RPG Fantasy

Geodesic Gnomes RPG

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Dyson Logos offers Geodesic Gnomes, a free RPG:

Geodesic Gnomes is a full RPG, with background and setting, character creation and advancement rules, character sheet and even a sample adventure. In the cities of the future, people who find themselves with no place within society because of unemployment, criminal behaviour, or just mental illness find themselves pushed out of the domes that protect them from the hazards of the world around them. And since no one wants to live outside the domes, they move into the one place left for them – into the superstructure of the dome itself.

The game is a cyberpunk-styled RPG where the players take on the roles of the gnomes – the descendents in culture if not genetics of those people who moved into the superstructure of the domes. This is a world that is entirely “off the grid”. They have to scavenge for everything from food to water and in some domes even for air.

In Darkest Warrens Fantasy RPG

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In Darkest Warrens is billed as a minimalist RPG. Trollish Delver Games writes:

IN DARKEST WARRENS is a minimalist fantasy roleplaying game whose rules cover two pages, including a bestiary and introductory adventure. All you need is some six-sided dice, paper, pencils and, of course, a bunch of buddies to play with.

So what do you get?

All the rules you need, including character advancement for campaign play
Five classes: warrior, rogue, barbarian, mage and ranger
A bestiary containing 23 fiendish monsters to throw at your players
Super easy resolution system – all you need is a single d6
A character sheet
An introductory adventure: The Cow of Boburn
Hours of enjoyment in a small package
Print the rules right out and use them for reference at the table. Perfect for a pick-up and play game.

The game is available as a “pay what you want” from Drive Through RPG.

Heroic Golden Turbulence Wuxia Role Playing Game

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Heroic Golden Turbulence:

was designed to represent the fast-paced action of wuxia fantasy films, a popular canon of Hong Kong action cinema. It has been developed, however, be used for other action-oriented games. It rejects the so-called realism of most rpgs in an attempt to produce a fast, simple system which is accessible to players who don�t like rules but provides enough depth for flavour. It also aims to provide a simple system that retains the tactile pleasures of chucking huge handfuls of dice, a much neglected joy of roleplaying.

HGT uses six sided dice – a whole lot of six sided dice. The combat and crisis system revolves around choosing the colours of dice in your pool to represent your fighting priorities. This reduces the number of modifiers which you need to keep track of and allows for more intuitive combat decisions.

Random Sword and Sorcery Adventure Generator

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Here’s a pretty good random adventure generator for Swords and Sorcery games.

GURPS Space 1889 Conversion

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I loved Space: 1889. The setting was fantastic, and I also liked the RPG system. But for those who prefer a more nuts and bolts operation, you could try this GURPS conversion for Space: 1889