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  1. David Johansen

    What PHD Do You Need To Play...

    So, needing a Piled Higher and Deeper degree to play games is a known issue, but which degree do you need to play specific games. GURPS contrary to popular opinion you don't need a phd in mathematics to play GURPS but you do need a phd in GURPS. Rolemaster requires a phd in hand writing...
  2. David Johansen

    Gods and Religion

    Here's a chunk of the long unawaited Arcane Confabulation campaign guide that's relevant to a current thread. Deities "It's not in my programming to impersonate diety." A tin plated god. In divine campaigns, the definition of divinity is of some importance. Here we refer to sapient...
  3. David Johansen

    Dragon Mirth

    Remember the funny little cartoons in Dragon Magazine and the ones in the Dungeon Master's Guide? I posit that the loss of these jewels of great wisdom is a Tragedy. The DM's guide should have cartoons in it damnit! And naval combat and seige warfare and castle building. Anyhow...From...
  4. David Johansen

    Ruffts

    After the wars and the apocalyse and the late dinner comes the time of the Ruffts. Who's a good boy? Roll 3d6 for Mental Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Bodily Strength, Bodily Endurance, Bodily Agility, Bodily Comliness, and Zoomies Races Chiuahau 2d6MI, 2d6EI...
  5. David Johansen

    Andy Chambers Interview

    I noticed this elsewhere. Don't have time to watch it right now but want to be able to find it again and thought others might be interested.
  6. David Johansen

    House Clone

    In The House A modern roleplaying system core translated from ancient documents. Characteristics The key capabilities of each character are represented by five traits that are rated on a scale of one to ten. Agility The character's mobility, sense of balance, and Endurance The...
  7. David Johansen

    Story: The King's Dream

    The King’s Dream The king sat on a fair balcony overlooking the broad plains, still scarred by the grim siege overthrown years before. Beyond the great river he could see the wooded hills and brooding mountains that once marked the borders of the enemy’s domain. It was twilight and the sun...
  8. David Johansen

    Open 3d6 Proposal

    Here I go again. I want to talk about the whys before rewriting a variation on the same damn system I keep ending up writing. Objectives Compatibility is a key issue. People need to be able to move stuff rom any source into their own games. As such universality is key. Tight Core Stat...
  9. David Johansen

    Alternate Gaming History

    In 1470 Johanas Guttenburg published the first roleplaying game, Of King's Sons and Witches. The simple and intuitive mechanics involved a series of die rolls and tables to look up bible verses which were used to resolve character actions in a narrative fashion. Characters were rated for...
  10. David Johansen

    Lackadaisy

    If you aren't aware of this. If you haven't seen this. You should.
  11. David Johansen

    Star System Generator

    I've added the current version of my Galaxies In Shadow Star System Generator to my web site. The code's a bit clunky and there's features I'd like to add, but just go to uncouthsavage.com and scroll down. You can generate new maps by clicking refesh. I'd like to eventually link in a random...
  12. David Johansen

    Low Tech Characters In Galaxies In Shadow

    Primitive Characters. The characters, careers, and skills described in the core rules are representative of an advanced society much like those found in the modern world. But it is quite possible and at times necessary to represent or even play characters from primitive societies like those...
  13. David Johansen

    Alternate Fellowship of the Ring

    A thread on therpgsite inspired me to write this up and I thought I'd share it here. Moria could have gone worse and it's possible only a few of the fellowship made it to Lorien and they might not be in any kind of shape to go farther. Alternately, Haldir might have gotten trigger happy. In...
  14. David Johansen

    Triplanetar rpg

    Triplanetary was an early GDW hex and counter game featuring realistic space craft moving realistically in the solar system. It's brilliant in its simplicity. It's also quite similar to Ogre in approach with 1d6 Combat Result tables and most stats fitting on the counters. So, to set the...
  15. David Johansen

    Manly Heroes of the Manly Modern Age

    The eighties were the golden age of the action hero movie. Toy lines and cartoons often imitated or reproduced these in a lighter, less bloody, form. I'm killing some time at work today so here we go. Heroes have stats rated from ten to twenty. The human range is usually from five to fifteen...
  16. David Johansen

    Minimal Fantasy Game

    A Very Simple Fantasy Game This is a game about heroes going on quests, fighting dragons, winning treasures, and rescuing evil sorcerers from the clutches of fair princesses. The game is run by The Master who describes the world, events, and takes on the roles of the foes, strangers, and...
  17. David Johansen

    The War Room

    Okay, so Wizards of the Coast is headed off the cliff but I suspect the inertia of the Dungeons & Dragons brand will see them through the storm. This is going to blow over and their fans will come crawling back and defend the whole thing as right and justified in hindsight. Just like always...
  18. David Johansen

    Taking A Stab At Relabelling

    So, I posted a silly attempt at reinventing common terminology due to the insidious attack on the independant comunity's right to publish. Here I present an honest attempt at new terminology. Bear in mind that the rules are largely there to state the role of the terms rather than to suggest a...
  19. David Johansen

    3d6 Framework

    I've been messing around with a 3d6 roll under system for years and never quite felt right with it. Here's a rough framework for a less and more simple one. Ideally the game would be a short document that could be used by anyone who wants such a system to implement fully compatible materials...
  20. David Johansen

    My Games

    I've often joked that I have a game design habit or addiction. I recently over shared on a thread about something else so I'm moving it here. I think I'll move forward with it and add some links as I get further along putting stuff back up on my website. Old Bones - Formerly Bare Bones but...
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