RPG Fantasy

Halberd Role Playing Game

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Halberd is a free (for now) fantasy RPG. From the description:

Magick is rife within Tequendria, flowing through all living things – human, elves, trees, naked molerats. The most infamous city in Tequendria, Highbridge, is also its most magical, so there’s never a dull moment if you’re an adventurer.

Halberd Fantasy Roleplaying uses the Unbelievably Simple Roleplaying rules to create a simple yet dynamic roleplaying game for beginners or veterans. Become anything you can imagine – a worldly druid, a brave warrior, a stealthy ninja, or one of an infinite number of characters.

Wield incredible magick with a flexible system that allows players to create their own spells on the fly, no matter what the situation is.

So step into the city of Highbridge, meet the Red Court, join the League of Assassins or help out the Not-Quite-Dead Poet’s Society. There’s a world of adventure waiting for you.

Halberd Fantasy Roleplaying is a tabletop roleplaying game for 2 or more players.

Features:

Simple and fast mechanics so the focus is on story rather than rules

Quick character generation with the option to make any kind of character you like, from dwarf ninjas to cat person astrologers.

Flexible magic system fuelled only by the imagination – everyone can cast spells!

Humorous setting inspired by the Discworld books by Sir Terry Pratchett

Dungeon Flipping! Clear out a dungeon and sell it to the government as a tourist attraction

Old School D&D Record Sheets

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If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember the incredibly dense Armory D&D record sheets. You can get a pdf of them here.

Dungeon Quest RPG

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Dungeon Quest is a free old school fantasy RPG.

Verge RPG

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Verge is a free RPG that bills itself as “Fantasypunk.” It’s set in a vast and ancient city.

Creatures and Caverns RPG

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Creatures and Caverns is an easy to play free RPG. From the author’s description:

In 1982 a 13-year old who’d just seen some neighborhood kids play Dungeons & Dragons decided to create his own game in which knights and wizards explored underground catacombs, defeated monsters, and took their treasure. This book represents a refined version of those rules appropriate for kids interested in transitioning from traditional board games to a more imaginative form of structured play.

Creatures & Caverns is a very basic “roleplaying” game in which players explore subterranean labyrinths, using imaginary heroes to defeat monsters they encounter and collect their treasure. Although it uses a map like a board in a traditional game, it also enables players to assume the roles of knights and wizards exploring underground. These heroes use an arsenal of weapons and spells to slay monsters; die rolls often decide their fate, determining whether they strike their foes and fend off attacks.

Creatures & Caverns includes all the rules needed to play, character sheets for knights and wizards, a bestiary of monsters to fight, guidelines for creating new foes, notes on traps and treasures, experience rules for improving characters, and two ready-to-play scenarios.

Peter Schweighofer is a writer, editor, and game developer with more than 20 years’ experience in the publishing field, including time working for many companies in the adventure gaming hobby. While best-known for his contributions to various iterations of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, he’s also the author of period sourcebooks Pulp Egypt and Heroes of Rura-Tonga, as well as numerous other works for various roleplaying games. He pursues his game-publishing activities under the auspices of Griffon Publishing Studio.