Dead Reign
Dead Reign fits modern because it uses contemporary life, institutions, or technology as part of the play context. A post-apocalyptic horror RPG about surviving the zombie outbreak.
Modern games take place in contemporary or near-contemporary settings, using familiar institutions, technology, culture, and social assumptions. The category fits when present-day texture changes what characters can do.
Dead Reign fits modern because it uses contemporary life, institutions, or technology as part of the play context. A post-apocalyptic horror RPG about surviving the zombie outbreak.
Deathmatch Island fits modern because it uses contemporary life, institutions, or technology as part of the play context. A reality-show survival RPG about contestants trapped inside a violent spectacle built on paranoia, performance, and control.
Choose Fiasco for modern play when you want a present-day or near-present setting. An immersive storytelling game where players create and unravel intricate tales of greed, betrayal, and misguided ambition in small-town America.
FIST: Ultra Edition earns this tag by making modern context matter during play. A rules-lite Cold War-weird RPG about paranormal mercenaries on deniable ops.
Green Dawn Mall belongs here when the table wants a present-day or near-present setting, not just the label on the cover. A rules‑lite survival-horror about teens lost in an endless, uncanny shopping mall.
Choose iHunt for modern play when you want a present-day or near-present setting. A modern urban fantasy RPG about gig-economy monster hunting, rent pressure, and surviving a world that is happy to monetize your danger.
Mage: The Awakening earns this tag by making modern context matter during play. A modern occult RPG about willworkers, hidden orders, and dangerous magic that reshapes reality through knowledge and obsession.
Outgunned belongs here when the table wants a present-day or near-present setting, not just the label on the cover. A cinematic action RPG built to emulate stylish gunfights, wild stunts, and escalating set pieces in the mode of modern action movies.
Choose SURVIVE THIS!! Zombies – Ultimate Edition for modern play when you want a present-day or near-present setting. Zombies is a rules‑lite OSR modern horror game using d20 tests and class‑based play.
The End of the World: Wrath of the Gods earns this tag by making modern context matter during play. Wrath of the Gods is a rules‑lite modern‑day survival game using a simple positive/negative d6 pool.
The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse belongs here when the table wants a present-day or near-present setting, not just the label on the cover. A rules‑lite modern survival RPG using simple dice pools and stress tracks.
Triangle Agency fits modern because it uses contemporary life, institutions, or technology as part of the play context. A satirical horror RPG about wielding reality-warping powers while navigating corporate bureaucracy.
Choose Zombie World for modern play when you want a present-day or near-present setting. A rules‑lite, card‑driven survival RPG about a community fighting to live through the zombie apocalypse.