TEMPORAL RPG

In the TEMPORAL RPG, the players are agents working for HOURGLASS, a blackbox government agency that investigates and aggressively "corrects" temporal anomalies that threaten the homeland. These threats are usually planned and executed by international criminal syndicates or malign foreign adversaries that have acquired time-shifting technology. Using temporal manipulation rigs (TMR), the agents travel back in time to repeat these events again and again until they avert disaster. 

Created for the One-Page RPG Jam 2026 and based on Groovy Dad's time-bending 28mm miniature skirmish game,  TEMPORAL. 

Credits

• Design and layout by Groovy Dad.
• The stylized O is a remix of hourglass icons created by apien and Magnific, both available via Flaticon.
• Touchstones: TENET (2020), Looper (2012), and 12 Monkeys (1995). "Break" mechanic adapted from 24XX by Jason Tocci.

Please check out our other submissions to this year's jam:

Diabolus in Musica (The Devil in Music). Church-sanctioned Minstrels investigate rumors of musicians using the forbidden tritone and battle devils in musical duels.

BEHEMOTH SURVIVAL ROLEPLAYING GAME. A one-shot TTRPG focused on a monstrous entity’s attack on a city.

WAR MAGE. A combat-focused TTRPG in which players portray squads of Imperium war mages and line infantry as they wage constant battle against endless waves of invaders.