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Playing God

Created by Gnome Made Games

An original tabletop roleplaying game inspired by real-world and fantasy mythologies. Take the role of one or more gods in a campaign setting you build as you play! It works with or without a GM and with any number of players, even solo play!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Achievement Unlocked!
6 months ago – Sun, May 19, 2024 at 06:34:02 AM

The campaign is over $6,000 USD, so we're hiring a graphic designer to make a god character sheet and a planes of reality sheet!

In other news, there's a new poll up. Loki won the last one by a wide margin!

100% Funded! Now the Fun Begins!
6 months ago – Mon, May 13, 2024 at 10:30:41 AM

We're funded, and we have still half the campaign to go! First of all, I want to thank all of you backers for making this possible. This is a different kind of tabletop RPG in scope, pace, approach, and the kind of stories you can tell, but you believed in it enough to make it a reality. So, thank you so much!!



We also want to personally thank StickyHunter, the project's artist. My "make it like what you'd find on ancient pottery" was enough for them to create imagination-fueling art! Their enthusiasm for this style art is evident in every illustration! Now that we're surpassing our funding goal, we're thrilled at the prospect of commissioning more pieces from them!

New Achievement

While it's entirely possible to play this game without character sheets, playtesting has demonstrated that they'd help keep everything organized and at players' fingertips. So we're pleased to announce our newest achievement! At $6,000 USD, we'll commission a graphic designer to create original godly character sheets and worlds sheets. Soon everything will be within reach!

The State of the Game

Beta playtesting is underway, and their feedback is already super helpful! It's all play-by-post for now, but real-time games will start in the days ahead. If you're interested in reading the entire ruleset now and getting involved in the game, fill out this form to become a playtester!

Norse God Poll

Finally, don't forget to vote for your favorite Norse god in our current poll and your favorite god from other deities in future polls. Loki is currently in the lead!

Over 90 Percent Funded and a New Poll!
6 months ago – Fri, May 10, 2024 at 11:26:48 AM

Huge thank you to everyone for getting us to 90 percent in the first 10 days of the campaign! I expect to tick over to 100 percent at any time now, which would mean Playing God will be a published book we can all hold in our hands and/or play with friends (or solo!).



The poll for favorite ancient Egyptian god is now closed. And jackal-headed Anubis won with ibis-headed Thoth not far behind! We have another 20 deities to choose from in our Norse gods poll. Go to the community page and vote now! As before, if you like one better than the twenty we've listed, feel free to cast a write-in vote in the comments.

Three-Quarters Funded and a New Poll!
7 months ago – Tue, May 07, 2024 at 07:16:59 AM

Three-Quarters Funded!

We're just a couple backers shy of being 75% funded, which is an excellent position to be in with 24 days still left to go! I think it was the right move to offer sneak peeks and a full rules document to playtesters. Because here's what people are saying about the game.


Polls Update

The poll for favorite Greek god is now closed. And Athena, the goddess of heroic endeavor and the patron of the city of Athens, won! We have another 20 deities to choose from in our Ancient Egyptian gods poll. Go to the community page and vote now!

Half Funded in Only 48 Hours!
7 months ago – Fri, May 03, 2024 at 11:30:22 AM

It's been almost exactly 48 hours and we're almost exactly half funded! Huge thank you to all of you who've pledged so far! The first two days are so crucial to health of a crowdfunding campaign, and it looks like we're well positioned to cross the finish line well before the end of the month.

Greek God Poll

Have you voted for your favorite Greek deity yet? Head on over to the Community page. Dionysus is at the top right now, but it's still anyone's victory! You don't even have to pledge to vote, just be logged in to your Backerkit account.

Beta Playtest

You can already read a 10-page preview, but do you want to get your hands on the entire rulebook? Sign up for the beta playtest and you can have it all! We're running play-by-post over Discord now, but we'll do real-time games in the near future.