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DayZ Zombie Wargame/RPG Rules

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Day Z is a set of campaign wargame and RPG skirmish rules for games set in a zombie apocalypse. The author writes:

This DayZ ruleset is played on a simple grid map, with each grid square representing an area fifty meters on each side. The majority of towns and rural areas can be represented by a twelve-by-twelve map, though some larger areas such as Chernogorsk, Elektrozavodsk, and Solnichniy are better-suited by a double-wide, twelve-by-twenty-four map. The game starts out on the coast of Chernarus, a former Soviet republic currently experiencing a virulent outbreak of a plague rumored to originate from an island offshore of Taviana. The plague does not appear curable, and causes symptoms in its victims similar to ‘zombies’ described in popular media. Its extents are currently unknown, but it is believed to have spread across much of Europe and the Middle East.

Malifaux 2nd Edition Rules

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The second edition Maifaux Rules are available free for the downloading.

Blood, Guts and Glory Elizabethan Apocalypse RPG

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Blood Guts and Glory is a free RPG with a unique setting: Elizabethan Post Apocalypse:

Blood, Guts & Glory is a mash-up game that takes two specific out-of-print editions of a different games and blends the rules for the two games together, using the best elements of each system. For legal reasons, neither of the the games nor their editions are named anywhere within this site or within Blood, Guts & Glory itself. However, this doesn’t matter. If you know the games then you will pretty much instantly recognise them, and if you don’t know the games then it doesn’t matter – you can play Blood, Guts & Glory on its own merits.

By default, Blood, Guts & Glory is set in and around a post-apocalyptic Elizabethan London. The human race is extinct, and Elizabethan society is now populated by the various animal folk that have inherited the Earth.

However, the game can be played in any fantasy setting with little to no modification of the rules (and such modifications are suggested in the book itself).

Dungeons and Dagon

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Dungeons and Dagon is a free RPG of adventure in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Witch Trial Print and Play Game

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Witch Trial is one of Cheapass games most popular products. You can get a print-and-play version of this game at the link.

In Witch Trial, you play an attorney at a prestigious law firm. You will act as a prosecutor or defender in several cases involving unmarried women, free thinkers, vegetarians, the homeless, and other undesirable types. While witchcraft per se isn’t really a crime, it’s customary to bring suspects into court on related offenses, such as card playing, smoking, and tampering with the post.

This game requires lawyer-like reflexes, a little bit of luck, and the willingness to bargain when you know you can’t win.