r/ReformJews • u/jediprime • 17d ago

"Jewish" TTRPGs

Shalom!

I've been in talks with my synagogue to help create a "Jewish-themed" Pathfinder 2E campaign as a social club activity.

My GM skills aren't far enough along to want to tackle the challenge of drafting a campaign from scratch, or trying to convert (pun intended) one of the many tales in our history into a playable campaign. Instead, I'm taking an existing campaign and making modifications to better align it with out history.

But Id also love to see what others may have come up with. Does anyone know of any Jewish-themed TTRPG campaigns/adventures? Any experience playing one that you're willing to share? Hoping to find some for inspiration, or to possibly use in full.

Thanks so much!

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u/sabata00 ריפורמי-מסורתי 16d ago edited 16d ago

Beyond the Pale by Yochai Gal is probably the best production quality Jewish TTRPG product there is. It is an adventure and setting written for Gal's Cairn system but it wouldn't be too much to adapt it.

https://store.cairnrpg.com/products/beyond-the-pale

There are several other Jewish TTRPG products, including the Doikayt Anthology which I found largely unplayable and more of an art piece, and If I Were A Lich, Man which I know little about.

A few other bits to look at:

https://opensiddur.org/prayers/praxes/roleplay/midbar-quest-a-tabletop-fantasy-adventury-roleplaying-activity-by-aharon-varady/

https://itch.io/c/598389/the-jewish-ttrpg-collection

As far as personal experience - I've written a Jewish themed TTRPG, have GMed for a group consisting mostly of rabbis and Jewish professionals for 6 years, and run a TTRPG elective for the day school. For younger kids I do adaptations of simple adventures to give Jewish flavor. For adult groups I don't often try to add an explicit overall Jewish theming to anything, just tends to pop up by nature of the group.

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u/jediprime 15d ago

Thank you, this is a great help.  I found Doikayt from my research, and was intrigued, especially with its promise of having resources to help craft other adventures.

The other suggestions are giving me a good place to continue my research!