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Dungeons & Dragons is practically synonymous with “tabletop role-playing games,” but sometimes you want something a little different. Or at least I do. And in the wake of Wizard of the Coast’s 2023 OGL fiasco, a ton of TTRPGs that are D&D-like but different in their own way popped up–Critical Role’s Daggerheart, Kobold Press’ Tales of the Valiant, The Arcane Library’s Shadowdark, Gila RPGs’ Dragon Slayers, and MCDM Productions’ Draw Steel, just to name a few. My favorite of the lot (so far–time and money prevents me from playing everything I want to try) is Nimble, which originally existed as an alternative ruleset for D&D 5e in 2023, but then it evolved into its own system in 2024 with a Backerkit crowdfunder that exceeded its $5,000 goal by over $260,000. Now, Nimble is on Kickstarter for a reprint and expansion, and it has overshot its $50,000 goal by $663,000 with a week to go (as of publishing this article).
Nimble is a system built on speed. It accomplishes this by being more efficient than a lot of other combat-driven TTRPGs. Just comparing it to D&D 5.5e, Nimble has four ability scores instead of six, and 10 skills instead of 18 (which
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