Advanced Role Playing Mechanics

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Advanced Role Playing Mechanics is a minimalist RPG that uses a logarithmic scale for all of its mechanics. Author R.E. Bridson writes that:

It is this scale which allows ARM to handle a huge variety of things, from the very small to the very big, while still using small numbers. Also, it means that multiplication and division are almost completely absent from the system, while the effects of multiplying and dividing are still there!

Because of this scale, the system would work very well for handling super hero games, where the strength of a character like Superman positively dwarfs that of, say, Batman.

Paperclip Factory Game

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The Paperclip Factory game is a strangely compelling browser based time waster. You start out by clicking a button to manually “make” paper clips. After a while, you get enough money to afford to purchase different types of automation, then scale up to various computer systems and so forth.

Exorcist Card Game

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Exorcist is a card game for two players in which the winner is the one who wins all the soul tokens.

Texas Map Archives

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If you’re into gaming the Mexican American war, or if you just have an interest in things Texas in general, you’ll find this map archives useful. There are a number of historical maps for you to view online:

Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 – Text Description (120K) [p. 47]

Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 – The Defense of the Alamo, February 23 – March 6, 1836 (75K) [p. 47]

Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 – The Major Movements of Texan and Mexican Military Forces, February – April, 1836 (119K) [p. 47]

Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 – The Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836 (145K) [p. 47]

Texas Frontier Development, 1841-1843 (97K) [p. 48]

Mexican War Battles in Texas and Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 – Text Description (127K) [p. 49]

Mexican War Battles in Texas and Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 – The Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846 (62K) [p. 49]

Mexican War Battles in Texas and Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 – The Battle of Resaca De La Palma, May 9, 1846 (50K) [p. 49]

Mexican War Battles in Texas and Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 – Taylor’s Campaign, March 1846 – February 1847 (69K) [p. 49]

Mexican War Battles in Texas and Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 – Stephen Kearny’s Campaign in New Mexico and A.W. Doniphan’s Campaign in Chihuahua (147K) [p. 49]

The general Texas map link is here.

Blood, Guts and Severed Heads Simple Fantasy Wargame

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Blood, Guts and Severed Heads is a simple fantasy wargame intended for 1/72 figures, but that work in most scales.