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Any such thing, as a Simple Generic RPG?

Started by Man at Arms, November 15, 2024, 11:33:00 PM

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Man at Arms

November 15, 2024, 11:33:00 PM
Are Simple and Generic, capable of describing one RPG?

HappyDaze

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November 15, 2024, 11:35:56 PM
WEG's D6 system probably qualifies.

kosmos1214

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November 15, 2024, 11:55:05 PM
Well right off the top of my head OVA applys the whole game us muti d6 beat dc or aposed roll and comes in at 128 pages thats pretty lite all in all.

S'mon

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November 16, 2024, 04:27:03 AM Last Edit: November 16, 2024, 04:30:09 AM by S'mon
Mini Six Bare Bones Edition, simplified version of WEG D6, and it's very good.  I keep a half dozen print copies to give out to people! No game is truly generic, but Mini Six covers a broad range of pulp action/adventure gaming, including a bunch of sample settings in the book, and there are a lot of setting-specific variants like Breachworld on Drivethru, some also very good. You can do pretty well any pulpy/cinematic setting with it; I used it for Primeval Thule swords & sorcery.
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Plotinus

#5
November 16, 2024, 07:20:46 AM
There's like a million of them?

Dropbear

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November 16, 2024, 08:50:58 AM
Quote from: Man at Arms on November 15, 2024, 11:33:00 PMAre Simple and Generic, capable of describing one RPG?

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Exploderwizard

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November 16, 2024, 09:12:42 AM
TWERPS is about as simple as it gets.
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#8
November 16, 2024, 09:42:37 AM
Yes: TWERPS.

(EDIT: Sorry; I posted before noticing Exploder Wizard's reply above.)

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#9
November 16, 2024, 10:14:11 AM
"Meh."

ForgottenF

#10
November 16, 2024, 11:51:16 AM
How simple and how generic? There are lots of general systems which theoretically could be used to homebrew any setting or genre. If you mean a self-contained RPG book/product purporting to run any setting/genre with just the material in that book, that narrows things down a bit, but there's still quite a few. They tend not to be simple, though. That's probably inevitable, since the more genres you try to encapsulate, the more options you need to put in.
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tenbones

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November 16, 2024, 01:06:47 PM
Quote from: Man at Arms on November 15, 2024, 11:33:00 PMAre Simple and Generic, capable of describing one RPG?

Savage Worlds Corerules are literally that.

RNGm

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November 16, 2024, 02:40:11 PM
Quote from: tenbones on November 16, 2024, 01:06:47 PM
Quote from: Man at Arms on November 15, 2024, 11:33:00 PMAre Simple and Generic, capable of describing one RPG?

Savage Worlds Corerules are literally that.

Agreed.   I was just going to suggest Savage Worlds.  I don't think it does any particular genre very well of the ones I tried (fantasy including Pathfinder and scifi including Rifts) but it's simple and generic enough to fit the OP's request.

Tod13

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November 16, 2024, 04:22:24 PM
I adore Stellagama's Quantum systems. 2d6 with quick character setup and simple rules.

Koltar

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November 16, 2024, 09:25:20 PM
GURPS - I thought was the best basic RPG, I kind of still do.
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