robins

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Added 9/16/2025 7:40:32
Modified 9/16/2025 7:54:45
Completion Status Not Played
Library Itch.io
Source itch.io
Platform Physical
Release Date 10/31/2023
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Description

"the dream is dying, little bird. it is your job to kill it."

this is a supplement for songbirds 3e by snow. go get that first before grabbing this.

robins is a tabletop role-playing game about a magic, post-apocalyptic city and the promise of revolution. you play as robins - psychic adventurers, dream wanderers, and fervent believers in The Last Frequency. you have strange powers matched only by the city - a never-ending metropolis caught between urban decay and the corrosion of reality that comes with a dead God.

playsheets

robins sheets

robins has a set of player sheets available here on the Google Sheets platform.

touchstones

robins has a vibe - here are works that match its frequency:

  • Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
  • Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Hitoshi Ashinano
  • Fire Punch, Tatsuki Fujimoto
  • Paprika, dir. Satoshi Kon
  • Annihilation, dir. Alex Garland
  • Bluff City: Season 2, Friends at the Table
  • Kentucky Route Zero, Cardboard Computer
  • We Know the Devil, Pillow Fight

inspirations

robins is a game that is directly inspired by other games. here are a few:

  • FATHOM, Brendan McLeod and Matthew Guzdial
  • songbirds 3e, snow
  • HEART: the City Beneath, Rowan, Rook, and Deckard
  • Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum