FluxForm Fables

Changing the Face of Storytelling in Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPG)

Fluxform Fables is a quickly learnable tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) about shapeshifters sent to different worlds by their all-seeing patron Mr. Oxluff. Their divine mission: disrupt the course of history and sow enough chaos to please their enigmatic employer.

Should they do their job well, they get to keep the knowledge of other worlds for their next mission. If not, then…

To play the game, you need at least one random character creator, called FluxForm (found below), a standard 52 card poker deck (or a 78 card tarot deck), one player to play as the narrator and at least two players who will play as the shapeshifters.

No prior knowledge apart from the rules contained in this document are necessary to play. Although, being well-versed in genre tropes and storytelling helps making the experience more memorable.

What am I downloading?

On this page you will find everything you need to immediately start playing FluxForm Fables. Specifically, you can download the following content:

• Core Rulebook (necessary): This book contains everything you need to know to play the game. It takes less than 10 minutes to read through!
• Character Generators (necessary): These .html files can be used to quickly create characters for your players. They work on any system with a browser - with or without internet access.
• The Tarot Card Roleplaying Expansion: An alternative, more chaotic way to play FluxForm Fables using a 78 card Tarot deck.
• The FluxForm Tarot Deck Print Sheet: An A4 printable tarot deck in the FluxForm stile.
• Adventure Module 1 - Lost and Crowned: A test adventure optimized for new FluxForm Fables players.

What differentiates this game from other roleplaying games?

FluxForm Fables tries to bridge the gap between more mechanics-driven TTRPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons or Apocalypse World and more improvisational games like Fiasco or The Quiet year to provide a unique, genre-bending experience.

From Dungeons and Dragons it takes the emphasis on player characters and skill-checks, but they play out with fixed consequences, similar to Apocalypse World. Like Fiasco players are encouraged to create a narrative together and argue from randomly generated prompts. Taken together, FluxFurm provides the following features:

• One-click character creation using the titular FluxForms
• Rules that are quickly and easily explained while playing
• Chaotic gameplay guided by pokercards and the narrator’s creativity
• Genre-bending action bringing together characters from different universes
• Short playsessions with a limited number of actions to succeed.

How do I play?

There are two types of players: The narrator is the person who prepares a story and a mission for the shapeshifters to play through. The narrator determines the setting, obstacles, and goals for the shapeshifters. The narrator also provides the voices and motivations for all the non-player characters (NPCs) the shapeshifters come across during their mission.

The shapeshifters in turn use their characters to react to the narrator’s story and try to complete the mission presented to then.