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GNOMES

YOU READ THE BOOK. NOW THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU.

An abandoned mansion. An ancient book. A few hours until dawn.

And a horde of bloodthirsty gnomes who, for some reason, really, really want you dead. GNOMES is a fast, one-shot tabletop RPG about surviving the night in a house full of very angry little monsters. Explore the mansion. Find weapons. Barricade the doors. Set traps. Then survive the next wave of gnomes.


THE GAME IS SIMPLE.

All you need is a d6.

1–3 — Things go very, very wrong. 4–5 — You succeed, but there's a catch. 6+ — You pull it off.

That's it.

No complicated combat tables. No endless lists of modifiers. No spending hours building a character. Instead, there's one rule that matters:


YES, BUT…

Failure doesn't bring the game to a halt. It makes things worse. And more interesting. Want to shove a gnome down the stairs? Lure five of them into the pantry? Build a trap out of a kitchen knife and a chair leg?

Go for it.

You're just a bunch of ordinary people who happened to be in the wrong house at exactly the wrong time. Choose your archetype: The Athlete. The Cool Kid. The Popular Kid. The Genius. The Goth. The Last Survivor. Everyone has their advantages. And their own terrible decisions.


SO, WHAT ABOUT THE GNOMES?

At first, they just crawl through the windows. Then they start breaking down the doors. And then things get worse. And worse. And worse. Because they didn't come here by accident.

SEARCH. PREPARE. SURVIVE. DON'T READ THE BOOK (TOO LATE)


GNOMES is a one-shot slasher horror RPG for anyone who loves VHS tapes, terrible decisions, and tiny murderous bastards.

Updated 14 hours ago
Published 4 days ago
StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Authorskmuið
GenreSurvival
TagsHorror, No AI, Slasher, Tactical, Tabletop role-playing game
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
ContentNo generative AI was used

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