Luncheons and Dragonflies

In the original tabletop RPG Luncheons and Dragonflies, you play a critter, a tiny animal native to the woodlands of Virginia, USA. You can be a mouse, bat, squirrel, or groundhog, to name a few.

But critters in Luncheons and Dragonflies aren’t your garden-variety animals. They can speak, walk on hind legs when it suits them, and scavenge the woodland floor and people’s houses for useful things, like weapons and snacks.

Your critter is a hero. While most critters keep their nose to the ground, yours embarks on courageous quests to find snacks, scavenge for useful items, safeguard others, and defeat bigger, scarier animals—like rats, cats, coyotes, and bears. Your critter and their ragtag team can attain glory and conquest, or just a good picnic with all the trimmings.

Hoard Dice

All the dice in Luncheons and Dragonflies are four-sided, perfect for tiny critter paws! A lot of the fun of the game is hoarding dice on the fly. Steal them from your enemies, trade them with your friends, lend them when things get desperate, swipe them to get the upper hand/paw, and reroll them when they've been bad.

Build your character to gain these various dice options, and watch the d4s dance around the table!

The core mechanic is simple enough for even young kids, but manipulating the dice rolls will keep even the most expert player engaged!

Team

The designer, Adam Hancock, is an Adamantine-bestselling tabletop RPG designer. He is author or co-lead of An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby, Animal Sidekicks, Balduran's Guide to Kingdom Building, Demiverse, and Those Who Wander RPG.

The cover artist is Eduardo Comettant, a concept artist with 5 years of experience in the entertainment industry and who's passionate about world building, doing character and creature design.

Critter art is by Roselysium, an LGBT+ freelance illustrator and designer. They primarily do artwork on commission basis and specialise in the field of colourful character illustrations, and character designs.

Our map was made by Saga Mackenzie, a queer, trans illustrator, game writer, and fantasy cartographer working freelance in Iverness, in the Highlands of Scotland.

Our editor, Emma Carnicom, has previously worked on Jaqlaund 5e, 10 Magic Swords, and Supers & Sorcery.