

It’s easy to pick and choose what to allow in a particular campaign to get the type of game you want.

The options for making Trainers in Pokémon Tabletop United are largely sorted into Classes, much like many other roleplaying games. As you might have guessed already, Trainers play a much more active role in Pokémon Tabletop United than they do in the video games, from giving orders and dictating battle strategy on the fly to actually fighting alongside their Pokémon.ĭon’t let that last bit scare you though! If you’re wanting to play a lighthearted game where Trainers always cheer on their Pokémon from the sidelines and Team Rocket goes home after they get beaten in a Pokémon battle, that’s totally doable! This book will provide you with all the core rules you need to play, but it is also packaged with sourcebooks that help you put together less traditional Pokémon campaigns. Or you could play a campaign about Pokémon in Space or a Wild West frontier exploration game. You can use the system for a traditional game where the players take the role of young Trainers receiving their first Pokémon from a Professor as they prepare to leave town for the first time and conquer the Pokémon League. Pokémon Tabletop United is designed to handle a variety of different ideas for Pokémon tabletop RPG campaigns. We’re going to presume if you’ve found us that you’re probably familiar with most tabletop roleplaying terminology or have at your disposal someone who can quickly explain the basics to you! It is best played with a group of 2-4 players creating Player Characters, or PCs, to act as their avatars in a game world created by their Game Master, or GM. Welcome to Pokémon Tabletop United, a pen and paper roleplaying game where players play the role of trainers in the world of Pokémon.
