#pocketquest2025

[cannibalhalflinggaming]

For the third time, we have a collection of 1 and 1+ player roleplaying games created as part of DriveThruRPG's PocketQuest! The 2025 edition, focusing on the theme of Dreams & Nightmares, has 21 games from 20 creators, and is selling for $49.99, a ~39% discount!

From cyberpunk dream hackers to living nightmares, from dream jobs to dream weavers, there's a wide variety of dreamscapes to explore!

[cannibalhalflinggaming]

Today is the lay day to indulge in the dream of a 20% discount on Rustling Electric Sheep, my Guided by Firelights solo journaling game about a cyberpunk hacker diving into the net to steal secrets and experiences from sleepers. Starting tomorrow, the nightmare of the full price, a whopping $4.99, will begin.

Unless, of course, you can find some bundles that are releasing tomorrow yourself. Good luck, Rustler!

[cannibalhalflinggaming]

Rustling Electric Sheep has gotten its first review!

"What an awesome little game! In just two trifold brochures, the designer has created an entire rich world with enough detail to really spark your imagination, and enough blanks to fill in to let your imagination go wild. Further, the dream-stealing mechanic provides opportunities to take your game in any direction you want, making it endlessly replayable.

The Firelights system is such a good one, and Seamus has utilized it so well to create a gameplay loop that naturally builds a really cool story, and the whole game is peppered with the seeds of interesting ideas (Sandmen, mealpaks, murderbots, nefarious LLMs, dream banks, cyber-preachers -- it really goes on and on) for the player to run with. The provided tables for spark generation and events are excellent, and have done so much to keep the momentum going in my games -- there's always an interesting new thread to build on, or the seed of a new idea whenever I need it.

Seamus is also a really responsive designer and was kind enough to answer all my questions about the game, which I also really value (I think it's one of the really cool things about the TTRPG community!)

Overall, this seemingly simple little game is just bursting with style, and I know it's one that I will continue to go back to again and again. Cannot recommend this little gem enough!" - Sara

[watcherdm]

Four d6 tables of surreal dream creatures for use with Wakeside, Trouble with Dreams, and all fine Dream-themed TTRPGs.

[miss-mother-fucker]

Hello friends

Time for my tri-yearly post! I made another game! This one is called Dream Skate - made for DriveThruRPG's game jam PocketQuest!

it's a two player PvP journaling game about interpersonal conflict with an Alter. The theme for this year's game jam was Dreams and Nightmares. In the game both Alters are trying to wake up before the other. We have 52 dream-y prompts for journaling and it's super easy to learn!

I put a lot of hard work into it with my girlfriend and a lot of the inspiration for it comes from my recent revelation that I am plural. We started having issues figuring out who we were when we first woke up in the morning, leaving us disoriented for anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. We've been pretty copacetic as a system so far, but a significant struggle for us early on was everyone wanting to have time fronting all at once - it lead to some difficulties for us (but we go through it!) It felt like this was the perfect fit for the theme for this year's game jam. One of my alters even did the art for the game, which was very cool! She did a great job!

Please consider checking us out and giving us a review if you like it 🖤

Second

Whenever I share one of my games I always want to shout out another creator. Dream Job by Dusky Creative is a really fun solo RPG that spoke to me - it's all about losing your job but having hope to find a new job. Consider checking it out!

[dungeonofthedragon]

Happy Pocket Quest launch day! I'm adding a whole bunch to my wishlist before I need to dash to my day job.

My entry, Sweet Dreams, is among these new releases. Designed for one-shots, this game sees up to 4 heroic toys entering their child's dream to defend them from nightmares.

As for other games that caught my eye...

As a big fan of PbtA and FitD games, What Dreams May Run immediately stands out. You are special agents who trap fugitive nightmares before they destroy the world. That's just awesome!

Sleeppunk is built around a really cool piece of worldbuilding: the Oneiric Conduit was created to allow people to enter each other's dreams. While created with therapeutic purposes in mind, people have started using this for all sorts of purposes, including entering people's dreams with the intention of killing them.

Sleep Paralysis Demon High School is about being the new student at a school for sleep paralysis demons. A really unique take on the 'dreams and nightmares' prompt!

[cannibalhalflinggaming]

Rustling Electric Sheep, my offering for PocketQuest 2025, is now live on DriveThruRPG! It's a Guided by Firelights (thanks Fari RPGs) solo game about a cyberpunk dream hacker who dives into the Net to steal dreams, either for the dreams themselves or for the secrets buried within them. It uses a deck of cards to establish difficulties and 2d6 to both resolve actions and to generate information from several elegant and finely crafted d66 tables. Also, because I can't help myself, the Jokers have some interesting things to do.

What kind of dreams will you shear from these electric sheep? Will you get the paydata you need to live another day, or be hounded by the Sandmen? Will you even make it out of the Net at all? Draw a card, roll some dice, and find out!

[dungeonofthedragon]

Sweet Dreams: Meet Rainbow Sparkle!

Rainbow Sparkle is one of four heroic toys protecting its owner from nightmares in my Pocket Quest 2025 entry, Sweet Dreams! Rainbow Sparkle is the prettiest and bravest pony, but is still learning kindness. With friends Bunny, Dinodroid and Charlie the doll, Rainbow Sparkle keeps its charge safe from nightmares night after night!