Free System Friday, Red Ash World Engine
It’s Free System Friday! Tired of your current RPG system? Try a new one for free, why not? This week’s offering is the Red Ash World Engine by Chris Jokinen.
Red Ash is a generic rules set for an RPG(Role Playing Game) and strategy game(in the future) that I have been working on for some time. My goals for this system is to design a complete rules set the can be used in any genre (but for now will focus on a fantasy setting). It is designed to be open, expandable, flexible and is still a work in progress.
What makes Red Ash different from other game systems is it is made from the ground up with a way to create custom races, creatures and classes. Tired of the same old Human, Elf, Dwarf selection of playable races? Make your own!
Sounds like fun! So take a gander at the rules, grab some friends, and try Red Ash today!
New System Thursday, a fourfer.
Adventurers, this is an unprecedented occasion. Yesterday we added four new systems to the pantheon of Supported RPG Systems and Settings. What four, pray-tell? Well first there’s:
That’s right, Risus! We liked it so much when we found it last week, that we decided to give it a slot on the wall with the big guys. Remember, Risus is a Free RPG, so grab the rules, grab some friends, and make a Risus campaign now! Don’t forget to drop S. John Ross a note of thanks, a critique, or a word of encouragement!
Next up we have a one-two combo from Event Horizon Productions: Swords of the Middle Kingdom, and Hong Kong Action Theater! From what I hear, both are a great deal of fun to play. But I can’t find any info on these systems and the Event Horizon Productions website is all but gone. Anyway, if you know of these two games, then you’re probably very excited. Hurrah!
Finally, we present to you:
The Alliance has prophesied complete development of the known universe by the turn of the millennium. Huge, powerful mega-corporations run it all from behind the scenes. The Twelve Races of the Alliance work as caretakers, testing the horizon of knowledge, extending to touch the farthest reaches of space. Frontier Colonies populate neighboring bodies: Andromeda, Fornax, Spirax (M33), and the Magellanic Clouds. Posts dot the cluster galaxy of M32 in Ursa Major, some 100,000 light years from Terra. The continuing battle rages onward to drive out the Arachnids. Reports of ghost ships all filter their way across the vast, empty nothingness to the hearts of the bold, strong, and curious. There is a demand for warriors, for men and women with the metal and vision to protect the lives of the innocent. The call for assistance can be heard across the galaxies, as colony worlds struggle to survive in the morass of conflict, uncertainty, and danger. The word goes out from the isolated reaches of The Thendrax Empire in Spirax to the urban centers of the Industrial Provinces of the Fornax galaxy. “Come. Bring your weapons. Bring your courage. Bring your honor. It’s showtime!”
Okay, that sounds pretty awesome, doesn’t it? Well, what are you waiting for? Make a Battlelords of the 23rd Century campaign now!
Update on Dynamic Character Sheets
A lot of people have expressed interest in the dynamic character sheets after we gave the teaser in the newsletter. So, here’s an update on where we stand.
Right now we’re wrapping up some details and working out any remaining kinks. My hope is to release it sometime this week (Friday?) for general use. It’s important to note that as of now, we only have dynamic sheets for Exalted and Savage Worlds. ChainsawXIV and Pelwer were kind enough to stumble through the process with me, and those are the systems they wanted to work with.
Once it’s live for everyone, I’m going to consider it a public beta. This means that it’s still a new, volatile feature, and there will most likely still be bugs. It will improve over time, but I’d rather launch it now in an unfinished state, instead of waiting until it’s perfect.
If you’re looking to jump the gun a little, we’re still accepting people into the closed beta. We’re only looking for people with HTML/CSS/Javascript experience, since that’s what’s needed to create a dynamic sheet. Read over the tutorial and skim the forum thread. If nothing makes sense, that’s fine. It just means you’ll have to wait until someone else makes a sheet for your particular system. I’ve got some ideas on providing incentives, more on that later.
Otherwise, if you have a basic grasp of what’s covered, post a note in the forum thread and I’ll add you to the beta list.
This is a very exciting time, and I think this will be probably the best feature we’ve offered since adding gm-only fields to everything. I can’t wait to release it.
Soap Up with GeekyClean *UPDATE: WE HAVE A WINNER!*
Update: We have a winner! Congrats to @Milambus! We’ll run another contest very soon!
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Free System Friday: Risus The Anything RPG
It’s Free System Friday! Feel like playing something new? Why not try something free while you’re at it! This week’s offering is Risus The Anything RPG by S. John Ross.
Risus is a complete Role Playing Game (RPG) designed to provide an “RPG Lite” for those nights when the brain is too tired for exacting detail. Risus is especially valuable to GMs assembling a quick convention game, or any late-night beer-and-pretzels outing. While it is essentially a Universal Comedy System, it works just as well for serious play (if you insist!). Best of all, a Risus character takes about 20 seconds to create
In my opinion stick figures are awesome, and stick figures with ray guns are only more so. Grab the rules, grab some friends, and play today! Don’t forget to drop S. John Ross a note of thanks, a critique, or a word of encouragement!
Tuesdays with Nicole – Tabitha ‘TJ’ Jordan
Gather round the ol’ cold cathode children, it’s time for another Tuesday with Nicole. Your response to the last episode was overwhelmingly positive, and we thank you for that! This week, she dives head first into the realm of Scion. Let’s watch, shall we?
Beautiful and deadly! Want to know more about the campaign TJ comes from? Check out the campaign. Want to know more about Nicole? Check out her blog! Do you have a Character, NPC, Monster, or Event that you’d like to see Nicole sketch? Leave her a note telling her all about it!
