Busiris RPG

Busiris is a colony of a distant, almost fabled, Empire. It is a melting pot where the high culture & ancient magic of the Empire meets a new continent full of promise & danger. Here the Old Gods compete with the Wild Spirit Lords of the interior & their feral magic. Being a place of both peril [...]

Inscrutable – One page Oriental Fantasy RPG Rules

Inscrutable is a new stablemate to the successful Dead Simple Fantasy RPG rules. It allow you to play a honourable Samurai, a wily Ninja, sorcerous Shugenja or wise Monk in the mystical land of Nihon. It also shows just how easy it is to transfer the Dead Simple rules to another fantasy genre. Here are the [...]

Nasty, Brutish & Short!

Some years ago I wrote and ran a game called ‘Goblins’  for my local group. It had the palyers roleplaying a gang of inept Goblins in the man-dominated world of the 21st century. Although the rules were crude and clunky it was an absolute hoot. So when I wrote Dead Simple and found these rules [...]

Dead Simple RPG Rules

Following on from the success of my one page Wargames rules (FUBAR), I wondered if the same principle could be applied to roleplaying, and here’s the result: Dead Simple Fantasy RPG Rules v3.0 Those of you that have already downloaded this set may wish to download the core rules again. The are now in an [...]

Dungeoneer

These are a set of very simple dungeon-bashing rules for youngsters and the young at heart. It is classic kick-in-the-door, kill the monsters and steal their treasure stuff. Here are the rules: dungeoneer-v1 As I playtest these with my 10 year old son and his friends I will publish supplements, dungeons and other goodies For those [...]

The Third Age RPG

These are a set of roleplaying rules that seek to reproduce the magic and heroism of Tolkien’s Middle Earth in the Third Age. At the end of this age was the War of the Ring, who’s heroes and exploits are well-documented in Tolkien’s epic  history – The Lord of the Rings.   This game, however, [...]

Pendragon RPG

It is the mid-5th Century. The Roman Legions left Britain a century before and the land is now divided into a dozen rival kingdoms. From over the sea the refugees of the shattered empire and the waves of westward migrations arrive in ever greater numbers. The old Gods are still dominant, but now there is [...]

Diabolical RPG

This is a game set in a medieval world where the gods have either fled or have withdrawn their blessings and protection from the majority of the population. As a result it is coming under increasing attack from Diabolic forces. A number of Diabolic Princes are competing to convert or conquer the nations of men [...]

Thud’n'Blunder!

T’n’B is currently offline for a complete overhaul.  A new version of these simple RPG rules will be released in June 2010.