Worldbreaker: a norse mythology themed one-page rpg

[CrowberryCake]

The serpent Jörmungandr is growing, and the world teeters on the brink. Waters rise. Villages vanish. Still, the serpent grows.

Worldbreaker is a one-page tabletop roleplaying game where players take on the role of those who remain. Will you save your community — or will the serpent devour all, before you can achieve your goals?

Included in this game:

• Simple rules for character and opponent creation with free-form abilities
• Roll above roll resultion with rewards for rolling the exact target number
• Wagering your dice! Relinquish dice of a roll, for a reward later
• A level-up system that also works in one-shot play
• A growth tracker, as countdown to the end of the world
• Establishing questions to quickly build nuanced characters and goals
• and more!
• Bonus: character sheets
• Bonus: sample stat blocks

This game was created for the one-page RPG jam 2025. It is intended for one-shot play, but can easily be adjusted for more.

You can download it for free here: https://crowberrycake.itch.io/worldbreaker


As I designed the game I had a grim setting in mind - something that quickly changed, as people said I should keep the goofy snake in there, instead of drawing something more serious. And actually playing the game quickly showed that this was the right choice! How the players want to solve the problem of their community is completely up to them and they never failed to disappoint me with their creative ideas! One of them got the mead of the gods to make the serpent drunk and eat its own tail; while another group retrieved the serpent's feet and convinced it in a "powerpoint" presentation (drawn on the sails of their ship) that the legs should be reattached, so the serpent can live on land, not drowning villages anymore (and dance and be friends with everyone).

[Jubal]

I agree with your players, I think that banner image is probably the single cutest world serpent I've ever seen