RPG junk. Characters for GURPS Third Edition. Fantasy/Medieval Job List. Blue Troll's Netbooks - Welcome. World Builder Projects. Medieval Demographics Made Easy. Fantasy worlds come in many varieties, from the "hard core" medieval-simulation school to the more fanciful realms of high fantasy, with alabaster castles and jeweled gardens in the place of the more traditional muddy squalor.
Despite their differences, these share a vital common element: ordinary people. Most realms of fantasy, no matter how baroque or magical, can not get by without a supply of ordinary farmers, merchants, quarreling princes and palace guards. Clustered into villages and crowding the cities, they provide the human backdrop for adventure. Of course, doing the research necessary to find out how common a large city should be, or how many shoemakers can be found in a town, can take up time not all GMs have available. To the end of more satisfying world design, I've prepared this article.
This article is a distillation of broad possibilities drawn from a variety of historical reference points, focusing more on results than on the details that create them. Population Spread. Dungeon Crawl Classics. Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game (OGL) Glory & Gold Won by Sorcery & Sword You’re no hero.
You’re an adventurer: a reaver, a cutpurse, a heathen-slayer, a tight-lipped warlock guarding long-dead secrets. You seek gold and glory, winning it with sword and spell, caked in the blood and filth of the weak, the dark, the demons, and the vanquished. There are treasures to be won deep underneath, and you shall have them. Return to the glory days of fantasy with the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game. Sherpa RPG - Intro. Annotated RPG links « No Time To Play. This is a list of tabletop RPGs that have attracted my attention one way or another.
That doesn’t mean I like all of them! I have omitted games that no longer have a home on the Web, and most commercial games. More exhaustive lists are pointed out at the bottom. Rules-light RPGs Risus is a tiny (only six pages for the core rules!)
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It’s about time, right? At long last, , the first installment of the quarterly Saturday Night Delve series, is available for download. It’s been a long time coming. I want to extend a hearty thanks to my co-author, Jerry LeNeave of Dread Gazebo , who was nothing but fun to work with and a constant source of inspiration. Second, I want to say thanks to Taylor Bennett , who has done an amazing job with the artwork for this adventure.
Last, but not by a wide margin least, I want to express my gratitude to all the fans on this blog, on Twitter, and on Facebook. The Escapist - the reality of fantasy games. RPG Library - Software. Realm of Mythosa Almanac/Cultural Keywords. RPG Library - Software. Gametable Welcome to the Gametable Project. RetroRoleplaying. What is a retro-clone? The OGL has allowed fans to recreate the rules of older, out of print editions of the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game. These are usually called “retro-clones” because they are “clones” of the rules to older (“retro”) editions of the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game. Most retro-clones have free PDF versions and most have nicely bound printed copies available for a very reasonable price.
Retro-clones allow play of an older, out-of-print game system without the trouble and expense of tracking down a copy of an out-of-print game. While no retro-clone is an exact copy of an earlier game, they generally are close to identical in play. 0e and Retro-Clones 0e: The Original Game The original 0e booklets and supplements from TSR can be found at auction on eBay or RPG Marketplace or at specialists like Noble Knight Games, but they are generally very expensive collectibles.
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