it is worth nabbing.
Untamed World by published by Osprey is another Justifiers like sci Fi game. Just came out a few weeks ago I believe.
 

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Kobold Press has just released Riverbank (Wind in the Willows) as a pdf, with physical release coming soon.

Correct :) The RiverBank RPG is starting to arrive in stores now as well as to all the folks that backed the project!

You can check out one of the first reviews!

From the review:
"Simply put, the RiverBank RPG is visually stunning. The interior art by Kathleen Jennings in particular, is absolutely gorgeous and perfectly captures the vibes of Wind in the Willows and the rural British landscape. The overall layout of the book is also fantastic, and it’s easy to reference and find exactly what you’re looking for.

It’s also worth noting that the writing is exceptional (which isn’t a surprise given the pedigree of award-winning author Kij Johnson), and while the book definitely nails the tone of the setting, it also shines in terms of its description of the rules and makes it easy to wrap your head around some of the key concepts. It’s easily one of the most unique TTRPGs I’ve ever read, and it’s genuinely ambitious in a field crowded with D&D clones and 5e supplement.

The RiverBank RPG is a rare delight, as a roleplaying game that trades swords and sorcery for wit, charm and emotional intelligence. Kij Johnson and Kobold Press have created something quietly revolutionary: a game about manners as mechanics and chaos as comedy. If you’re looking for a much needed break from dungeon crawls and min-maxed power fantasies, RiverBank is a charming, cozy and critter-filled critical hit that puts the “tea” in TTRPG.

Final Review Score: 19 out of 20"
 

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