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Best Free rules you like to play?

Started by weirdguy564, November 05, 2020, 04:54:47 PM

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SavageSchemer

#15
November 07, 2020, 09:57:06 AM
Talislanta 4e. While originally a commercial production, the copyright own has made all the Talislanta games editions available for free.
The more clichéd my group plays their characters, the better. I don't want Deep Drama™ and Real Acting™ in the precious few hours away from my family and job. I want cheap thrills, constant action, involved-but-not-super-complex plots, and cheesy but lovable characters.
From "Play worlds, not rules"

Crusader X

#17
November 15, 2020, 11:27:13 AM

1. Basic Fantasy is a very nice, complete system.  The free core rules are all you really need, but the many free supplements let you create the game you want. 

2. I haven't played it yet, but Venger's Crimson Dragon Slayer D20 looks like it would be fun.  "D&D on Arcade Mode" seems like a good selling point for this one.

3. While Ben Milton's Knave RPG is not free, there are several hacks of it that are.  I created my own Knave hack, titled Book & Blade.  It's a 7 page rules light system for running OSR adventures.  Please feel free to take a look.

HappyDaze

#18
November 15, 2020, 12:51:29 PM
Quote from: Crusader X on November 15, 2020, 11:27:13 AM
"D&D on Arcade Mode" seems like a good selling point for this one.
My holy grail is to run a game where the players keep dropping quarters into my tip basket at the same rate they used to feed the slots when playing Gauntlet at the arcade. At about $10/player/hour, I could turn GMing a group of 4-5 players into something I could live off of (if I GMed FT).

LiferGamer

#19
November 16, 2020, 03:24:46 PM
I find GURPS Lite strips out a lot that you don't need, and that you can always add later.  I've often used it as a handout for people in a full-on GURPS game.  Ultra-Lite distills it even further.

Your Forgotten Realms was my first The Last Jedi.

If the party is gonna die, they want to be riding and blasting/hacking away at a separate one of Tiamat's heads as she plummets towards earth with broken wings while Solars and Planars sing.

Philotomy Jurament

#20
November 16, 2020, 05:23:41 PM
OSRIC
The problem is not that power corrupts, but that the corruptible are irresistibly drawn to the pursuit of power. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.

zircher

#21
November 18, 2020, 01:16:40 PM
Still love Wushu even though it has gone from free to PWYW (I supported by buying the extras.)  Awesome cinematic action that is super easy to hack. (See 23 Skidoo.)
http://danielbayn.com/wushu/
https://www.rpg.net/columns/list-column.phtml?colname=wushuskidoo

Also a big fan of Fate Accelerated Edition also for its hackability.
http://www.evilhat.com/home/wp-content/uploads/FAE.zip




You can find my solo Tarot based rules for Amber on my home page.
http://www.tangent-zero.com

zarion

#22
November 19, 2020, 08:31:12 PM
Far Trek! Is Far Trek free?!?!? Anyway, I got a free version of Far Trek, and it's awesome!

Spinachcat

#23
November 20, 2020, 03:30:12 AM
Zarion, please post a review of Far Trek!

Greentongue

#24
November 20, 2020, 01:24:49 PM
Mazes & Minotaurs if you want Sword and Sandal style gaming.
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