Updating my 30-year-old RPG design project notes, started way back in the early 1990s. Uses d20s only, no ability scores, and players roll for all task outcomes.
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Another RPG Ruleset In Progress
Brainstorming a sort of D&D-Cypher hybrid rules idea…
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LARP Character Magical Powers
I found the following character abilities in some mid-1990s LARP rules I made for con events in Wisconsin.
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Otherwhere: Peoples And Places
A “mythological theme park” of ancient cultures and classic fantasy tropes: the fall of Atlantis, pantheons of mischievous gods, nations of human and non-human peoples, the struggle between order and chaos, and lands conjured out of dreams.
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5e Custom Character Traits
Some ideas on character customization.
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Micro Traveller
Even shorter version of ttprg rules for Traveller.
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The Outlands (Revised)
What if Planescape was run without Sigil?
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My Cthulhu RPG
My hack of Harper’s “Lasers & Feelings” RPG to experience Lovecraftian horror.
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Benchmarks: DC Heroes APs
A look back at the logarithmic ability score scale Mayfair Games used for their first superhero role-playing game.
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My Star Wars RPG (v.1.0)
My hack at creating a Star Wars role-playing game.
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And Then, Things Got Worse
Adventure details on making the worst out of anyplace the characters might go.
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Espionage LARP
Initial notes about designing a spies-and-terrorists espionage-themed live-action role-playing game.
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Fast Traveller Rules
My “quick and dirty” home rules for running introductory Traveller games.
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Magical Levels
A homebrew scale of magical power effects.
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RPG Mini-Handbook
A rough “conversion document” for several RPGs popular in the mid-1990s.
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