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Pocket Monster Adventures — A TTRPG based on the first generation of Pokémon (heavenlyspoon.org)

submitted 2 months ago by HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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Hey, Lemmy!

I’m a somewhat experienced TTRPG designer and my latest project is an RPG based on the first generation of Pokémon games.

You can download the complete game for free here:

https://heavenlyspoon.org/pocket-monster-adventures/

My focus was on ease-of-play and simple prep. Many of the other Pokémon RPGs out there seemed to involve a lot of overhead—especially for the GM. I prefer a more improv-heavy game, and having to do a lot of prep makes that basically impossible.

Sticking to gen 1 made it so I could keep the scope small enough to allow for simple encounter tables, pre-prepared Pokémon sheets for every Pokémon, and a simple set-up for every Pokémon controlled by the GM.

The game is designed to be played with one GM and two or three players, and every aspect of the original games has been changed where needed to accommodate this.

I don't know how much interest there is for this kind of thing, but hopefully at least someone will get some joy out of it!

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[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It normally is just a copy, but I edit the dex file for small changes instead of doing a full copy since that’s a bit quicker, but yeah, I apparently didn’t actually change it in the main doc. Oops.

And yeah, Articuno is deliberate. I liked it taking up most of that page, and this way seemed like a neat way of not having to shrink it as much.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

I think it's appropriate for a legendary

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm back again! The pokédex entries for both nidorans have Power and Size mixed up (i.e. they say Power: Tiny and Size: 1)

[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago

Ha, weird, thanks for pointing it out!

Also, a small heads up: the most recent version fixed an issue with TM25 Thunder which slipt in at some point. Some of the Pokémon sheets incorrectly showed it as available or unavailable.

And since nobody’s going to check this comment chain anyway, here, have some extra Pokémon:

https://heavenlyspoon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/new-pokemon.pdf

These are part of a companion book I’m working on with a suggested gym for each of the 50 TMs and a couple of pre-designed regions.