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5 RPGs Where Death Is Part of the Game

These tabletop systems turn a character’s death into a new kind of adventure.

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Sep 02, 2025
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In most tabletop RPGs, death is the end of the road for a character. In a few brilliant systems, however, dying is just the beginning of something stranger, more dangerous, or unexpectedly fun. These games do not treat death as a failure but as another chapter in the story. Let’s look at five systems that…

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