Barbaric! There's an interesting low fantasy RPG, based on the Cepheus Engine system, called Barbaric! from Stellagama Publishing. It's a much lighter, quicker version of the whole 2d6/Cepheus/Traveller style of game. There isn't any career lifepath system and the stats have been completely replaced with a common set of seven skills. It's somewhat closer to … Continue reading Warlords of Atlantis: Character sheets for the Barbaric! setting
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Leafpunk: Mini-review and character sheets for a vegetational Troika! setting
I recently ran a one-shot of Troika! using the Leafpunk (DrivethruRPG) setting by J. Kap. It's a great, strange little setting, full of fun ideas. Here's what it's about: A post-apocalypse world overrun with greenery, over a thousand years in the future. The ecosystem is dominated by plant life.Other than humans, there are few or … Continue reading Leafpunk: Mini-review and character sheets for a vegetational Troika! setting
Some Thoughts on Troika
I've just run a one-shot of the Troika! setting Leafpunk(itch.io link), about a plant-ridden post-apocalypse future. The session went well, but preparing it and running it has got me thinking about the Troika system in general. The players liked the setting a lot, but were a little colder about the Troika ruleset. I think they … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Troika
Character Sheets for Dead RPGs
A collection of character sheets for forgotten, obscure, or out-of-print RPGs. All free to download. Click on the sheet caption to go the original blog post and download link. Click on the image to zoom in and see the slideshow of all of the sheets. You can see a full list of my character sheets … Continue reading Character Sheets for Dead RPGs
New Character Sheets for Classic Traveller
The old, boring CT Sheet The original Classic Traveller from 1977 had a character sheet available in the original book. It was seemingly designed to look like an actual bureaucratic form, so visually, it was pretty uninteresting. I wanted to make my own custom character sheets for Classic Traveller that are a little larger, nicer … Continue reading New Character Sheets for Classic Traveller
Tiny Cthulhu: Pregens sheets for Sister of Yhanith’lei
I recently ran a one-shot of Tiny Cthulhu, the Tiny D6 Mythos horror RPG from Gallant Knight Games. It's a super-light system, quite good for one-shots. I ran the published adventure Sister of Yhanith’lei. It's about a expedition to a supposed shipwreck off the coast of Arkham. It's a short scenario, easily run in a … Continue reading Tiny Cthulhu: Pregens sheets for Sister of Yhanith’lei
Tiny Cthulhu: Mini-Review and Fillable Character Sheets
One of the more interesting indie RPG systems out there is Gallant Knight Games' Tiny D6 system. Gallant Knight has produced a lot of material for Tiny D6 - Tiny Dungeon, Tiny Wastelands, Tiny Supers, and even a Baywatch-based system called Beach Patrol. Each of these books are self-contained. There is no core Tiny D6 … Continue reading Tiny Cthulhu: Mini-Review and Fillable Character Sheets
Oddities of the Lumberlands – Part III
I'm still running my weekly Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) campaign using the Black Hack OSR rules set. The Lumberlands book is just a 48 page zine, so there's plenty of room to add my own details. I've been posting them here. (previously I, II, all Lumberlands posts) Tattlesnakes - HD 1 Highly venomous snakes, who … Continue reading Oddities of the Lumberlands – Part III
Design Notes for a Zaibatsu scenario: Frozen Heads & Fanboys
I recently had a scenario for Zaibatsu, Bring me the Head of Izumi Takahiro, published in issue #10 of the Cepheus Journal. I thought I'd post some design notes and inspirations. You can download the issue for free. The name of the scenario comes from the curious Sam Peckinpah movie Bring Me the Head of … Continue reading Design Notes for a Zaibatsu scenario: Frozen Heads & Fanboys
Cepheus Journal #10: Some Highlights
I just wanted to go over some highlights of the latest issue of the Cepheus Journal, the free fanzine for Cepheus Engine games. They've been putting out some great stuff recently, and it's worth promoting. This isn't a complete list, just the stuff that stood out to me. I'm also happy to say one of … Continue reading Cepheus Journal #10: Some Highlights