This is a short post as I didn’t have the time to write something new. I have read through my newest addition to my rpg collection, Wordplay by Graham Spearing, and I’m working on a setting adaption of Mouse Guard for this narrative game. Furthermore, I backed the kickstarter project of the Spark RPG by Jason Pitre and received the preview draft. Perhaps I will write about my impressions after I read the file. The kickstarter will end April 12th. So, here are my top 10 free rpgs:
The challenge: If you could only keep ten of your rpgs, which
would you
pick? - This
time: ten free rpgs!
Conditions: only complete and full rpgs, no quick start rules -
100% free download (pay what you want is ok if you can pay $0)
My top 10 list of free rpgs
Sorted alphabetically:
- Dungeonslayers
old-school dungeon-crawling with modern rules, still a d20-system but faster - fun to play - Fate:
FreeFate,
Fate2Go and others, and soon to come
Fate
Core:
a generic and flexible game, from rules light to more crunchy more about FATE and its branches here - Five By Five
a rules-light generic game with a gimmicky dice mechanic which works pretty well - FU, Free
Universal Roleplaying System:
choose your descriptors (something similar to Fate’s aspects), roll a d6 dice pool; sliding task resolution results - Heroes Against
Darkness
an old-school game mash-up of DnD 1e-4e - Lady Blackbird
wonderful indie game in a great steampunk setting, won best Free Game of the Year at the 2009 Indie RPG Awards - Mini Six
Open d6’s faster brother - Old School Hack
a hack of a hack: dungeon-crawling with a modern spin, very interesting take on the genre, great layout - Risus
the granddaddy of free games, lightweight, tongue-in-cheek - Warrior, Rogue &
Mage
a classless, lightweight game