Those Little Bastards
A downloadable game
In Those Little Bastards, you play as those strange, otherworldly things called goblins. While you are going about, minding your own business, having fun, causing mischief, humans will just approach you and ask you to do the most ridiculous things for them.
"Spin straw into gold..." "Show me the way to Faerie..." "Return the dead to life..." "Cobble together these shoes..."
You can do all of these things, of course. You're an impossible thing, half-metaphor, not limited by the mundane sciences.
But you will absolutely not do such a thing for free.
Those Little Bastards is a simplified PBTA game which finally lets you play as a weird little wish-granting Rumpelstiltzken-type creature. The game has all kinds of cool features, such as:
- SIMPLE STATS: You have literally four of them, one of which is your ability to scratch and bite people. No need to worry about complicated skill checks or using specific Moves, just describe what you do, say which stat best fits, and roll!
- EAT TREASURE: What good is gold to a goblin? Simple: If you eat it, you absorb its power. Eat Gold to become Desirable. Eat a Frog to become a Long-Jumper. Eat some Ice to become Cold. The only limit is your imagination!
- FAST TRAVEL: Want to go somewhere in an instant? Simply destroy something of tremendous value to you and the fairy paths will take you there!
- UNLIMITED INVENTORY SPACE: Tired of calculating how many pounds of arrows you're carrying? Want to play a character who can reach into their pocket and pull out a sledge hammer? Well, in this game, you absolutely can! You can fit anything, from a house to a person's name and anything else besides!
- MAKE SOME PALS: Make friends with a Dog, a King, a Shopkeeper, a Swarm of Rats, or come up with your own! Use their individual talents to accomplish your goals (provided you share your treasure with them...)
- LOOK WEIRD: Don't want to look like your standard small, green, sharp toothed goblin? Fret not! In this game, you have only a 1 in 36 chance of looking like that, and may end up looking like a little frog in a suit, a thing made of hands, an unknown collection of creatures (concealed beneath coats and rags and trousers), a duck with attitude, and many more!
If you like these things, you will probably like Those Little Bastards:
- Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Bugsnax
- Untitled Goose Game
- World of Dungeons
- Hellboy
- Hitman: The World of Assassination Trilogy
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 total ratings) |
Author | Mynar Lenahan |
Tags | Comedy, Fantasy, Indie, PbtA, Tabletop role-playing game |
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