A peer support and advice network for creatives within the UK's tabletop industy.
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We are a Community Interest Company — a not-for-profit organisation — and all donations we recieve go towards improving the services we can offer our community, including table fees for more shows.Patreon supporters gain access to a growing library of free games and priority access to the application form for exhibiting through us at conventions.
Community
and Services
Our Discord community is 400+ strong and constantly growing. We welcome stalwart industry veterans and newcomers alike, and every member is happy to share the experience they have gained.One of our services is offering our members table space at conventions they wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. We have a table at UKGE and Dragonmeet every year, and are always looking for new shows we can take our members' wares to.We also offer regular seminars in the form of TIN Talks: hour-long presentations on a wide variety of topics that include question-and-answer sessions, and are recorded for later enjoyment. These recordings, both video and audio, are made available to our community members, along with the presentation and any relevant links, via a Google Drive folder.As we are a national organisation, we have several Chapters that hold monthly meet ups, the details for which are found in our monthly newsletter. Our current Chapters are:
- London
- Scotland (meeting in Glasgow)
- North England (meeting in Manchester)
- East (meeting in Norwich)
- Creatives of Colour (a PoC-exclusive Chapter that holds an online meetup)
We also host regular daytime and weekend digital coffee mornings to share stories, advice, and generally get to know each other.If you like the sound of any of the above, please subscribe to our newsletter and follow the Discord invite link within it.If you have any skills you feel would benefit the community, or UK TIN itself, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. We are always looking for ways to better serve our members and increase our reach.
Conventions
Our last convention was: UKGE 2025 — Stand 2-383We helped organise Stamp Quest 2025. See stampquest.carrd.co for more information.
We typically attend both UKGE and Dragonmeet, the UK's two largest tabletop conventions.See below for a list of the goods stocked on our UKGE 2025 stand. If you are here after the show, each item — where possible — will have a URL to take you to the relevant online store.Key:
^ One-page Bundle (£1.00 each or three for £2.40)
† Small Zines Bundle (£9 each or three for £24)
# Large Zines Bundle (£13 each or three for £33)
Accessories
Ash Nocktem's Travelling Companions by Mikhail Malkin/ Sandstone District - £15.00
🤠 51 illustrated Character Cards | 📜 Tiny Backstory + Plot Hook | 🌳 Fantasy Flavored | ⚙️ System Agnostic
Available here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1451663147/ash-nocktems-travelling-companions-deck
Custom Sketches by Mikhail Malkin / Sandstone District - £10.00
A 10 minute sketchDarkened Hill & Dale - Artwork Postcards (x15) by Sarah Cole / Patchwork Fez Games - £18.00
15 A6-format artwork postcards, depicting NPCs, scenes, and the cover art for Darkened Hill & Dale. Provided in two envelopes, split into portraits and scenes.
Available here: https://shop.patchworkfez.games/Darkened Hill & Dale (NPCs/Scenes x7) by Sarah Cole / Patchwork Fez Games - £10.00
A pack of seven A6-sized artwork postcards, depicting NPC portraits or scene artworks from Darkened Hill & Dale. Packaged in a handy envelope.
Available here: https://shop.patchworkfez.games/Field Agent Handbook: Calibration Record by ÆtherCorp Games - £9.00†
A daily one-line journal with emotion & activity tracker. Made for psychic detectives. Used by all observant journallers.
Available here: https://aethercorpgames.square.site/shop/accessories/5E2PCE76P2DWMQ2KPLEEIF7EGame Master's Planner Binder by Happy Stoat - £65.00 for non-foiled Legacy Binder, £75.00 for the foiled Binder
Unique PU leather organizer binder for Game Masters, with a pouch for dice sets, slots for cards and spacious pocket for tokens, condition trackers and handouts.
Available here: https://www.happystoat.com/Owlbear Notebook by Happy Stoat - £29.50
Large sized, 216 pages notebook with beautiful cream paper, featuring cozy Owlbear art, a pocket for handouts and stickers and fabric bookmark. This notebook will be perfect for Game Masters and lifestyle journaling alike.
Available here: https://www.happystoat.com/Seed of an Idea by Eleanor Hingley - £9.00†
Created with writing groups and role-players in mind, Seed of an Idea is a book of prompts and questions to help you build a story quickly and easily using familiar tropes.
Available here: https://magpie-elle.itch.io/seed-of-an-ideaThis Blighted Isle - Stickers by Sarah Cole / Patchwork Fez Games - £2.00
Two stickers featuring the skull-themed logo for This Blighted Isle. Each sticker is approximately 8x6cm in size, and the background colour is holographic/iridescent.Available here: https://shop.patchworkfez.games/
One-Page Games
Anonymous Teabag by Ryan Wheeldon / The Moonlit Bard - £1.00^
A simple dice game of tea-based subterfuge.
Available here: https://moonlitbard.itch.io/anonymous-teabag(Untitled) Holiday Rom-Com by La Lionne Publishing - £1.00^
In (Untitled) Holiday Rom-Com, you are the protagonist in a heartwarming holiday romantic comedy adventure filled with meet-cutes, misunderstandings, and (un)surprising twists!
Available here: https://lalionnepublishing.itch.io/untitled-holiday-rom-com-solo-ttrpgVisitor From The Stars by Steph "StickyHunter" Farrow - £1.00^
How would a prehistoric person and an alien communicate? Played with a d20 and 6d6.
Available here: https://stickyhunter.itch.io/visitor-from-the-starsYOU ARE A FROG by La Lionne Publishing - £1.00^
A one-page TTRPG about adventurous frogs. YOU ARE A FROG. You have always been a frog. You will always be a frog. But today, you are a frog ON A QUEST.
Available here: https://lalionnepublishing.itch.io/you-are-a-frog
TTRPGs
Crying Wolf RPG by Michael Duxbury - £9.00†
Horror (Survival) | 3+ players
A survival horror game of kids vs the horror (as in It or Stranger Things). A dark take on the Aesop fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Available here: https://seal-of-sabbad.itch.io/cryingwolfEdge of Survival by Steph "StickyHunter" Farrow - £9.00†
Sci-fi | Solo | 1 player
Play as an astronaut untethered from your ship in a solo journaling RPG of dire circumstances, of desperation and hope. Requires a d100 and a notebook.
Available here: https://stickyhunter.itch.io/the-edge-of-survivalEx Libris by Eleanor Hingley - £9.00†
Cosy | Solo | 1 player
‘Ex Libris’ is a cosy solo journalling TTRPG about being the new librarian for a small town library in a fantasy world.
Available here: https://magpie-elle.itch.io/ex-librisMe, the Singularity by Michael Duxbury - £13.00#
Sci-fi | 4–6 players
A one-shot haunted-house-in-space story like Interstellar or Event Horizon, based on the rules of party games like charades or pictionary that you already know how to play. You play the crew of a doomed space station, and the extradimensional “ghost” attempting to save them.
Available here: https://seal-of-sabbad.itch.io/me-the-singularity-rpgNot Yet: A Romantic Duet TTRPG by Taylor Navarro - £15.00
Romance | GMless | 2 players
Not Yet is a GM-less, two-player tabletop roleplaying game perfect for date night, romancing your friends, or creating a dramatic character backstory. Play as two characters fated to meet but just missing one another—or not if the dice say otherwise.
Available here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/483893/not-yet-a-romantic-duet-ttrpgNumb3r Stations by LunarShadow Designs - £9.00†
Spy | Solo | 1 player
A solo spy RPG using real life number station transmissions. Receive your mission, determine the outcome and report back to your handlers.
Available here: https://lunarshadowdesigns.etsy.com/listing/1348525280Orchidelirium, Vol.I: Expedition Rules by ÆtherCorp Games - £9.00†
Historical | 2–6 players
Search for rare and exotic plants as a Victorian orchid hunter in 1865. Discover your character through the belongings they lose and the memories they use to succeed on their difficult journey. Orchidelirium is a one-shot game that uses cards, dice & pennies to help build the characters' story at the table.
Available here: https://aethercorpgames.square.site/product/orchidelirium-vol-i-expedition-rules/30Pet Rescue by Artemis Games - £13.00#
Fantasy (Modern) | 3–6 players
Demigod Pets try to find out what's happened to their caregiver, on a small Welsh island.
Available here: https://artemisgames.co.uk/product/pet-rescueProject Cassandra: Psychics of the Cold War by LunarShadow Designs - £13.00#
Spy | 3+ players
A fast paced action adventure RPG about a group of psychics trying to prevent the Cold War from turning hot.
Available here: https://lunarshadowdesigns.etsy.com/listing/1026293388Scribe by Frederic Walker - £9.00†
Historical | Solo | 1 player
A Wretched & Alone solo journaling RPG, set during the Late Bronze Age Collapse.
Available here: https://fredericwalker.itch.io/scribeSummit by Daniel Copper / The Copper Compendium - £9.00†
Exploration | Solo | 1 player
Summit is a game about climbing a mountain and the obstacles that you must overcome to reach the top. As you climb you build the story of your character, meeting people from their life and pushing ever upwards, towards the summit.
Available here: https://thecoppercompendium.itch.io/summitTalking Thunder by Eleanor Hingley - £9.00†
Dystopian | 2 players
‘Talking Thunder’ is a two-player correspondence RPG about finding connection in a dystopian world.
Available here: https://magpie-elle.itch.io/talking-thunderTea & Toadstools by La Lionne Publishing - £15.00
Cosy | Solo | 1 player
Tea & Toadstools is a solo GM-less journaling game in which you will document your experiences as a hedgehog in a twill vest who just wants to be left in peace, but other folks in the forest neighborhood have other plans.
Available here: https://lalionnepublishing.itch.io/tea-toadstoolsTending: A Game of Devotion by Tori Truslow - £13.00#
Fantasy | Solo | 1 player
Tending is a mixed media journalling game where you take on the role of a devotee at a magical holy site. Roll dice, draw cards, write, draw or collage to create and explore a religion inspired by the natural world.
Available here: https://tori-truslow.itch.io/tendingThe Kingdom of Prester John by Frederic Walker - £9.00†
Historical | Solo | 1 player
A solo journaling RPG of wandering between the reality of the late 1100s and the dreamscapes of medieval Christian mythology.
Available here: https://fredericwalker.itch.io/the-kingdom-of-prester-john-ttrpgThe Long Road Home by Plane Sailing Games - £20.00
Fantasy | GMless | 2–5 players
The quest is over, you are on your way home, remembering the triumphs, disasters, the friends made and lost along the way.
Available here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/493525/the-long-road-homeThe Siren's Calling by La Lionne Publishing - £15.00
Fantasy | Solo | 1 player
The Siren’s Calling is a solo GM-less journaling TTRPG that uses the Major Arcana of tarot to tell the story of a mermaid following the call to adventure to explore the ocean beyond your home reef.
Available here: https://lalionnepublishing.itch.io/the-sirens-calling-solo-ttrpgUniverse At Your Door: The Traveller by Johnson Ofair - £12.00
Sci-fi | 1–5 players
Venture into space on a mission to gather and share knowledge and do no harm. Solo journal or collaborate with a crew to tell beautiful stories of a life out in the unknown. Supported by an open access Virtual TableTop platform.
Available here: https://johnson-ofair.itch.io/the-traveller
TTRPG Supplements
CONT/EXT by Ric Wood - £9.00†
Sci-fi (Cosmic Horror) | Adventure | Requires Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games
CONT/EXT is a one-shot of cosmic horror for use with Mothership. A britpunk nightmare set aboard a failing research station.
Available here: https://grislyeye.com/products/context/Darkened Hill & Dale (Hardback) by Sarah Cole / Patchwork Fez Games - £40.00Horror | Adventures | Systemless
Seven system-agnostic horror scenarios set in the modern British countryside, provided with a folder of 21 player handouts (maps, news articles, book extracts, etc). Includes a complimentary digital copy, access to location reference photos, and a spoiler-free content warning guide.
Available here: https://shop.patchworkfez.games/Darkened Hill & Dale (Paperback) by Sarah Cole / Patchwork Fez Games - £30.00
Horror | Adventures | Systemless
Seven system-agnostic horror scenarios set in the modern British countryside, provided with a folder of 21 player handouts (maps, news articles, book extracts, etc). Includes a complimentary digital copy, access to location reference photos, and a spoiler-free content warning guide.
Available here: https://shop.patchworkfez.games/Fishbone Archipelago: Lost Lighthouse by Mikhail Malkin/ Sandstone District - £13.00#
Fantasy | Adventure | Systemless
Lost Lighthouse is a system-agnostic fantasy adventure taking place in a swashbuckling setting of the Fishbone Archipelago and starts with a horrible shipwreck of the merchant ship you and your friends were assigned to.
To escape the uncharted island, players will explore moist jungles, face off with ghosts from the past and even challenge the endemic apex predator. Choose your fate by aligning with one of the ancient Gods and reignite the Lost Lighthouse.
Available here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1798196473/fishbone-archipelago-lost-lighthouse
Mysteries in Newfaire: A Collection of Candela Obscura Assignments by La Lionne Publishing - £20.00
Horror | Adventures | Requires Candela Obscura by Darrington Press
Step into the shadows of Newfaire with this new anthology of five Candela Obscura Assignments that invites your Circle to the country of Hale to battle sinister doppelgangers, uncover hidden plots of EONS, and face the nightmares of the Carnival of Dreams. Can your Circle protect Newfaire from the hidden dangers lurking just beneath the surface?
Available here: https://lalionnepublishing.itch.io/