A peer support and advice network for creatives within the UK's tabletop industry.
Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.patreon.com/uktin for details on our seminars, a curated list of upcoming crowdfunding campaigns and new releases from our community, and a wealth of other useful information, including an invite link to our Discord server.Follow us on Bluesky and YouTubeIf you like what you see here, you can support us on Kofi and Patreon We are a Community Interest Company — a not-for-profit organisation — and all donations we receive 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 next convention is: Dragonmeet - Stand M-32/33We helped organise Stamp Quest 2025 at UKGE 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 Dragonmeet stand. If you are here after the show, each item — where possible — will have a URL to take you to the relevant online store.All our zines are included in a 'Buy three, save £6' bundle, all our one-page games are available in a 'Buy three for £2.40' bundle, and a 40% retailer discount is available on many of our products, when buying more than five units of that product.A video version of the following catalogue is available here: https://youtu.be/67Br9a058qY
Accessories
and Supplements
Ash Nocktem's Travelling Companions by Mikhail Malkin / Sandstone District - £15.00
51 illustrated Character Cards with a Tiny Backstory and a Plot Hook I All characters are Fantasy Flavored and System AgnosticD&D Stoats Dotted Notebook (Rogue, Monk, Wizard, Warlock, Ranger Stoats) by Happy Stoat - £15
A5 Journal, 208 dotted pages, with ribbon bookmark and back pocketDungeon Master Planner Binder by Happy Stoat - £75
Handmade Game Master’s Binder - Wrapped in soft-touch, high-quality vegan PU leather, it features dedicated card slots, a secure pouch for dice and tokens, and a discreet back pocket for loose notes, handouts or stickers, 200 pages of dotted paper, thick cover sheet and 10 sheets of x4 PU pockets for character / item / spell cards.Fishbone Archipelago: Lost Lighthouse by Mikhail Malkin/ Sandstone District - £15
Fantasy | 2+ players
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.Live Sketches by Mikhail Malkin / Sandstone District - £10.00
A 10 minute sketchOwlbear Notebook by Happy Stoat - £25
Perfect for players, GMs or solo adventurers, this large notebook includes 216 lined pages of premium non-bleed 100gsm paper, a ribbon bookmark to mark your latest idea, and a back pocket for loose notes, NPC sketches, or secret maps. Ideal for campaign planning, solo TTRPGs, journaling, or everyday musings.Player Character Binder by Happy Stoat - £75
Handmade Player Binder - Wrapped in soft-touch, high-quality vegan PU leather, features dedicated card slots, a detachable magnetic tube for a character mini and a set of dice, 200 pages of dotted paper, dedicated A5 insert, thick cover sheet and 10 sheets of x4 PU pockets for character / item / spell cards.Sandstone District Stickers by Mikhail Malkin / Sandstone District - £2
Multiple designs inspired by the Sandstone District games and more.Seed of an Idea by Eleanor Hingley - £15
An exercise for writing groups, role-players and world-builders. 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.Stoat T-shirts by Happy Stoat - £22
100% cotton T-shirts with a stylish Warlock Stoat printStoat Vinyl Stickers by Happy Stoat - £1 for Wizard, £1.50 for Warlock, £2.50 for Monk, Rogue, Ranger, and Holographic Warlock
Vinyl stickers, great for decorating your notebook, laptop, phone or water bottleThe Guide to Grunts by James Holloway - £10
Inspiration for creating fantasy armies and soldiers. This system-neutral worldbuilding zine contains random tables, writing prompts and examples to help you create colourful and engaging military units and characters for your fantasy world.The LGBTQIArmoury (System Agnostic) by Ryan Wheeldon | The Moonlit Bard - £10
14 Pride-themed magic items for use in your fantasy games.The Pamphlet of Pantheons by James Holloway - £10
Guide to creating fantasy religions. This system-neutral worldbuilding zine contains random tables, writing prompts and examples to help you create deities and myths for your fantasy world.The Tome of Tombs by James Holloway - £10
Inspiration for creating fantasy crypts and burials. This system-neutral worldbuilding zine contains random tables, writing prompts and examples to help you create characterful tombs, crypts and other burial sites for your fantasy world.Tote Bag by Happy Stoat - £15 (Small) | £18 (Large)
Spacious and stylish (and sturdy!) tote bags, perfect for your convention haul. Extra large tote available.
One-Page Games
3 Shining Motes by Daniel Copper, The Copper Compendium - £1
Fantasy | Solo game
Follow the story of three settlements enduring against the darkness, keeping hope alive in an attempt to outlast the apocalypse.Breaking the Fourth Wall by La Lionne Publishing - £1
Metafiction | 2-5 players
You are fictional characters who just realized that everything you've ever done is because a smug Writer wrote it that way. You're done being puppets: together, you're going to fight back, ruin the plot, and topple the Writer once and for all!Brewing Serendipity by La Lionne Publishing - £1
Fantasy | 1-6 players
You are apprentices in the potions shop of the Apothecaire, a legendary (and somewhat unpredictable) master of potions. The final recipe takes the form of a three-stanza, or more, poem.Five Days Alone by Ryan Wheeldon | The Moonlit Bard - £1
Horror | Solo game
The world is ending in five days. You have five days to prepare those who follow you for the end and maybe, just maybe, survive it.Flotsam and Jetsam by Ryan Wheeldon | The Moonlit Bard - £1
Life Sim | Solo game
Flotsam and Jetsam is a cosy shop-keeping game about managing burnout, serving your community, and small town living inspired by countless life sims.Mournful Rites by Mikhail Malkin / Sandstone District - £1
Horror/Fantasy | Solo game
You are a Mourner-Exorcist, a wandering caretaker of decaying graveyards and lost souls. Today you prepared a ritual for a body of the last citizen of the secluded village of Rites. Your job is to find how the deceased is connected to multiple ghosts lingering in your Domain and set them free.Neonderthals by Frederic Walker - £1
Prehistoric Cyberpunk | Solo game
A one-page RPG about Neanderthal cyberpunks taking on megacorporations in a prehistoric techno-metropolis.PolyTheist by Michael Duxbury - £1
Fantasy | 3+ players
You are a Cleric in relationships with multiple gods. The gods claim they are ok with this. (The gods are not ok with this.)You Are A Frog by La Lionne Publishing - £1
Animal | 1-6 players
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.
Solo TTRPGs
Edge of Survival by Steph "StickyHunter" Farrow - £10
Sci-fi | Solo game
Play as an astronaut untethered from your ship in a solo journaling RPG of dire circumstances, of desperation and hope. Uses a d100.Ex Libris by Eleanor Hingley - £10
Fantasy | Solo game
A cosy solo journalling TTRPG about being the new librarian for a small town library in a fantasy world.After a group of pixies causes chaos by mixing up the library card catalogue and borrower records, you are tasked with tracking down every book borrowed by the townsfolk and reconstructing the card catalogue.Fishbone Archipelago: Escape From The Tower of Dusk by Mikhail Malkin / Sandstone District - £15
Fantasy | Solo game
In Escape From The Tower of Dusk you play as an inmate trying to break out of a cursed ancient prison controlled by a paramilitary cult. The game uses an original d6 dice building system representing the protagonist’s virtues as an Attribute Dice Pool. Your allies and secrets provide modifiers to your dice rolls. It is a story about establishing connections, gathering allies, secrets and resources to outsmart your Bane and orchestrate a daring escape.Scribe by Frederic Walker - £10
Historical | Solo game
A solo journaling RPG set in a doomed kingdom, calling for aid during the Late Bronze Age Collapse.Summit by Daniel Copper, The Copper Compendium - £10
Adventure | Solo game
A solo TTRPG of climbing, exploration, and discovery.Tea & Toadstools by La Lionne Publishing - £10
Animal | Solo game
You are a grumpy hedgehog trying to avoid your neighbors and they're all bothering you! Can you make it home to bask in the sun and enjoy a cuppa before you run out of time and energy?The Kingdom of Prester John by Frederic Walker - £10
Historical | Solo game
A solo journaling RPG about a journey between the reality of the late 1100s and the dreamscapes of medieval Christian mythology.
TTRPGs
Archeterica: the Invitation by Ukrainian TTRPGs - £40
Historical/Occult | 2-7 players
Roleplaying game of genteel & occult conspiracy set in Napoleonic era.Field Trip by Michael Duxbury - £10
Adventure | 3+ players
A family-friendly RPG of rascally schoolchildren foiling a museum heist.Me, the Singularity RPG by Michael Duxbury - £15
Sci-fi/Horror | 4+ players
Follow the cryptic instructions of an interdimensional ghost to save your space station and home from catastrophe.Not Yet: A Romantic Duet TTRPG by Taylor Navarro - £15
Romance | 2 players
Not Yet is 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.Overgrown TTRPG by Ben Newbon - £20
Naturepunk | 2+ players
A super rules-lite naturepunk game about rapidly evolving weird animal hybrids.Possibly the simplest d20 system you'll ever play, easily learnable within minutes. Pick an animal and add extra parts from other animals, then flip the sheet and see the cheatsheet for all the basics you need to know to play.Sail the Oceans Queer by La Lionne Publishing - £15
Fantasy | 2-4 players
Set sail as a queer pirate crew bound by found-family bonds and shared magical adventures on the high seas. With a storyteller, d4 dice, and collaborative worldbuilding, you’ll face challenges, forge friendships, and create unforgettable tales together.Talking Thunder by Eleanor Hingley - £10
Dystopian | 2 players
Talking Thunder’ is a two-player correspondence RPG about finding hope and connection in a dystopian world.As the world changes, you never know what news each letter from your only friend will bring…if you even hear from them again.The Grand Pug Adventure! by La Lionne Publishing - £10
Animal | 2-6 players
You are a grumble of pugs going on an adventure! Your mission? To find your human to get love and attention (and all the treats you deserve)!Velet by Ukrainian TTRPGs - £15
Sci-fi | 3-5 players
Become a pilot of a giant kaiju-like monster in this rules-lite TTRPG! The catch is: every other player is a pilot of the same monster, and only cooperation via mind reading could lead you all to success!What We Found Beyond the Stars by Steph "StickyHunter" Farrow - £20 | with tarot deck - £30
Sci-fi | 3-5 players (GMless)
A GMless Roleplaying Game about cooperation and discovery on alien worlds. Played with a standard set of 7 polyhedral dice and a 78 card Tarot deck.