Fox and Boar Games
Holiday Gift Guide
Whether you're shopping for storytellers, raccoon-lovers, dungeon enthusiasts, or friends who favor immersive one-shots, the Fox and Boar Games Holiday Gift Guide highlights our top titles for 2025.
Each recommendation includes who the game is perfect for to help you pick the ideal game-night gift.
TrashSexy
A chaotic, hilarious raccoon RPG of trash, shinies, and questionable life choices.
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What It Is:
Become an ultra-intelligent raccoon and embark on episodic escapades across urban block parties, coyote-ridden pastures, subterranean fungus gardens, and more. With a generative card system and quick character creation, TrashSexy is fast, flexible, and endlessly replayable.
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Perfect For:
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Story gamers who love humor and unpredictability
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RPG newbies who want something rules-light
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Animal lovers and chaotic-good gremlins
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Groups that enjoy switching GMs easily
Quick Stats:
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Players: 2–6
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Playtime: 1–3 hours per session
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Complexity: Easy
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Style: Narrative, comedic, fast-paced
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Includes: PDF rulebook + printable location cards
The Journeys Deck
A beautifully illustrated storytelling engine for fantasy creators.
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What It Is:
A deck of evocative cards featuring NPCs, creatures, locations, and story prompts—illustrated with original artwork by legendary fantasy artist Lissanne Lake. Ideal for inspiring quests, improvising adventures, or collaborative storytelling.
Perfect For:
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Game Masters who love improvisation
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Writers, worldbuilders, and creative teens
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Teachers or librarians looking for storytelling tools
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Any fantasy fan who appreciates art-driven play
Quick Stats:
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Players: 1+
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Playtime: Flexible
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Complexity: Very easy
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Style: Prompt-based storytelling
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Includes: A full illustrated deck with exclusive artwork
Book of Shadows (ShadowDark/OSR Supplement)
Dark fantasy expansions, monsters, and adventures ready for any OSR table.
What It Is:
A system-agnostic supplement containing a robust skill system, five terrifying underground monsters, and five one-shot adventures filled with NPCs, magic items, and flavorful setting details.
Perfect For:
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ShadowDark fans and OSR veterans
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GMs who want ready-to-run content
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Players who love grimdark fantasy and dungeon horrors
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Gift-givers wanting something versatile and game-agnostic
Quick Stats:
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Players: 3–6 (GM required)
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Playtime: 2–4 hours per adventure
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Complexity: Moderate
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Style: Dark fantasy, dungeon crawl, OSR
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Includes: Skill rules, 5 monsters, 5 one-shots
LORE
A digital, dinosaur-filled LARP perfect for online groups.
What It Is:
LORE is a comedic digital LARP set on the island of Saurendipity—complete with dinosaurs, eccentric characters, and chaotic objectives. Designed for video platforms, it includes 8 playable roles, GM guidance, and hours of replayable fun.
Perfect For:
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Remote friend groups or distributed families
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Players who love improv and character-driven humor
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Fans of lighthearted Jurassic-themed chaos
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Holiday gatherings where no one wants to prep a full RPG
Quick Stats:
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Players: 5–9
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System(s): For other unique systems
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Playtime: 3+ hours
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Complexity: Easy
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Style: Digital LARP, comedic, role-heavy
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Includes: GM instructions + 8 characters + flexible setting options
Call of Cthulhu:
Cold Plague
A chilling investigative one-shot steeped in Lovecraftian mystery.
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What It Is:
A standalone Call of Cthulhu scenario where investigators confront an eerie, fast-spreading illness—and the eldritch secrets behind it. Great for fans of horror, puzzle-solving, and atmospheric storytelling.
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Perfect For:
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Call of Cthulhu players (new or experienced)
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Horror lovers and mystery solvers
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Groups wanting a structured, dramatic one-shot
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Anyone who prefers narrative over combat
Quick Stats:
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Players: 3–6
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System(s): Call of Cthulhu
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Playtime: 3–5 hours
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Complexity: Moderate
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Style: Horror investigation, cosmic dread
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Includes: Scenario PDF
Tales of the
Harrowed Land
A cinematic dark-fantasy RPG set in a world of ancient cultures and dying empires.
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What It Is:
Explore Asvárna, a harsh land beneath a red giant sun. Using the streamlined D10 Knucklebones system, players experience fast, dramatic action while diving into rich lore, pre-gen characters, high-quality maps, and a 50-page intro adventure, Duman Steel.
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Perfect For:
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Players who enjoy atmospheric worldbuilding
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Groups wanting a complete “campaign in a box”
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Fans of dark fantasy, ancient cultures, and epic storytelling
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GMs who appreciate elegant dice mechanics + deep lore
Quick Stats:
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Players: 3–5
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Playtime: 3–6 hour sessions
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Complexity: Moderate
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Style: Dark fantasy, investigative + cinematic action
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Includes: 25-page rules primer, 50-page intro story, 5 maps, 4 pregens, reference sheets
The Cryptid
Investigator's Guide
High Strangeness and Cosmic Horror Collide​
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What It Is: A dark, atmospheric handbook for Keepers and storytellers who want to bring cosmic dread, eldritch lore, and paranormal terror into their games. This sourcebook explores eight infamous cryptids—each reimagined through a cosmic-horror lens—and includes original art, historical notes, behavior patterns, and eerie eyewitness accounts.
Perfect For:
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Call of Cthulhu Keepers
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Horror GMs building investigative one-shots
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Fans of cryptids, folklore, and paranormal mysteries
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Storytellers who want unsettling, reality-twisting encounters
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Anyone running modern, near-future, or conspiracy-focused RPGs
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Quick Stats:
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Players: 3–6
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System(s): Call of Cthulhu
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Playtime: 3–5 hours
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Complexity: Moderate
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Style: Horror investigation, cosmic dread
Includes: Scenario PDF