White Lies is a modern OSR espionage game from Bill Logan of DwD Studios. They've recently released a second edition of the game. Like the first version, it's completely free to download. I discussed the first edition of White Lies in a previous post, where I also made a fillable version of the character sheet. … Continue reading White Lies – Epsionage RPG 2nd Edition – Review & Character Sheets
Some notes on a modern action/espionage/conspiracy campaign I'll never get around to creating. League of Un-Nations Throughout history, there have been proposed nations that have never come into existence. For the most part, these are curious corners of history, only of interest to historians. Until now… Across the globe, there has been a wave of … Continue reading League of Un-Nations – A campaign world I’ll never create about nations that don’t exist
A few years ago, I created a scenario for the old 1980s Flying Buffalo modern adventure RPG Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes. I've recently really started to get into the DoubleZero RPG, the modern update of the old James Bond RPG. I like the system a lot better than MSPE (though MSPE has a much … Continue reading The Exchange: An espionage scenario for the DoubleZero RPG
DoubleZero from Dancing Lights Press is a RPG designed to replicate modern action/spy/thriller movies. It's heavily inspired by the old James Bond RPG from the 1980s, but uses its own streamlined percentile based system. If you're looking for an exact retro-clone of the James Bond game, try Classified. The basic mechanic is super-simple: Every action … Continue reading DoubleZero: Character Sheet for a Modern Action/Espionage RPG
Just ran a one-shot of White Lies - the OD&D-based espionage RPG. Currently still free on DriveThru. The rules are pretty light - D20 for attack & saves. 1d6+stat modifiers for everything else. The best part of the book is the random generation tables for enemy organizations, villains, missions, and mission names. Even if you're … Continue reading White Lies: Fillable Character Sheets for the OSR Espionage RPG
DoubleZero is a modern action RPG from Dancing Light Press. It's a percentile system inspired by the old James Bond RPG from the 80s, but the rules are closer to BRP/GORE. Here's a thread on the Basic Roleplaying forum that goes into a little more detail. There's a free SRD on Dancing Light's site that … Continue reading DoubleZero: Fillable Character Sheet for Modern Action RPG
This is a scenario for Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes, for up to 8 players. It's an espionage adventure inspired by old episodes of Mission Impossible and similar shows. It takes place sometime during the Cold War, around 1967-1972, though it could be easily used in other eras. The players will be agents of TAROT, … Continue reading The Exchange – a scenario for Mercenaries, Spies, & Private Eyes
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