Father Octopodes
A downloadable game
You are a group of octopuses. In a stolen friar’s habit, you have infiltrated the Church. You have your reasons. They have their suspicions. Do what you need to do.
This is a one-page ttrpg, designed for one-shots with 3-6 players. The role of GM rotates during play, depending on where you are in the stack of octopuses hiding in the friar's robe. Roll a bunch of dice, ride the growing chaos, and outfox the Church as a group of clever octopuses... octopi? Octopodes?
Award-winner of The Havoc Engine Jam (2nd place overall in peer voting), and awarded the Grant Howitt Seal of Approval.
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Father Octopodes, by RollForThings (2026), © CC-BY 4.0. Illustrated by Magicalflyingart. This game is a hack+mashup of Goat Crashers by Grant Howitt, and Stacks of Goblins by CobblePath Games. Inspired by Octodad by Young Horses. Itch background images by Michelangelo and Pearson Scott Foresman (public domain). All text and art in this project is human-made.
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Hello! Thank you for making such a cool game! In case you haven't seen the discord or itch announcements: we've made our judges' selections for the Havoc Engine Jam, and your game Father Octopodes was both the second place voting winner and one of Grant's judge's picks. We have a certificate with your name on it; if you'd like us to mail it to you, please email admin@rrdgames.com with an address for us to mail it to (and a phone number for our delivery partners).
In the meantime, please feel free to use our Seals of Approval for your game:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ShhLB_D4KHDKvuXebAzJXjESvcoSRzpb?usp=dri...
Best wishes,
Jim
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Wow, thank-you so much! This was an immensely fun jam to be a part of, and the accolades are a huge honor.
such a fun ideas, I love it!
Well this is just delightful! 😄