I developed and designed this game from the ground up, including 3 booklets, four decks of cards, a game box, and custom dice.
TPK is “role-playing for the rest of us.” It’s both Crazy Simple, and Crazy Fun - role playing made easy. You don’t need to memorize complex rules or spend sleepless days preparing a Quest. You just deal cards, open the Book of Quests, and begin! TPK is not a replacement for larger systems. It’s a party game variant, where anyone can easily engage in the fun. I LOVE complex, long-term role playing games. But I wanted to open the door wider - to make role playing accessible to more people. Consider TPK a gateway drug to Role Playing Bliss.
The Quests are short, the characters are expendable, and the excitement is intense. You get a new character for every Quest, which means it’s OK for your character to die, and they probably will.
TPK is short for ‘Total Party Kill.’ And if that doesn‘t give you a clue as to what’s about to happen, nothing else will. TPK is a turn based role playing game led by a Game Master (GM), who for all intents and purposes is a Wrathful and Vengeful God. Whatever the Game Master says goes. If the Game Master says you’re dead, you’re dead. If the Game Master says you’ve sprouted pink winks, well, enjoy them. Because what the Game Master gives, the Game Master can take away.