Every Post is an RPG

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Each separate post is a whole RPG world to itself. Consider each thread like a one-shot RPG. Post a premise, some (preferably quick) rules and supply a prompt and then play! Experiment with weird, quirky, non-traditional RPG designs, do freeform and crazy non-sequitur improv. But above all else: HAVE FUN!

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Here are some of my favorite one-page RPGs! (drive.google.com)

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I like to collect and occasionally play fun, quirky and rules-lite RPGs. I thought I might share some that I've enjoyed reading or playing over the years with this community. I've linked my Google drive collection here. Hopefully this can be a good resource for people looking to play in this community or elsewhere!

Some of my favorites include:
Honey Heist
Lasers and Feelings
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Adventure Skeletons

I'd love to hear some recommendations for any that I should add!

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[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Looks pretty awesome from a quick glance. Gives me a very RISUS vibe, which is my favorite system. Were you inspired by RISUS at all?

I'm working on a RISUS clone myself, it's called RISA. So far I've only made the SRD, but I hope to flesh it out into a full fledged sourcebook. Here's a link to the SRD if you're interested: https://9ofthetimes.itch.io/risa

[–] Samuel_Sturm@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have seen the name RISUS before, but I have zero familiarity with it. I downloaded your RISA PDF - haven't had time to fully read it but so far it seems solid. Seems more on the narrative side, which I like.

Have you played Grok?! at all? I really like it mechanically, but one of the things I kept seeing with new players was difficulty remembering which dice had the number of sides they needed. So I simplified that. Then I took some inspiration from the old White Wolf dice pool mechanics, and probably a dozen other things I've seen over the years.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

RISUS was created by S John Ross, and inspired by the old Ghostbusters RPG and a few others. It is a traditional/narrative hybrid created at a time when narrative oriented games were scarce (Fudge probably being the best example of the dominant narrative system at that time, which was the foundation for FATE). The RISUS pdf is freely downloadable online, but oddly is under a copyright which prevents the remixing and hacking you often see with CC or other open source licenses (used by Laset & Feelings and others). That's why I decided to create a clone, so others could remix and adapt it freely. I'm still working on creating more content for it, and have plans for a wiki as well as a community space for it, but it's slow going due to finding the time to work on it. Here's a link to the original RISUS system if you're curious: https://archive.org/download/RisusTheAnythingRPG/Risus%20-%20The%20Anything%20RPG.pdf

I think I may have heard of GROK, but only in name. I haven't ever seen the system itself. I'll have to take a lool at it sometime when I get the chance.