Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern Now on Backerkit

If you’re anything like me, you love finding those RPGs that are a little off the beaten path. Right now on BackerKit, Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada looks like exactly that.

Instead of gearing up to battle it out with orcs or going dungeon-crawling for treasure, you’re flipping the script and running a tavern where those adventurers hang out. Your battlefield is behind the bar, serving up brews and managing the daily dramas of tavern life.

Some neat mini-games are packed in, from whipping out new dishes with the ingredients lying around to maintaining peace when patrons get a little rowdy. Each scene is equipped with their own simple rules spice things up and keep the story rolling.

The moment you back the game on BackerKit, you gain instant access to the current draft of the game. That means you can start playing tonight.

The idea of running a tavern, upgrading it, making the food, vibe, and service better, really brings that layer of strategy to grow the tavern, and it seems like it will feel really fulfilling. It’s like building a character, but in this case, it’s your tavern—a little sanctuary that will steadily grow by your own decisions.

“Stewpot” has the makings of becoming the warm and fuzzy slice of life RPG experience I never knew I wanted. I just got done reading Legends & Lattes, and I absolutely loved it, and this feels a lot like that. Back “Stewpot” for some RPG good times that will take you far, far away from all the typical sword-wielding and spell-casting action we all know and get deep into some tavern tales!