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Christer EnforsI've had my eye on this one for a while, so today when I visited the Scifi bookstore in <a href="https://ttrpg-hangout.social/tags/Stockholm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stockholm</a>, I could clearly hear it calling to me. It's not that I want to play it, but it's interesting from a <a href="https://ttrpg-hangout.social/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> design and historical perspective, especially since it's the root of Drakar och Demoner (Dragonbane) which was my introduction into the TTRPG world back in the 80's. <a href="https://ttrpg-hangout.social/tags/BRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRP</a> <a href="https://ttrpg-hangout.social/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> <a href="https://ttrpg-hangout.social/tags/TTRPGDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPGDesign</a> <a href="https://ttrpg-hangout.social/tags/SFBok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SFBok</a>

trashHeap :hehim: :verified_gay:Today was session 0 for our "Mythic Terra" game. A homebrew urban fantasy campaign that ive ported to <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> We've got a mortal former cop. Two players running adepts, humans with extrasensory powers. We have a human practitioner able to conjure actual magic and two "mythic creatures": a Yali and a Naga; who live amongst humans.The setting is early 1980s, and the players have been hired by a special division of the brittish royal library repatriating historical/magical artifacts in south asia. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/notDungeonsAndDragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#notDungeonsAndDragon</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/NotDnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotDnD</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRP</a>

trashHeap :hehim: :verified_gay:A homebrew urban fantasy campaign I ran over a decade ago is coming back into rotation at the game table. Finished most of a draft comversion to <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> today. Not an insignificant amount of work. :blobcatpat: <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/brp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brp</a>

trashHeap :hehim: :verified_gay:SO after months of playtesting the new lighter weight runequest that Mike Mearls was brought on board to make; the whole thing is being shifted to the back burner? AND Chaosium is just going to put out a more streamlined and optimized core rulebook of the existing system? <a href="https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/26098-update-on-the-new-runequest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/26098-update-on-the-new-runequest/</a>Not a bad move in my opinion; AND honestly thats all I wanted. THOUGH, it feels like a lot of spinning of wheels over there. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/chaosium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chaosium</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/runequest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#runequest</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/basicroleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basicroleplaying</a>

cybergoths<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RPGaDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RPGaDay2025</a> - 12 - Path (catch up mode)TL;DR: Some musing on paths in <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> game design and how they affect me. Naturally, there's <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Traveller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Traveller</a>, but also a hint of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DnD</a>, <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/cyphersystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyphersystem</a> and <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a>.<a href="https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/08/rpgaday2025-12-path.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/08/rpgaday2025-12-path.html</a>

Father EnochReading <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GURPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GURPS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Atlantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atlantis</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SteveJacksonGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SteveJacksonGames</a>. One of the things I like about gurps <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/handbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handbooks</a> is that they're NOT just "lore" or fiction created jsut to pad the book. The first part of Gurps Atlants is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/primer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primer</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PLATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PLATO</a> and his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republic</a>. Then it goes on to people influenced by Plato, and then <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theosophy</a>. There's even information of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crete</a> and the alleged <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MinoanAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MinoanAge</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rpg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoleplayingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RoleplayingGames</a>

trashHeapPicked up Simple Quest by <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=D101Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#D101Games</a> in print finally. Been meaning to do that for a bit. I love the digest size, and <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=OpenQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenQuest</a> even boiled down has a lot to like. <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=DriveThruRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DriveThruRPG</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=NotDnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotDnD</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a>

trashHeapTrying to decide between Pulp Cthulhu or Astounding Adventures for punching Nazis in the face. I guess Pulp Cthulhu probably has more support. <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=Chaosium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chaosium</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=NotDnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotDnD</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=TabletopReolplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TabletopReolplaying</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=DrivethruRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrivethruRPG</a>

trashHeapCouldn't sleep last night, so I was just browsing indie <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> games on <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=DriveThruRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DriveThruRPG</a>. Hit this mashup of cosmic horror, and stargate using <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> that seemed pretty groovy. Got kind of excited. Then got deflated because of <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> art. All too common pattern lately. <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=BRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRP</a> <a href="https://social.avoidbig.tech/search?tag=NotDnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotDnD</a>

Lord HumlanAnyone out there that has run an <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#campaign</a> where the players are Norwegian resistance fighters from ww2.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/penandpaperrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#penandpaperrpg</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/achtungcthulhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#achtungcthulhu</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a>

MoonmothDer Elfquest Classic Kickstarter ist live und nach Sekunden bereits finanziert. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/elfquest-classic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/elfquest-classic</a><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/pnpde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pnpde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/Chaosium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chaosium</a>

MoonmothDas altgediente ElfQuest Rollenspiel aus den 80er Jahren kommt zurück - beim ursprünglichen Verlag <a href="https://dice.camp/@Chaosium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Chaosium</a>! Die kreativen Köpfe hinter der Comicvorlage - Wendy und Richard Pini - sind anscheinend auch wieder im Boot.<a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-announces-the-return-of-elfquest-the-roleplaying-game/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-announces-the-return-of-elfquest-the-roleplaying-game/</a><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/basicroleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basicroleplaying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/brp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/chaosium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chaosium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/Elfquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elfquest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/pnpde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pnpde</a>

John MI am an avid tabletop gamer, board games and ttrpgs. I prefer to GM ttrpgs, but also enjoy playing. I assist my wife in organizing tabletop gaming events in Northwest Arkansas. I read a lot of games and history, and a lesser amount of sci-fi and fantasy.I have recently started messing around with hacking some RPG systems. I'm currently running a <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Torg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Torg</a> campaign, playing in a <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> game, and running one-shots for our monthly NWARPG Game Days.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoardGames</a>

John M5th session of our BRP Time Travel game yesterday found us stepping out into a Fallout like world circa 2300.We were able to do everything needed to bypass the security on a food storage place, and get a farm up and running. This allowed the people we found to stop relying on a contraption that kept them alive, but hungry and unmotivated.We also won a street race against a transformer.All in all a fun time, despite my wife's bad luck with experience rolls.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a>

Norton GloverI've made a clean version of the Stormbringer 5th edition character sheet. It's fillable and available in US Letter and A4 sizes.<a href="https://polyhedralnonsense.com/2024/03/13/stormbringer-5th-edition-a-fillable-character-sheet-for-the-elric-rpg/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://polyhedralnonsense.com/2024/03/13/stormbringer-5th-edition-a-fillable-character-sheet-for-the-elric-rpg/</a><a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/CharSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharSheet</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/Stormbringer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stormbringer</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/BRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRP</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/basicroleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basicroleplaying</a>

Norton GloverCouldn't find a clean version of the Stormbringer 5th edition character sheet, so I'm working on making my own reproduction. Still a WIP. It'll be fillable when I'm done.<a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/CharSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharSheet</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/Stormbringer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stormbringer</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/BRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRP</a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/basicroleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basicroleplaying</a>

Lord HumlanI think I have made a decision.... 😎In my quest for the best rules (for me) to use when <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GMing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GMing</a> a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheExpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheExpanse</a> universe. Got selection down to either <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRP</a> or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/YearZeroEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YearZeroEngine</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/YZE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YZE</a>.And the choice is...*Drumroll*<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/YearZeroEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YearZeroEngine</a>I will base it on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlienRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienRPG</a>, since talents and skills are best match for Expanse and require least amount of tweaks to be useable.I'm also fond of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lifepath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lifepath</a> character generation, so I have created a draft of a flowchart. Now I need to start to assign actual values to the chart and do some beta testing 😎I wonder if I'll ever will be ready to play 🤣

Lord HumlanSo, my thoughts about running an <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/theexpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theexpanse</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> campaign is still ongoing.But I have narrowed down the options to either <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/YZE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YZE</a> or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/brp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brp</a>.Year Zero Engine has games like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlienRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienRPG</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CoriolisRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoriolisRPG</a> and newly released expansion <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AdAstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdAstra</a>. For Basic RolePlaying I will have to turn to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CthuhluRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CthuhluRising</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CthulhuThroughTheAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CthulhuThroughTheAges</a> with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CthuhluIcarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CthuhluIcarus</a> as main source for rules.As a DM I tend to let my players do plenty of dice-rolls, which in turn drives the story forward, where failures can be as exciting as successes.... 😎But YZE punishes dice-rolling and rolling to often can give high amounts of stress to fast. I can always do non-stress rolls when my players are in a non-stress situation. But on the other hand, BRP doesn't punish rolling. But still have mechanics for pushing failed rolls and the consequences of that 😁Anyone out there have tried to run YZE with more dice rolling than recommended? <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/yearzeroengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yearzeroengine</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MutantYearZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MutantYearZero</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a>

JeffA few more backers and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LightFantasyRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LightFantasyRPG</a> will reach its first stretch goal and get some more art!<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gurbintroll/light-fantasy-rpg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gurbintroll/light-fantasy-rpg</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LightFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LightFantasy</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BX</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BasicRoleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicRoleplaying</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GMLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GMLife</a>

Mikey (He/Him or They/Them)After <a href="https://dice.camp/@TJSeer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TJSeer</a> reminded me of the old Amazing Engine game Magitech, I've been flipping through it. There are interesting ideas there. Could see playing in something like it using another system. Maybe Basic Roleplaying (IE: Call of Cthulhu system). <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ModernFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModernFantasy</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magitech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magitech</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/amazingengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amazingengine</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/brp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brp</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/basicroleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basicroleplaying</a>

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