Quote from: Chess;376089I've never heard of a GMless RPG. Are there any free examples that I could try out?
As far as playing with no dice, I've never tried before but for me I get a lot of enjoyment out of rolling dice for some strange reason. I even like how they look laying on the table with the rulebooks, pencils, character sheets, and mini's. I'm willing to try most things once though.

Not sure about the "free" part.

"Mythic" provides a system to run GMless. It works sort of like a Magic 8 Ball; the players ask Yes/No questions  for instance "Are there any footsteps outside the cave" or "Does the victim have any ID on him?" and then you roll against a table. There is more it, but that is the basic idea.

It sounds really stupid but in practice it works remarkably well. The only real flaw is that in our group we actually like to GM.

Mythic comes with it's own system but can be used in conjunction with any system.

Other GMless games I've heard of include Capes (superhero game based on player-vs-player I think) and Universalis which I really don't know anything about.

Quote from: Chess;376089I've never heard of a GMless RPG. Are there any free examples that I could try out?
As far as playing with no dice, I've never tried before but for me I get a lot of enjoyment out of rolling dice for some strange reason. I even like how they look laying on the table with the rulebooks, pencils, character sheets, and mini's. I'm willing to try most things once though.

Well, my favorite GMless games aren't free (notably Polaris), but there are some - from my Free RPG List http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/freerpgs/

Capes Lite

http://www.museoffire.com/Games/downloads.html

Enchanted Realms

http://publishing.yudu.com/Freedom/Amqs5/EnchantedRealms2008/

Wraiths

http://www.collaborativeroleplay.org.uk/Wraiths

Soap, Free Version

http://web.archive.org/web/20040225145501/www.crayne.nl/soap_free.shtml

Fantastic site, John. Thanks for the info.

What are the other (non-free) GM-less games?  There's not really many of them for all the smack talked about them.  I have Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries but that's it.  

Polaris, Capes, Universalis, the Shab-Al-Hiri Roach, Shock...  I'm sure there are others but those are the "notable" ones right (defined as sold more than 2 copies)?

Quote from: mxyzplk;376312What are the other (non-free) GM-less games?  There's not really many of them for all the smack talked about them.  I have Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries but that's it.  

Polaris, Capes, Universalis, the Shab-Al-Hiri Roach, Shock...  I'm sure there are others but those are the "notable" ones right (defined as sold more than 2 copies)?

Also The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Breaking the Ice and Shooting the Moon.  For what it's worth, I think GMless games at this point are at least comparable to the number of diceless games.

Quote from: mxyzplk;376312What are the other (non-free) GM-less games?  There's not really many of them for all the smack talked about them.  I have Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries but that's it.  

Polaris, Capes, Universalis, the Shab-Al-Hiri Roach, Shock...  I'm sure there are others but those are the "notable" ones right (defined as sold more than 2 copies)?

The one I really want to play is Contenders, which is about boxers (Raging Bull, that sort of thing).  It looks really good, but when it's run at UK cons it's always a 15 minute demo with the goal of selling a copy and I can't be arsed with those.  

I'd like to play Roach too.

Has the Ron Edwards one Spione been mentioned?  I've played it, with Gregor Hutton, and it had its moments but I thought it sagged badly in the endgame not giving support when it was needed.  I also didn't think it lived up to its claim that you didn't need to know the underlying fiction, I think it worked largely because we did.

A quick note on Diceless games. I am a huge Amber fan and recommend the OP look at the Amber forum located here.
I am running a play by Wiki game currently that has some of the highest quality roleplay, some nice tactical combats, some nifty use of spells and some outrageous good fortune.

It's a bit odd to say they are not traditional as Amber was published in '91 so is nearly 20 years old and D&D is only 15 years older than it.

The trad/experimental line I think it pretty funny as RPGs are still experiemental compared to other tabletop games.

Quote from: Cylonophile;375829I guess I'm a gaming traditionalists. I think a RPG should have rules, a system, a GM and die rolling.

Does this make me a dinosaur gamer?

Maybe. Or maybe a mammal, bird or even an arthropode.

With these three things fixed, there is still so much you can do.