Level 1 Anthology 2022

Myths and Legends 

The book you hold in your hands channels myths and legends both ancient and modern. Within, you'll find games about gods and vessels, music and media, and acts of resistance—and stories that range from cosmic to epic to historic. Play as bards battling for renown, saints and their patrons, and as glimmering stars struggling to protect fellow members of a beautiful constellation. With these games, you'll craft unforgettable legends, and build your own myths.

Level 1

The indie RPG scene is a diverse, fascinating, and vibrant part of the TTRPG community. With Level 1: The Indie RPG Anthology, 9th Level Games brings together choice games from the world of indie RPGs in an annual collection published in time for Free RPG Day.

Every year 9th Level Games releases this series of officially endorsed featuring new role-playing games, RPG standalone adventures, 200 word RPGs, and more!

FREE RPG DAY 

Free RPG Day occurs annually in June and with over 500 stores participating worldwide. They provide consumers with free exclusive printed content for a wide variety of tabletop roleplaying games. New RPG adventures, quick-start guides, accessories and more are to be had at your local participating retailer, with publishing partners changing yearly.

"Myths and Legends" includes games from these diverse, unique voices: 

• The Victor's Tale by Gabrielle Rabinowitz
• Battle of the Bards by Dustin Winter
• Sunlight... a feverdream for an unwilling god and a devoted saint by Quinn b. Rodriguez
• Judas, a dinner party by Community Resilience  &  Social Equity Lab
• Wights by Steffie de Vaan
• Old Gods of Media by Graham Gentz
• One Night at Bain House Monica Valentinelli
• Maenads: A Savage Sisters Sheathe by Adriel Lee Wilson
• Vessel by Kyle Ott & Desks and Dorks
• Gods of Rock by Nat Mesnard & Patrick Watson
• The Slate: A Game of Creation and Destruction by Dare Hickman
• The Stars Were Many by V. R. Collins
• The Marquis by Zane Graves
• To Wield the Blade of Ages by Alexi Sargeant
• Insubordinate by Jim Dagg

Level Up Fund

Our goal for Level 1 is always to feature unique and underrepresented voices. We look for games that shine a new light on an old idea or bring something new to the table. This has lead us to creating the LevelUp Fund.

Proceeds from polymorph™ system licensing fees, donations for previous volumes of Level 1 on our website, DriveThru RPG, and itch.io, as well as any sponsor dollars remaining after the production of Level 1 will all go into the LevelUp Fund.

The LevelUp Fund allows us to grant designers free use of the polymorph™ system!

We will be expanding information on the LevelUp Fund soon, so keep an eye out for more news!