Mini Six

Benoist · December 26, 2011, 11:32:29 PM

I can relate. I mean. I never "got" Savage Worlds (though I have Solomon Kane and I love it, specifically).

Isn't that enough to know that sometimes, a game just doesn't click with you and that's "it" ?

selfdeleteduser00001 · December 27, 2011, 07:11:01 AM

Absolutely. I like Savage Worlds and D6 but have a real problem with class/level games.. which I a working on for fantasy but it's still quite deep in me.

I think MiniSix is a great distillation of D6, more than enough there to run all sorts of games.

Soylent Green · December 27, 2011, 08:19:05 AM

Quote from: tzunder;497607Absolutely. I like Savage Worlds and D6 but have a real problem with class/level games.. which I a working on for fantasy but it's still quite deep in me.

I think MiniSix is a great distillation of D6, more than enough there to run all sorts of games.

Pretty much the way I see it. D6 worked well for me in terms of providing intuitive rules, fast play and surprisingly well rounded characters.

That said I've not run much D6 in a while. Partly that's because I've been on an awesome superhero trip that last few years. But also I find that unfortunately D6 suffers from a sort of taint by association.

For obvious reasons the D6 is very strongly associated with Star Wars and let's just say that in my group at least ever since the prequels the franchise has lost it's shine. So as an unintended consequence D6 has also lost it shine. So even now that I'm running a bit of space opera I'm using Fate-based Bulldogs! instead.

RPGPundit · December 28, 2011, 10:22:25 AM

Quote from: Grimace;497542Hmmm...hard to say what would change your mind then. Mediocre is just....plain. If the plainness was due to lack of setting, then Mini Six is better. If plainness was due to the way the system worked, well... guess it's just not for you then.

That suggests that Mini Six has a setting?

RPGPundit

danbuter · December 28, 2011, 10:30:10 AM

Mini Six includes five mini-settings in the back:

a standard Fantasy setting.
a 70's cop show setting.
a Firefly clone.
a Victorian magic setting.
a Star Wars clone.

It also has 2 settings for download (free):
a Doctor Who clone.
a Buck Rogers clone.

selfdeleteduser00001 · December 28, 2011, 12:24:41 PM

In fact 3 of the settings floated my boat enough to print the pdf and mull running a one off game with my monthly one-off group.

Which 3?

RPGPundit · December 29, 2011, 11:38:32 AM

Quote from: danbuter;497905Mini Six includes five mini-settings in the back:

a standard Fantasy setting.
a 70's cop show setting.
a Firefly clone.
a Victorian magic setting.
a Star Wars clone.

It also has 2 settings for download (free):
a Doctor Who clone.
a Buck Rogers clone.

Hmm. very interesting. But not one of those made me say "yeah, i'd want to run that as d6".

Of course, I've yet to find any setting that would make me say that.

RPGPundit

Nicephorus · December 29, 2011, 01:05:55 PM

when I took a look at mini six, the appealing aspect was that everything was compiled into a succinct pdf. If you like D6 and wanted to run it for players not familiar with it, you give them the pdf and they would be up to speed quickly. Or if you had never played any D6, this would let you know what it's about. If you don't like D6, you're not likely to care for something 90% the same.

S'mon · April 12, 2020, 05:11:52 AM

(casts raise thread)

There is now a full 4-Color Superheroes Mini Six, The Mighty Six - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/123949/The-Mighty-Six

Also, you can currently buy Mini Six print edition for $1.99! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_info.php?products_id=144558&

I bought 6 for my group for when lockdown ends. :cool: