RobOS Tabletop RPG
Descend. Open the door.
Face what waits.
A HeroQuest-inspired dungeon crawler. Lead four heroes through the fully verified custom quest, or sit behind the screen as the Game Master. Then build quests of your own.
Scroll ↓The game
The classic crawl, rebuilt as data
Each campaign is a self-contained cartridge: heroes, monsters, spells, furniture, maps and quests in one file. Doors lift the fog of war, dice decide every blow, and the story talks back.
Skulls & shields
Every blow is a roll of combat dice. Skulls wound, shields block. Heroes roll 2d6 to move.
Fog of war
You start in a lit chamber. Everything else stays hidden until a hero opens the door, monsters and all.
Player & GM modes
Lead the heroes, or play Zargon behind the GM screen and command the monsters.
A story that talks
Characters speak in dialogue bubbles, key moments stop on a message dialog, and every quest opens with an objectives briefing you can reopen from the toolbar.
Quests are data
Trigger events run a pipeline of actions, like dialogue and messages, so a quest can react to what the heroes do. No engine changes needed.
Built to be edited
A visual quest map editor, a board calibration tool and a cartridge studio ship with the game.
The four heroes. Body is hit points, Mind is mental strength for spells and resisting magic, and Attack and Defend are how many combat dice each hero rolls.
| Hero | Body | Mind | Attack | Defend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbarian | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Dwarf | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Elf | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Wizard | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Playable Cartridges
Featured Quests
| Quest | Cartridge | Board | Monsters & Bosses | Primary Objectives | Reward | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quest 1: Custom Dungeon | custom-quest.cartridge.json |
Classic board, 28×19 | 23 monsters • Boss Doomguard | Slay Boss Doomguard, search ancient chambers for relics, escape through border stairs [-1, 4] |
250 gold | ● 100% Verified Playable |
| Election 2026: Battle for the Hill | election-2026-quest-1.cartridge.json |
Capitol Catacombs, 26×19 | 17 monsters • 3 Two-Headed Capitol Hydras (Talarixon, Brownsted, El-Rogers) |
Lead the bipartisan hero party through the Capitol catacombs and slay all three two-headed Hydras in the Oval Office, Supreme Court, and Senate Cloakroom | 150 gold | ● 100% Verified Playable |
Quest 1: Custom Dungeon — Mentor speaks: “Venture forth into the dungeon catacombs, vanquish the Dungeon Boss guarding the inner stronghold, explore the chambers for ancient relics, and make it to the exit stairs to escape.” Proven mathematically winnable across 296 turns, 21 combat rounds, and 315 audit transactions with zero casualties.
Election 2026: Battle for the Hill — Mentor George W. Bush warns: “Two-headed bipartisan Hydras have seized the Capitol chambers — Talarixon in the Oval Office, Brownsted in the Supreme Court, and El-Rogers in the Senate Cloakroom!” Proven mathematically winnable across 266 turns, 15 combat rounds, and 283 audit transactions with 100% survival of all four bipartisan heroes.
Election 2026 Bipartisan Hero Roster
| Hero | Archetype | Body | Mind | Attack | Defend | Starting Loadout & Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Barbarian Vanguard | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Broadsword, Shield, Helmet, 2 Healing Potions |
| Donald Trump | Dwarf Heavy Fighter | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Shortsword, Shield, Helmet, Tool Kit, 2 Healing Potions |
| Hillary Clinton | Woodland Elf Spellblade | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Shortsword, Shield, Helmet, Earth/Water Spells (Sleep, Heal Body, Rock Skin), 2 Healing Potions |
| Bernie Sanders | Elemental Wizard | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Staff, Bracers, Cloak, Fire/Air/Earth Spells (Ball of Flame, Fire of Wrath, Genie, Courage), 2 Healing Potions |
![Barbarian reaches border exit stairs [-1, 4] for quest victory](/assets/games/proof-of-viability/m19_reach_exit_complete.jpg)
Play
Play it on your computer
The game runs as a native Godot 4 app, and there is no hosted browser version, so you run it locally. You need Godot 4.3 and Git. If godot is already on your path, or lives in ~/.local/bin or ~/apps, the launcher finds it. Otherwise point GODOT_BIN at it.
git clone https://github.com/nddipiazza/robos.git
cd robos/games/tabletop-rpg
GODOT_BIN=/path/to/godot4 ./play.sh # launch Quest 1: Custom Dungeon
TABLETOP_CARTRIDGE=election-2026-quest-1 ./play.sh --reset # launch Election 2026: Battle for the Hill
TABLETOP_CARTRIDGE=election-2026-quest-1 ./play.sh --demo --reset # watch Mentor AI beat Election 2026Launch options and player modes:
./play.sh # launch Quest 1: Custom Dungeon (default)
./play.sh --demo # watch Mentor AI play autonomously
./play.sh --dm # play Zargon, the Game Master
./play.sh --hard --reset # hard mode, fresh campaign save| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
./play.sh | Launch the verified playable quest (Quest 1: Custom Dungeon). |
--demo | Autonomous demo: watch the Mentor AI solve and complete the quest turn-by-turn. |
--dm | Play Zargon, the Game Master, and command the monsters behind the screen. |
--hard | Hard mode: tougher monster encounters and tighter margins. |
--reset | Start a fresh game session instead of resuming save state. |
Build
Make your own quest
Quests are plain cartridge files, and three tools write them. Together they take a board image all the way to a playable quest.
1. Blockmap Creator
Line a grid up with a board image, mark corridors, and outline and name the rooms.
Open →2. Quest map editor
Place doors, furniture, monsters and start and exit stairs, and wire up dialogue and trigger events. It flags out-of-bounds furniture, doors with no wall and overlapping objects as you work, and you can dictate changes with the voice button.
Source ↗
3. Tabletop Studio
Edit heroes, monsters, spells and quest briefings, bundle a cartridge, and launch the game as a hero or as the Game Master.
Open →# from games/tabletop-rpg
./blockmap-creator.sh # calibrate a board image
./quest-editor.sh first-light-dungeon # lay out and script a questAutonomous Agent Governance & Game Design
Proof of Viability: Can the AI beat your map?
Designing a dungeon is easy; proving that a custom quest is mathematically winnable, balanced, and free from soft-locks before a human player touches it is grueling. If a secret door is unfindable, an encounter deals fatal damage, or an exit stairway is blocked, players get frustrated.
In RobOS, autonomous AI agents act as synthetic players. The Mentor AI drives all four heroes turn-by-turn under true fog of war, testing combat balance, secret passage detection, emergency potion use, and extraction navigation. It outputs a 100% verified proof-of-work transaction ledger and turn-by-turn visual evidence.
1. How we make maps
We calibrate a board image in Tabletop Blockmap Creator, outline rooms and corridors, then place doors, secret passageways, furniture, monsters and border exit stairs in Tabletop Quest Map Editor. Heroes are equipped with custom starting loadouts and healing potions.
2. Determining AI viability
The autonomous Mentor AI runs in headless Docker/Xvfb. It enforces a strict decision hierarchy: emergency potion drinking at BP ≤ 4, melee targeting, spellcasting (Sleep, Ball of Flame), room/corridor secret door scans, dead-end pruning, and negative border stair navigation.
3. How they progressed
Every step, movement roll, melee attack, secret detection and door breach is recorded into an immutable 315-transaction audit ledger with turn-by-turn screenshots. The heroes slayed Boss Doomguard, uncovered 2 secret doors, and escaped onto border square [-1, 4].
Turn-by-turn progression walkthrough
The autonomous playthrough of custom-quest.cartridge.json completed in 296 turns across 4 distinct tactical phases:
Phase 1: South corridor breach & vanguard (Turns 1–50)
The heroes assemble at spiral stairwell [7, 14], breach Door-1 into corridor y=18, eliminate the Goblin Sentry, and sweep corridor line-of-sight tiles for hidden pit traps.
Phase 2: Stronghold breach & Doomguard slain (Turns 51–114)
Elf drops to 4 BP and autonomously consumes a Healing Potion (+2 BP, TX #68). The party breaches Door-2 into Room SE-21, engaging Boss Doomguard. Dwarf lands the killing blow with Shortsword (TX #117).
Phase 3: Secret Door-6 escape & north march (Turns 115–260)
Elf searches Room SE-21 and discovers Secret Door-6 (TX #121). The party escapes through the eastern chamber sequence. Wizard and Dwarf consume healing potions, and pathfinding prunes the dead-end center room.
Phase 4: Secret Door-9 & border exit [-1, 4] (Turns 261–296)
The party breaches Room NW-4. Elf sweeps and uncovers Secret Door-9 (TX #307). Rogar opens the door, and the Barbarian steps directly onto border stairs [-1, 4], completing the quest with 250 gold bounty!
Pivotal ledger turning points
| TX # | Step | Round | Actor | Action | Verification Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #68 | 64 | 4 | Elf | USE_ITEM | Emergency healing potion contingency triggered at BP ≤ 4 (+2 BP, 6/6 max BP). |
| #117 | 111 | 7 | Dwarf | ATTACK | Boss Doomguard slain with Shortsword (2 skulls vs 0 shields, target HP: 0). |
| #121 | 115 | 7 | Elf | SEARCH_SECRETS | Searched Room SE-21; uncovered hidden Door-6 [16, 16] ↔ [17, 16]. |
| #160 | 152 | 9 | Wizard | USE_ITEM | Wizard wounded to 3 BP, drinks starting Healing Potion (+1 BP, 4/4 max BP). |
| #268 | 255 | 18 | Dwarf | USE_ITEM | Dwarf wounded by Chaos Warriors to 4 BP, drinks Healing Potion (+3 BP, 7/7 max BP). |
| #307 | 290 | 20 | Elf | SEARCH_SECRETS | Searched Room NW-4; uncovered hidden Door-9 [0, 6] ↔ [1, 6] to outer corridor. |
| #312 | 295 | 21 | Rogar | DOOR_OPEN | Rogar kicks open Secret Door-9, revealing corridor path to border exit stairs. |
| #314 | 296 | 21 | Barbarian | REACH_EXIT | Barbarian steps onto [-1, 4] border exit stairs; triggers quest objective completion. |
| #315 | 296 | 21 | Party | QUEST_COMPLETE | Quest completed with 100% survival rate (0 casualties). 250 gold bounty awarded. |
Featured Campaign Proof of Viability
Election 2026: Battle for the Hill (266 Turns • 3 Hydras Slain)
In election-2026-quest-1.cartridge.json, the bipartisan party — Barack Obama (Barbarian), Donald Trump (Dwarf), Hillary Clinton (Elf), and Bernie Sanders (Wizard) — must infiltrate the Capitol catacombs, survive multi-tile 2×1 Boss Hydras rolling up to 5 Attack Dice, trigger the Oval Office San Antonio Diesel cutscene, and slay all three two-headed Capitol Hydras (Talarixon, Brownsted, and El-Rogers) with the exit stairway hidden until victory.
Turn-by-turn progression walkthrough
The autonomous playthrough of election-2026-quest-1.cartridge.json completed in 266 turns across 4 tactical phases:
Phase 1: West Wing breach & Oval Office cutscene (Turns 1–55)
The party starts at [0, 13]. Obama, Trump, and Hillary breach Rooms SW-8, NW-9, and SW-11. Hillary casts Sleep on Campaign Volunteer (TX #32), Obama scores first blood (TX #41), and Hillary kicks open the Oval Office door [9, 9] ↔ [8, 9] (TX #50–51), triggering the Talarixon San Antonio Diesel cutscene.
Phase 2: Supreme Court breach & arcane barrage (Turns 56–135)
Trump breaches the Supreme Court Chamber room-sw-5 (TX #67), revealing Brownsted (Ohio Hydra) and the Super PAC Demon. Bernie Sanders stays in rear line-of-sight, hurling Ball of Flame (TX #96), Fire of Wrath (TX #118), and the 5-dice Genie (TX #138) while Trump slays the Super PAC Demon (TX #130).
Phase 3: Slaying Talarixon & Brownsted (Turns 136–200)
In Round 9, Barack Obama slays the 1st Hydra Talarixon (Texas Hydra) in the Oval Office with his Broadsword (TX #167). After emergency potion triage (+4 BP, TX #175), Hillary Clinton slays the 2nd Hydra Brownsted (Ohio Hydra) in the Supreme Court in Round 11 (TX #211).
Phase 4: Senate Cloakroom & El-Rogers vanquished (Turns 201–266)
Obama breaches the Senate Cloakroom room-se-4 (TX #221), revealing El-Rogers (Michigan Hydra) and the Mummy Lobbyist. Hillary slays the Lobbyist (TX #246), Obama, Trump, and Hillary surround the 2-square Hydra, and Hillary lands the finishing blow on El-Rogers (TX #282–283) for QUEST_COMPLETE!
Election 2026 pivotal ledger turning points
| TX # | Step | Round | Actor | Action | Verification Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #50–51 | 51 | 3 | Hillary Clinton | STORY_TRIGGER | Breached Oval Office [9, 9] ↔ [8, 9]; triggered Talarixon & San Antonio Diesel Plot cutscene. |
| #67 | 65 | 4 | Donald Trump | DOOR_OPEN | Breached Supreme Court Chamber [12, 14] ↔ [12, 13], revealing Brownsted & Super PAC Demon. |
| #107 | 101 | 6 | Donald Trump | USE_ITEM | Emergency Healing Potion consumed after Hydra ambush (+4 BP, restored to 8/9 BP). |
| #130 | 120 | 7 | Donald Trump | ATTACK | Slayed heavily armored Super PAC Demon (2 skulls vs 0 shields, target HP: 0). |
| #138 | 128 | 7 | Bernie Sanders | SPELL_CAST | Summoned Air spell Genie for 5-dice arcane strike on Brownsted (Ohio Hydra). |
| #167 | 153 | 9 | Barack Obama | ATTACK | 1st Hydra Slain: Talarixon (Texas Hydra) defeated with Broadsword (2 skulls vs 0 shields). |
| #211 | 196 | 11 | Hillary Clinton | ATTACK | 2nd Hydra Slain: Brownsted (Ohio Hydra) defeated with Shortsword (3 skulls vs 0 shields). |
| #221 | 207 | 12 | Barack Obama | DOOR_OPEN | Breached Senate Cloakroom [17, 13] ↔ [17, 14], revealing final Hydra El-Rogers & Lobbyist. |
| #282–283 | 266 | 15 | Hillary Clinton | QUEST_COMPLETE | 3rd Hydra Slain: El-Rogers (Michigan Hydra) defeated! Quest won with 4/4 heroes alive & 150 gold bounty. |