Onyx Path Publishing have since their founding published a wide variety of
tabletop role-playing games and
card games, some owned by themselves, others under license to the listed third parties.
Onyx Path Publishing ====
Curseborne ==== Following a teaser advertising campaign via YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, Onyx Path announced the urban horror/fantasy roleplaying game Curseborne at Onyx Path Con 2024. The game promises the ability to play as Hungry (vampire protagonists), Primal (shapeshifters), Sorcerers, the Dead (phantoms that can possess people), and Outcasts (demons banished from their home realm). Each playable Lineage is divided into multiple families with different themes of play. The game has been heavily featured on the Onyx Path website blog and in videos from several YouTube RPG creators. It is due to have its crowdfunding campaign in October 2024. ====
Scarred Lands ==== The Scarred Lands setting received an update for 5th edition
Dungeons & Dragons and
Pathfinder with Onyx Path's ''Scarred Land's Player's Guide
, Creature Collection
, and Dead Man's Rust'' mega campaign, and is supported via the Slarecian Vault community content hosted by
DriveThruRPG. The Scarred Lands setting puts players in the roles of characters in the world of Scarn, recently following an epic war between gods and
titans leaving the world damaged magically and environmentally as a result of the divine conflict. ====
Scion ==== Onyx Path published a 2nd edition of the
Scion roleplaying game, in which players take on the roles of gods' children from across multiple global pantheons, such as the
Theoi,
Aesir, and
Kami. The game takes characters from Origin level, where they start as blessed but mostly mundane humans, through to Hero, Demigod, and God levels of power. Onyx Path have taken Scion away from its traditional material with ventures into playing the children of
Lovecraftian Great Old Ones in
Masks of the Mythos, and
dragons in
Scion: Dragon. Scion is supported by the Storypath Nexus community content program. ====
They Came From...! ==== The
They Came From...! series of cinematic roleplaying games are each based on different media genres, parodying
cult classics via
tabletop roleplay. Players take on the roles of characters in cult favorite movies such as
Plan 9 from Outer Space and
Manos: The Hands of Fate, and can use cinema logic to have their protagonists break through cheap sets, insert missing reels to escape impending danger, and use deleted scenes to justify the presence of unlikely items. They Came From...! has so far produced the 1950s sci-fi influenced
They Came from Beneath the Sea!, the 1960s and 1970s horror influenced
They Came from Beyond the Grave!, the espionage genre influenced
They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!, the fantasy feature influenced ''They Came from the Cyclops's Cave!
, and the slasher movie influenced They Came from Camp Murder Lake!
. They Came From...!
is supported by the Storypath Nexus community content program. in which the protagonists are mutated superheroes in the near future; Trinity Continuum: Aeon
, in which the protagonists exist in a far future sci-fi era of psychics and aliens; Trinity Continuum: Assassins
, in which the protagonists are trained killers; Trinity Continuum: Adventure!
, in which the protagonists take on the pulp heroic roles of the 1930s; Trinity Continuum: Anima
, in which protagonists live in an oppressive cyberpunk city while finding escape in a realistic MMO accessed via neural implants; and Trinity Continuum:
Aether, in which the protagonists bend the laws of reality in a Victorian age where all the characters and events of 19th century fiction are real. The Trinity Continuum'' is supported by the Storypath Nexus community content program. and crowdfunded in November 2023. It is described as a fantasy roleplaying game in which the protagonists are descendants of people who survived a great cataclysm on their world's surface, and are forced to survive, explore, and build lives in their new subterranean homes. The game's creator, Matthew Dawkins, cited influences such as
J.G. Ballard,
The Platform, and
Hollow Knight. ===
Paradox Interactive === ====
World of Darkness ==== Onyx Path are one of the licensees for
Paradox Interactive's World of Darkness game, once owned by
White Wolf/CCP. Onyx Path produced seven books (
Chicago by Night,
Let the Streets Run Red,
The Chicago Folios,
Cults of the Blood Gods,
Trails of Ash and Bones,
Forbidden Religions, and
Children of the Blood) for
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition before they were repackaged as games by industry peer,
Renegade Games, and otherwise focus on creating content for
Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition and
Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition. ====
Chronicles of Darkness ==== Onyx Path are the sole licensee for
Paradox Interactive's Chronicles of Darkness game, once owned by
White Wolf/CCP. Onyx Path have released 2nd editions of
Vampire: The Requiem,
Werewolf: The Forsaken,
Mage: The Awakening,
Promethean: The Created,
Changeling: The Lost,
Geist: The Sin-Eaters,
Hunter: The Vigil, and
Mummy: The Curse, as well as the games
Beast: The Primordial,
Demon: The Descent, and
Deviant: The Renegades, along with sourcebooks for each game line. ====
Exalted ==== The epic fantasy roleplaying game of
Exalted, in which players take on the role of Solar champions with devastating powers, has received a 3rd edition from Onyx Path, along with additional player character options in the form of
Dragon-Blooded: What Fire Has Wrought,
Lunars: Fangs at the Gate, ''Sidereals: Charting Fate's Course
, and the upcoming Abyssals''.
Rose Bailey ====
Cavaliers of Mars ==== Game designer Rose Bailey
Cavaliers of Mars has gone on to spawn sourcebooks such as the location and adventure book,
Witch-Queen of the Shadowed Citadel, and
Esoterica of Mars, covering characters plots, factions, and new rules for the game.
Michael Pucci ====
Dystopia Rising: Evolution ==== Michael Pucci licensed his game of zombies, apocalypse, mutation, and survivalist mentality to Onyx Path to produce as a tabletop roleplaying game following many years as a
Live Action Roleplaying Game (LARP).
Dystopia Rising: Evolution was funded through Kickstarter, and has subsequently been made available through DriveThruRPG and in traditional print, along with sourcebooks including ''Helnau's Guide to Wasteland Beasties
and the Trouble on Steel Pier'' adventure. ===
Caliber Comics === ====
Legendlore ==== The
Legendlore comic by Caliber Comics led to a collaboration between Caliber and Onyx Path and their publication of the
Legendlore role-playing game, using the system from 5th edition
Dungeons & Dragons to convert the plots and principles of The Realm - as presented in the comic - into game form.
Megan Mackie is a contributing writer. ===
Pugsteady === ====
Realms of Pugmire ==== Game designer Eddy Webb and his company, Pugsteady collaborated with Onyx Path to create the tabletop role-playing games,
Pugmire,
Monarchies of Mau, and
Squeaks in the Deep, in which you play
anthropomorphized animals (primarily dogs, cats, rats, and mice) in a far future setting where humans have disappeared and the uplifted animal protagonists are tasked with exploring the mysteries of their unusual world. A 2nd edition of
Pugmire, named
Realms of Pugmire, was funded on Kickstarter in 2023. == References ==