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Ability Score is a generic RPG system based on the classic Dungeons & Dragons ability scores. It simplifies characters down to a few stats and uses a simple resolution mechanic similar to that of Apocalypse World, Dungeon World, and their ilk.
This system includes ability scores for several different genres: classic epic fantasy, science fiction, survival horror, and... [click here for more] |
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“I'm impressed….an excellent game to run at a convention.” -- Tenkar's Tavern
Dungeon Delvers is an ultra-portable one-page D&D variant.
Dungeon Delvers packs a lot into one page: rules for attacks and saves, 4 classes, 3 races, spells, healing, conditions, and monsters. The system uses only a d6. There'll even be... [click here for more] |
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“I'm impressed….an excellent game to run at a convention.” -- Tenkar's Tavern
Dungeon Delvers is an ultra-portable D&D variant packaged as a print-and-play deck of cards.
Dungeon Delvers packs a lot into its deck: rules for attacks and saves, 4 classes, 14 spells, healing, and conditions. The system... [click here for more] |
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"I'm looking at Dungeon Raiders and I REALLY LIKE IT." -- @koboldstyle, creator of Old School Hack
Yet another retroclone, Dungeon Raiders simplifies Original D&D and early D&D into one straightforward fantasy RPG system. Included are stats, rules, and spells for characters up to level 3, and it'll probably take you a while to get there, thanks to the lists of monsters... [click here for more] |
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"...the combat system is solid and fast paced and the whole thing screams out for some gonzo play....Murderhobos doesn't disappoint." -- Johua De Santo, Genius Loci review
"Best 6 pages of gaming I've read in awhile." -- Joe E on Google+
MurderHobos gets to the meat of dungeon crawling: killing things and taking their stuff.
Your character doesn't have Charisma or Wisdom.... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
$4.99
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Master Andreas, the world's foremost adventurer and scholar, has vanished. One of his apprentices has compiled this 44-page manuscript of notes and materials to guide you to the many places in the world where he might be. Can you unravel the Mystery of the Shattered World?
This is a sandbox setting for a new fantasy world that's ideal for adventuring. Three growing... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
$2.99
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This is a one-page Victorian steampunk setting, written in newspaper format. This is just enough to suggest conflicts, characters, organizations, and adventure seeds.
Even better, it's free and released into the public domain (including the artwork). Do anything you want with it, even include it in commercial works.
News of the Empire was written as part of the #risusonepagechallenge on... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
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Spaces of the Unknown is a fantasy tabletop RPG, designed for play-by-post gaming on the internet.
This is a dead simple, light, fantasy role-playing game designed to be played on the internet using the most awesome human invention: the written word.
Number of players:Â At least 2, one GM and one or more players with characters
Setup:Â An online forum,... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
$4.49
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Many fantasy RPGs mimic D&D or Tolkienesque fantasy worlds. This one is based on classic sword-and-sorcery games of high adventure. The characters are more likely to be swashbuckling barbarians or muscled thieves than paladins or dwarves.
Steel & Flame is a tabletop RPG that combines the stats of the classic Barbarians of Lemuria system with elements of Fate.... [click here for more] |
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Updated for 2010!
The city of Talon is a crowded, cramped, bustling nexus of business and travelers. No struggling outpost, this; civilization has firmly taken root in this portside city.
And that's the problem. Merchants wrestle over a few extra coppers' profit, while the nobles (most of whom were merchants not long ago) vie for power. Filty urchins clog the streets of the Bullrushes while the penitent... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
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Beautiful, smooth and challenging. It's ambitious and magical, with a sprinkle of moondust in its hair.” – Nathan Bredfeldt (DrNate)
“…a beautiful book….It is exquisite. It's really captured the aspects that make a Miyazaki….You've captured and written a classic.” – Michael Cole
The Whispering Road is a storytelling game of cooperation and exploration,... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
$4.99
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“…a brilliant little game that uses candy as a mechanic! I love the look and feel of this one…” – Games on Board
“This was a fun game….I would recommend it to anyone.” – William Nabors, playtester
You've always been the best of friends. You've done practically everything together. But this past summer, you all went to different camps and started getting interested... [click here for more] |
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You've undoubtedly heard of the tabletop RPG MurderHobos, a fantasy tabletop RPG that lets you get all that "moral quandary" crap out of the way and just lets you murder monsters.
You'll need some monsters to kill, and that's where Murderous Monsters comes in. This book includes 16 classic creature types, from Giant Ants to Living Cysts and Gibbering Mouths to Vampires, each with... [click here for more] |
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“Brent's book is exactly the reference I was hoping for when I went looking for more clear-eyed discussion of just what's in these games.” – Paul Beakley
You may have heard of the Old School Renaissance, an enthusiastic movement that champions old-school gaming and old-school systems.
Here's the problem: there are dozens of old school rule sets. So which one should you try?... [click here for more] |
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$6.99
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Sometimes you need an evocative little setting that you can drop into your campaign and adjust to your group.
This is a mini-setting made up of several factions, desert-themed monsters, Dyson Logos maps, random desert encounters, and a Big Score everyone’s trying to get. It's highly flexible while also containing enough details to make it memorable for both players and DM.
This release contains... [click here for more] |
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Updated: This second release contains greatly expanded adventures, expanded stat blocks (Essentials-style), new ship types, a much cleaner layout, and many more small improvements.
"A fun idea done well" -- Ideology of Madness review
"After reading through this...I can not wait to bring my players into space." -- Lenny Bliss, reviewer
There's this legendary D&D setting: Spelljammer.... [click here for more] |
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Updated for 2010!
The adventurers travel to a murky underwater kingdom, where trouble brews between the merfolk and the sahuagin empires. Soon, the party find themselves in the middle of an all-out war, between war-enthused merfolk on one side and enraged sahuagin with underwater ballistsa on the other.
War in the Deep is a 4-encounter D&D 4th Edition Heroic Tier adventure designed explicitly... [click here for more] |
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This is a playset for the Fiasco role-playing game. The anime Cowboy Bebop exists in a futuristic setting of spaceships, bounty hunters, mafia, and crime. It's a Hong Kong crime drama in space. It's a John Woo movie with spaceships. It's a setting ripe for a Fiasco.
Bounty Hunter Blues is a playset for the Fiasco RPG, using a world very... [click here for more] |
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A group of adventurers plow through drifts of snow, driving towards a small town buried deep in the mountains. The townspeople sent out a call: autumn came early, and winter earlier. Something killed their crops and is burying them alive in snow and ice. Their town is dying.
Our Town Is Dying is a short, 2-encounter Dungeons & DragonsTM adventure for Heroic... [click here for more] |
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You arrived in this dusty city simply to attend a festival. You had no idea you'd be pulled into a conspiracy to assassinate the Chief Praetor himself, sent on a crazy quest into the maw of the desert, and thrust into the center of the Praetor's dangerous politics. This is the life of an adventurer under the Dark SunTM.
The Dark Festival is a 7- to 10-encounter D&DTM 4th Edition... [click here for more] |
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Monsters of the Shattered World is a podcast on Troll in the Corner.
This is a different podcast: it tells a story. It’s about a young scholar out on his own in the world, encountering strange monsters and writing about them. Each episode is 5 to 10 minutes long, so it won’t overburden your iPod.
In this episode, our hero travels to a remote... [click here for more] |
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In this episode of Monsters of the Shattered World, Andreas and his band journey to a mysterious island when their ship is attacked by fierce lizardfolk.
For those of you new to this show, Monsters of the Shattered World is a storytelling podcast. It’s about a young scholar out on his own in the world, encountering strange monsters and writing about them. Each... [click here for more] |
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In this episode of Monsters of the Shattered World, Andreas and his band finally reach the island of Prima, where they search Granfeld Crag for information about strange rumors. They journey into the jungle and into an abandoned temple, much to the consternation of a clutch of kobolds.
For those of you new to this show, Monsters of the Shattered World is a storytelling... [click here for more] |
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In this episode of Monsters of the Shattered World, Andreas and his band reach a room at the bottom of the temple, where they face a fearsome opponent.
For those of you new to this show, Monsters of the Shattered World is a storytelling podcast. It’s about a young scholar out on his own in the world, encountering strange monsters and writing about them. Each... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
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In this episode of Monsters of the Shattered World, Andreas and his band reach a room at the bottom of the temple, where they face a fearsome opponent.
For those of you new to this show, Monsters of the Shattered World is a storytelling podcast. It’s about a young scholar out on his own in the world, encountering strange monsters and writing about them. Each... [click here for more] |
Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum |
FREE
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The Sacrifice to the Troll God is an introductory adventure for the MurderHobos RPG, suitable for characters level 1-3.
In this adventure, the murderhobos take on the challenge of rescuing a villager who's been kidnapped by a local tribe of trolls. Something's strange, though; the trolls stagger and scratch at pus-filled wounds.
The adventure includes a cave lair, three fully-statted... [click here for more] |
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