Gogam
Gogam is the indie tabletop roleplaying game brand of designer Petri Leinonen. Based in Finland, Gogam publishes minimalist games and supplements like Cyberpunk is Dead and Hirviökirja. A full-on indie powerhouse, churning out small, super-innovative games one after the other.
Key Facts
| Game Name | System | Status | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars & Family | Lasers & Feelings | Completed | English, Finnish, Portuguese |
| Pros & Cons | Lasers & Feelings | Completed | English, Japanese |
| Cyberpunk is Dead | Forged in the Dark | Completed | English |
| The Necessary Eagle vs. The Good Cad | Custom Card Game | Completed | English |
| Vuosisata. | Tarot System | Completed | English |
| We can't stop here... | Mörk Borg Compatible | Completed, Supplement | English |
| Night of the Thirteenth | d13 System | In Progress | English |
| Them Deeper Bones | OSR / Custom | In Progress | English |
| +H | PbtA / Custom | In Progress | Finnish |
Fully completed and free products
- Cars & Family — this high-octane one-page RPG puts you in the driver's seat as Fast & Furious-style international thieves. With your leader Von Petrol out of commission, you must balance your incredible street racing skills (Cars) with the bonds of your crew (Family) to pull off daring heists. Built on the Lasers & Feelings system, it is a perfect lightweight game for explosive action. Available in both English and Finnish.
- Read more about Cars & Family
- itch.io: Cars & Family (en) / Autot & Perhe (fi)
- roolipelikirjasto: Autot ja Perhe / Cars and Family
- Carros & Família — Portuguese translation of Cars & Family, translated and enhanced by Vila Nova.
- Pros & Cons drops you into a high-stakes heist movie like Ocean's Eleven or Leverage. A clever hack of Lasers & Feelings, it replaces dice with a standard deck of cards. Your character is defined by a single card (2-9) that balances being a Pro (professional) vs a Con (criminal improvisation). Face cards trigger narrative Twists, and Flashbacks let you rewrite your failures.
- Read more about Pros & Cons
- itch.io: Pros & Cons
- roolipelikirjasto: Pros & Cons
- コンズ & プロズ — Japanese translation of Pros & Cons, translated by @feltk.
- Cyberpunk is Dead — this Forged in the Dark game flips the script on the cyberpunk genre: you aren't rebellious heroes fighting the corps—you are their disposable, underpaid hit squad, enforcing petty interests against often sympathetic targets. It masterfully subverts its Blades in the Dark inspiration by replacing playbooks with numbered, interchangeable "Operatives" and utilizing a unique 3d12 system where success often comes with "Overreaction," and survival means a debt-inducing death spiral of mandatory cyberware. It's a bleakly fascinating critique of cyberpunk tropes through elegantly minimalist, pressure-cooker mechanics.
- The Necessary Eagle vs. The Good Cad — a competitive 2-player card game about the asymmetrical war between a sociopathic superhero and the vengeful mortal they wronged. Channeling the cynical energy of The Boys, one player wields godlike powers and manages PR fallout, while the other scavenges through the collateral damage to build the perfect weapon to kill them.
- Bike on Fire — a two-player, card based competitive RPG of tragic hobby obsession. Available in English and Finnish.
- Vuosisata. is a post-cataclysm RPG where history meets magic (1912-2012), powered entirely by a Tarot deck. Succeed by creatively interpreting the meaning of cards played from your hand, but beware, matching cards trigger deadly Catastrophes.
- We can't stop here... — a grimy, psychedelic Mörk Borg supplement about a road trip that never ends. You travel with a sentient, decaying wagon, consuming its dangerous herbs to keep it moving. Features a risk/reward addiction system and a unique "Trip Encounter Table" where horrors only become real if the hallucination is shared. Includes the introductory adventure "...this is bat country".
- Grapple: The RPG — a game/shitpost about grappling and thinking about the core activity of your game.
Projects in various stage of completion
- Night of the Thirteenth — a slasher-horror RPG where you play the cast of a movie that hasn't happened yet. Powered by a unique "d13" (d10+d4) system and a standard deck of cards for generating threats, it simulates the high lethality of 80s slashers. Every roll risks "Fallout" — consequences that range from making noise to leading the killer right to you, pushing you one step closer to your third and final Strike.
- Them Deeper Bones — a post-post-apocalyptic retro adventure game / OSR style RPG where you explore a world generations after a magical cataclysm reshaped history. As part of a rare, officially sanctioned "Rediscovery Company", you venture beyond the borders of the known world to uncover lost treasures, forgotten lore, and the truth. Explicitly rejecting the colonialist Frontier Myth, Them Deeper Bones draws inspiration from Finnish folklore, presenting a wilderness full of ancient magic to be respected and ruins that whisper tales of your own ancestors.
- +H — a Finnish language modern-day science horror roleplaying game where players portray highly competent experts on a field team for the private biotech giant, New Horizons. The game focuses on the team's first true contact with the "shadow biosphere" — a newly active, non-carbon-based "second life" on Earth. Its excellent, mission-based system is built on Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) mechanics but is heavily modified, drawing innovations from story games, the Nordic immersion tradition, and a desire to modernize the investigative horror of Call of Cthulhu.
- The pig is sus. Eliminate the pig. — a prototype combat system designed to shift the focus from a character sheet to player skill, tactical planning, and precise timing.
- A Particular Group of Corvids — casts you as hardboiled bird detectives in the free-thinking city of Roost, pushing back against the encroaching authoritarianism of The Sus (fascist pigs) by solving crimes and throwing punches. Inspired by gritty action-mysteries like RDJ's Sherlock Holmes or Peaky Blinders (with birds!), its elegance shines through a simple d20 core mechanic.
- Operator, I Need an Exit — Breathless hack of escaping a simulation before the Agents get you.
- Wreck Crawl — A megadungeon generator chasis for sci-fi games like Mothership
- Satyrs — A Caltrop Core hack of fun-loving Satyrs with messy relationships.
- Fate of Atreus — A Fate Core hack for Giant Robots, much like Battletech.
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Gogam
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Gogam is the publishing arm of Gogam, focusing on high-quality printed roleplaying game products in the Finnish language.
Key Facts
| Product Name | System | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirviökirja | Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä (5e) | Monster Supplement | Finnish |
| Sulkavan sointu | Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä (5e) | Adventure (Lvl 1) | Finnish |
| Yöjoen raivo | Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä (5e) | Adventure (Lvl 3) | Finnish |
Publishes primarily in Finnish. Products are related to the Black Shield Canton campaign setting.
- Hirviökirja — monster supplement compatible with Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä and 5e, in Finnish.
- Sulkavan sointu — 1st level adventure compatible with Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä and 5e, in Finnish.
Gogam Entertainment
Gogam Entertainment is the multimedia production branch, creating Actual Plays, RPG theory videos, and tutorials in both English and Finnish.
Key Facts
| Series Name | Type | Language | Episode Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajatiloja | Actual Play (+H) | Finnish | Long-running |
| Fate-akatemia | RPG Theory / Tutorial Actual Play (Fate) | Finnish | 11+ |
| The Quick | Actual Play (Miniseries) | English | 7 |
| Them Deeper Bones | Actual Play (Miniseries) | English | 5 |
| Cyberpunk is Dead | Actual Play (Miniseries) | English | 8 |
- Gogam Entertainment youtube channel The English Speaking main channel
Rajatiloja
- +H: Rajatiloja — a +H actual play, hosts also Finnish language one-shots
- Roachsphere. The home of +H: Rajatiloja on Youtube, as well as individual one-shots
- +H: Rajatiloja playlist. The playlist that contains all the episodes.
- Spotify. Rajatiloja is also available on Spotify.
- Roachsphere. The home of +H: Rajatiloja on Youtube, as well as individual one-shots
Fate-akatemia
- Fate-akatemia Youtube channel
- Hyvät, pahat ja psyykkiset 6 episodes
- Lazuman sininen käärme 5 episodes
Oneshots and mini-campaigns
In Finnish
In English
- The Quick miniseries 7 episodes
- Them Deeper Bones: Old Bear House miniseries 5 episodes
- Cyberpunk is Dead miniseries 8 episodes
- Them Deeper Bones demos 2 episodes
- A Particular Group of Corvids oneshot
- Cyberpunk is Dead oneshot
Collabs and other videos
- Luolamestari podcast - Petri Leinonen and Miska Fredman host a weekly TTRPG podcast.
From other publishers
Petri Leinonen has worked for various other tabletop roleplaying game publishers over the years in freelance capacity.
Myrrys
Myrrys is the publisher of Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä, the most popular Finnish tabletop RPG.
Print Books
- Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä: Finnish 5e-compatible fantasy RPG.
- Pelaajan kirja: The Corebook of L&L. Role in project: Layout
- Pelinjohtajan kirja: GM Guide of L&L. Role in project: Game design, development, layout
- Suuri Seikkailu: "Starter set" book for L&L. Role in project: Design, layout
- Velhon torni: 1st level adventure for L&L. Role in project: Game design, layout
- The Quick: Role-playing game of death and ghosts and Nordic Noir. Role in project: Game Designer.
- See Petri Leinonen on DriveThruRPG
Downloadable PDFs
- Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä: Traakinlyöjä — Finnish-language adventure for Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä. Role in project: Layout.
- Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä: Majakkakeikka — Finnish-language adventure for Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä. Role in project: Project manager, layout, Maps, Design, Game design.
- Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä: Ametistiviidakko — Finnish-language adventure for Legendoja & lohikäärmeitä. Role in project: Project manager, Layout, Maps, Game design.
Ironspine Press
- The Broken Knight — Science Fiction Adventure for Fate Core. Role in project: System Consultant.
Chaosium's Miskatonic Repository
- Of Fathers... — Call of Cthulhu adventure for one player character and one keeper. Role in project: Layout.
Articles, for free for you to read
- Petri Leinonen @ Medium — resource for mostly Fate-playing folk and those interested in the TDB-project.
- Gogameu @ Substack — resource for L&L interested folk, in Finnish.
Contact: p.leinonen@iki.fi
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I download Gogam games? You can find all fully completed indie games on this page, with links to Itch.io, DriveThruRPG, and roolipelikirjasto.fi.
Are Petri Leinonen’s games available in English? Yes, most major titles like Cars & Family, Pros & Cons, and Cyberpunk is Dead are available in English. Some titles like +H are currently Finnish-only.
Who is Petri Leinonen? Petri Leinonen is a Finnish TTRPG designer and founder of Gogam, known for games like Cars & Family and Cyberpunk is Dead. He has also worked with major publishers like Myrrys and Ironspine Press.