Thirsty Sword Lesbians (TSL) is an award-winning (ENnies 2022 Best Game & Product of the Year) implementation of Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) to a genre of queer romance and swashbuckling adventure. Written by a transfem author, the game forefronts safety and queer identity/liberation. A lot of games these days have sidebars noting available safety tools, but TSL actually integrates them into the game rules, encouraging their use and the active discussion and check-in when it comes to boundaries. The "No Fascist" rule is also quite useful, because it makes said fascists out themselves immediately by complaining about it.
Mechanically, the game is the first great fantasy PbtA game I've read. Dungeon World is retrograde in its implementation, The Sword, Crown and the Unspeakable Power is too conservative a hack visa-vi Apocalypse World, and Fellowship is interesting but also quite rigid. TSL takes a lot of inspiration from other high-quality PbtA games like Masks (conditions) and Monsterhearts (strings). The game's core moves are well designed, and the playbooks are top-notch. Each playbook has a unique mechanic and points towards potential emotional arcs, which is helpful for keeping the players invested in their character's growth. I think that the some of the included settings/adventures are a bit corny, but the game is actually pretty adaptable to a wide range of fantasy settings.
As another note, if you contributed to the itch.io TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Texas! bundle last year, then you already own the game (it may have been in other bundles as well.) https://evilhat.itch.io/thirsty-sword-lesbians
EDIT: Also at the itch.io link there are plenty of community copies, free to anyone who can't afford the book.
It's a fun game! You don't have to have swords... but come on. Who wouldn't.
You don't even have to have lesbians! It can be thirsty spear enbies if you want.
I hear the thirst is mandatory though.
You could even have quickdrawing cis male cowboys if you wanted. The possibilities are endless.
