What is your hidden roleplaying gem on the internet?

[Rated Aargh]

It feels like an age ago when I found a simple site by Jonathan Woodward devoted entirely to converting Godzilla into GURPS. It hasn't been updated in over twenty years but is still online and valuable to those looking to run a decidedly unconventional GURPS game. I consider it a hidden roleplaying gem on the internet.

What sites have you found tucked away in hard-to-find corners of our sprawling virtual space that you consider particularly valuable or interesting?

 

[Simon Hogwood]

Jason Vey's old website, Grey-elf.com, had some really interesting Unisystem hacks on it. Fortunately, the ones that were hosted on-site still appear to work (RIP Serpents & Simians).

 

[Rated Aargh]

He had me at Highlander!

 

[sharps54]

For solo gamers this site is a goldmine of inspiration.

Tabletop Diversions

Wherein Our Hero blathers on about playing with toy soldiers, playing RPGs and related interests for his own edification.

tabletopdiversions.blogspot.com

 

[BlindAudelay]

Dominion Rules - Home

Dominion Rules historical and fantasay roleplaying game system

dominionrules.org

A solid game that has been largely lost to history. Me, Myself & Die did an overview of it not too long ago.

 

[sharps54]

Dominion Rules - Home

Dominion Rules historical and fantasay roleplaying game system

dominionrules.org

A solid game that has been largely lost to history. Me, Myself & Die did an overview of it not too long ago.

Pretty sure James also talked about it on an early season of Sub-Class Act

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I don't think it's that obscure, but Zadmar's Savage Worlds stuff is invaluable if your into Savage Worlds that is.

 

[xanther]

Atomic Highway, not sure how hidden it is but free last checked

 

[Silverlion]

Atomic Highway, not sure how hidden it is but free last checked

Also the Witchcraft RPG.

 

[LikelyArrow]

The Sage Advice Collection: every question and answer from the Sage Advice Column in Dragon Magazine.

 

[Zimzerveran]

Dominion Rules - Home

Dominion Rules historical and fantasay roleplaying game system

dominionrules.org

A solid game that has been largely lost to history. Me, Myself & Die did an overview of it not too long ago.

I've had this game kicking around my hard drive for years and years but couldn't get anyone to bite.

 

[AsenRG]

I've had this game kicking around my hard drive for years and years but couldn't get anyone to bite.

I've had Dominion d12 in softcover for a while now. It's not that I haven't been able to get anyone to bite, it's that I start developing an idea for it, and then decide to switch it to Mythras...

Admittedly, my reasoning is simply that my players are getting used to Mythras by now, and the thought that I'd need to explain them another system simply doesn't appeal.
I am not losing hope, though, some day I shall get to it!

 

[Zimzerveran]

I've had Dominion d12 in softcover for a while now. It's not that I haven't been able to get anyone to bite, it's that I start developing an idea for it, and then decide to switch it to Mythras...

Admittedly, my reasoning is simply that my players are getting used to Mythras by now, and the thought that I'd need to explain them another system simply doesn't appeal.
I am not losing hope, though, some day I shall get to it!

It's hard sometimes to get players as excited about a new system as the GM is. Learning a new system can be a chore, and for a lot of people that's the antithesis of fun.

 

[Dammit Victor]

https://www.aeolia.net/dragondex/ - Online index of Dragon Magazine in the TSR and Paizo eras.
http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/barbarians-of-lemuria - One of my two "go to" systems for "I got a setting but I don't got a system"\
https://sfrpg.com/wp-content/uploads/Street-Fighter-TSG-20th-Anniversary.pdf - All the rules for my favorite roleplaying game.
https://libraryofmetzofitz.fandom.com/wiki/Library_of_Metzofitz - You know d20PFSRD? This is d20PFSRD exclusively for third-party content, mostly Dreamscarred and Legendary stuff.
https://ruleslightrpgs.com/community/viewforum.php?f=9 - This is where the Microlite stuff got moved.

 

[AsenRG]

It's hard sometimes to get players as excited about a new system as the GM is. Learning a new system can be a chore, and for a lot of people that's the antithesis of fun.

Yeah, but in our case it is more like "the GM doesn't see actual advantages to switching over". I'm pretty sure I'd be able to drag my players along if I was seeing such advantages...

 

[Zimzerveran]

Yeah, but in our case it is more like "the GM doesn't see actual advantages to switching over". I'm pretty sure I'd be able to drag my players along if I was seeing such advantages...

Heh. I get it. That would be like someone trying to get me to switch to 5e from something OSR-ish.

 

[Johnny Utah]

For Savage Worlds character building, it’s hard to beat Savaged.us

After spending far too long trying to make customized races and weapons in Hero Lab, Savaged.us was a breath of fresh air. Want to make a Wookiee or stat up a Type-2 Phaser? Piece of cake.

I’m also a sucker for a character sheet that lets me easily use a portrait from my extensive, some would say exorbitant, collection of character portraits.

 

[Zimzerveran]

I'm going to throw in SWN Freebooter for Kevin Crawford's Stars Without Number. Create characters and starships without lifting your eyes off your phone, tablet, or other interwebs-viewing thingamajig.

And for the busy GM, take Sectors Without Number for a spin.

 

[Kobayashi]

one shot adventures, as the name implies, plenty of adventures (and I mean plenty), can't vouch for all of them but there's lots of choice regarding genre or system.

Monophobia, a fear of solitude, three adventures for one player/one keeper.

Cthulhu Reborn, Convicts & Cthulhu and a good number of scenarios.