Welcome! Dancing Lights Press is a lo-fi publisher of tabletop roleplaying systems and system-agnostic creative aids, including the best selling Building series, the DoubleZero action thriller system, and Hippogryph, a fantasy story game system with traditional roots. Our products embrace a minimalist aesthetic in design and presentation because roleplaying is an activity, not a collection of expensive rulebooks.
- We currently have over 150 bestselling titles at DriveThruRPG!
- Major product lines are available as bundles for 20% off!
- Our most popular titles are system agnostic and work with any system or setting!
The Building Series
Characters! Worldbuilding! Adventures! The Building Series is a line of bestselling creative aids for tabletop roleplayers. Each volume focuses on one aspect of roleplaying, like character development, worldbuilding, or adventure design. The books are system-agnostic, meaning they were not written for one specific set of mechanics, genre, or setting. The examples provided are high-level and generic, allowing you to adapt and apply them to the roleplaying system of your choice.
You can read more about the Building Series here.
DoubleZero System
DoubleZero is a percentile based, skill-driven tabletop roleplaying system. It is designed to emulate the action thriller genre, things like the Die Hard movies, Jack Ryan books and films, and the grittier entries in the James Bond franchise. It can be used for any sort of “realistic” modern setting that doesn’t lean into magic, the supernatural, or superpowers.
You can read more about DoubleZero here.
Hippogryph System
Hippogryph is a d20-based, story-driven tabletop fantasy roleplaying system. It is the collision of the D20 System and Fate RPG, but like the legendary creature it is more than the sum of its parts. This isn’t off-brand D&D with Fate aspects stapled on, nor is it a collection of feats, spells, and class abilities translated into Fate terms. Hippogryph is a unique system that blends established legacy fundamentals with flexible, DIY story game ideals.
You can read more about the Hippogryph System here.
DriveThruRPG
DriveThruRPG has been selling digital and print-on-demand comic books, roleplaying games, and fiction since 2001. They are currently the largest online marketplace devoted to tabletop roleplaying materials. Thousands of publishers, from big names to talented small press innovators, have come together so you can be sure to get what you want when you want it.
You can find Dancing Lights Press titles here.
Shop
The Dancing Lights Press Shop on this site has our major digital titles available for download, along with a few exclusive products not available anywhere else. It’s powered by WooCommerce, a customizable, open-source eCommerce platform built on WordPress. Payment as processed securely by PayPal.
You can visit our Shop here.
News and Updates
Our company News and Updates Page has articles on products in development, opinions pieces on the roleplaying hobby and industry, and announcements for our latest releases. Subscribers (see the bottom of the page) get notification by email whenever we post.
You can read the latest News and Updates here.
Our Story
The Our Story page has more information on who we are, what we do, and why we do it. You can read all about the Black Box Movement, Lo-Fi Pubishing, and Remix Culture, philosophies that have shaped the way we create and do business.
You can read more of Our Story here.
Contact Us
Have questions or comments? You can reach us through the Contact page. Typical response time is 24-48 hours. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram.
You can visit the Contact page here.