Thank you for visiting TyrannicalGames.com, the company behind the action tabletop roleplaying game How to Fight A Tyrant! 

With How to Fight a Tyrant, we are not just introducing a new game. We are shaking up the entire industry with a new, unique TTRPG system that ushers in an entirely new sub-genre, the action TTRPG. If you and your friends are searching for a refreshing and exciting take on the fantasy tactical roleplaying experience, you've come to the right place. How to Fight a Tyrant is a fast-paced, combat-focused tabletop game built on a novel, sophisticated system that we are sure anyone that is looking for a more interactive gameplay experience in tabletop games will love. 

What is this new system? 

Let's call it the Tyrant System. Instead of rolling to see if your attacks hit their target (often with a hilariously low chance of success) like in traditional tabletop games, in the Tyrant System, your attacks just...hit. Imagine that world. Armor reduces damage taken. Isn't that what armor does? There is also a ton you can do when it isn't your turn, rather than just sitting there, passively watching your character get smacked in the face. You can evade attacks by dodging, blocking, or parrying them. You can shield, save, and intervene on your allies when they take hits. You can incapacitate attackers, or disappear before their very eyes. We also freed up the action economy a ton with things like multiple actions per turn; weapons with multiple attack speeds; and loads of abilities that do not require an action. How to Fight a Tyrant comes stocked with amazing classes each with a boatload of awesome, powerful, and interactive abilities built in, and a rogue's gallery of equally strong enemies to up the challenge quotient. No more standing there, missing with your attacks or casting a fizzled-out fire blast that does two damage, and then watching the next player do the same thing. 

What is an action tabletop RPG? 

Traditional RPGs are fun. They are. It's fun to pretend you're a half-orc barbarian that is a hopeless drunk with a big heart that also happens to crush the skulls of their enemies. But then the time comes for actually crushing skulls, and the traditional RPG experience just kind of...falls flat. We spent years trying to find the perfect character builds, specializations, subclasses, items, and more that would make the gameplay (especially the combat) of a TTRPG, you know, fun. It just isn't out there. So, we made it! Thus was born the action sub-genre of RPGS and with it our game, How to Fight a Tyrant. 

HTFAT emphasizes gameplay, namely combat, that is dynamic, adaptive, and genuinely tactical compared to traditional RPGs. If you read the above segment about the Tyrant System, you've already started catching on, hopefully. We've stripped anti-fun things like accuracy, restrictive action economies, clunky spell systems, boring  and underpowered classes/subclasses, lifeless enemies, and worthless items out of the game. In their place we've put in place things like action-free abilities, defensive maneuvers, critically-striking spells, and astonishingly powerful ultimate actions known as Legendary Abilities. 

How can I play? 

Great question! Thanks for asking. We are currently in the process of playtesting How to Fight a Tyrant with the intention of having a full version for sale in the near future. If you're interested in learning more about the game, you can check out some of the other content pages on this website, where you can learn about the setting, the story, the classes, and more. Or, you can get right to the good stuff and visit the Playtest page, where you can download the playtest packet, gather your friends, and start playing the game.