* Take the historical Golden Age of Sail and twist it. The world has fallen under a Taint, and it slowly changes it for the stranger.

INFLUENCES: Burning Wheel, Poison’d, The Shadow of Yesterday, Lady Blackbird

LIFEPATHS?
This game needs BW lifepaths but simplified.

• You choose a rough age, which determines how many lifepaths you may choose, ( Read more... )

I designed a game in my sleep last night. In the dream, it was called "Jack Roberts' Dark Age of Sail," but that's nonsense when you wake up because it sounds like it was created by a guy named Jack Roberts, so I'm calling it "The Dread Age of Sail ( Read more... )

The Reader, Root Doctor, and Yegg are now up. The Reader is a psychic with psychic powers. The Root Doctor is a mash-up of folk magic stuff. The Yegg is a master thief.

I'm not happy with the Root Doctor's poppet skill. I don't really like the effect, and thus I don't really like having it in there at all. But I gotta think about audience a little, ( Read more... )

More MADCorp employee handbooks: the Changer, Helter-Skelter, and Gloomdoll.

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Okay, I said I was going to do this once a week, but I got too excited. So sue me. Now We get the Shootist, Tank, and Cooler.

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The MADCorp employee handbooks continue with the Hardcase, Junk Knight, and Maddog, three more fighty classes.

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Hey, for those of you who are interested in the whole MADCorp employee handbooks thing, I've got an exercise for you:

If you played a [insert class name here], what would you name him/her?
Of the options provided for starting equipment, what would you choose and why? (Feel free to ask any system questions that make it easier to choose.)

I've been working on the Employee Handbooks for MADCorp: the game of corporate dungeoncrawling horror. These are pamphlets handed out to the players that explain the powers and special rules pertaining to their character's class. They're kinda fun, so I'd like to share the first batch, the Bruiser, Carver, and Crasher. All three of these are ( Read more... )

from the work-in-progress Hex Rangers playtest document

( from the work-in-progress Hex Rangers playtest document )

COFFEE & CIGARETTES LIVE ACTION ROLEPLAY
inspired by the film by Jim Jarmusch

This game is for two players and a director.

Each player chooses a famous person to portray. A musician, actor, artist, writer, etc. They are meeting somewhere for some purpose. Coffee (and/or tea, if the characters are English) and cigarettes will be involved.

Players: ( Read more... )