Have you ever imagined what it would be like to soar amongst the clouds like an eagle? Swing through the trees like a monkey? Leap amongst the ocean waves like a dolphin? What if you could do all of those things in one single character?

Well you're in luck! With the Overgrown TTRPG you can be that dolphin-eagle-monkey! Or an octopus-dog-wasp. Or hippo-koala-snake. What are your favourite 3 animals? Merge them into one creature and play as them!

Overgrown is a rules-lite naturepunk TTRPG in which you create and play as rapidly evolving hybrids of literally any animal you can think of. Roam a far-future world where nature has fought back against humanity AND WON. Explore a jungle covered planet, trek vast continent stretching forests and delve into the dank swamplands where a dark element is arising to threaten life itself.

This all-ages game is a work of collaborative fiction between the players and game-runner, where you build up communities and locations together and craft your own unique story. The intuitive system allows you to have a character made in minutes and to fully understand how to play within that very first session. Just roll a 20 sided die for whatever action you wish to take and add modifiers for each animal feature you can justify using at the time.

There are some small extra mechanics on top of that, including assists, prep, and opposed actions but the fun really begins with crits: every natural 20 on the die unlocks a new animal feature relevant to the roll, whether suddenly gaining claws to climb with or gills to breathe underwater or a shell to defend against those darn gorilla-rhino-bees!

(despite appearances, absolutely no generative AI was used in any way at all during the creation of any Overgrown content - all of these weird and wonderful creatures were handcrafted from license-free images, mostly from Pixabay, using Photoshop and the files are all available in the hybrids catalogue)


Released: 18 September 2025