WhAt is Gramarye Games?
Gramarye Games is a staunchly independent tabletop RPG development and publishing company. It is owned and operated by Sean Hembree, located in Kansas City, Missouri.
Sean Hembree,
owner and operator of Gramarye Games
So... it's like D&D?Capitol Records doesn’t own music, the Food Network doesn’t own your aunt’s pasta recipe, and Hasbro does not own tabletop roleplaying. Rolling dice and killing pretend monsters with your friends is not a product; it is a tradition. If we, the inheritors of that tradition do not keep it, then faceless corporations will sacrifice it on the altars of artificial intelligence and profit. The TTRPG community is rapidly evolving from one of consumers to one of creatives. Gramarye is hell-bent on inspiring a new generation in this scene, to serve as a template for those who would rather ink their own visions of the world than lament the rotting old paradigm on social media. Follow us as we charge headlong into the fray.
(…but yeah, it’s like elves and dragons and shit).
So... it's like OSR?Gramarye owes a debt of gratitude to the Old School Renaissance (OSR) scene. That being said, you won’t find any retro-clones or nostalgia-bait on our product page. If you must categorize us, then the New School Revolution (NSR) design movement is a more fitting ethos.
Historically, there has been a tension between gameplay utility and artistic merit in TTRPG design. At Gramarye, we believe we can appeal to some entrenched veterans in both of those camps and bring new fans into the hobby at the same time. However, that isn’t to imply our games are vaguely aimed at the masses. We specialize in crafting boutique games that marry innovative systems with highly-specific, unique settings. In other words, we make the kind of games that we would actually want to play. Hopefully, our audience feel as if our games were created especially for them.
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