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microlite20 index site?

Started by Tod13, September 22, 2015, 05:06:01 PM

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Tod13

September 22, 2015, 05:06:01 PM
Is there a site or a list or something that describes microlite20 variants? m20 isn't very newbie friendly in this regard.

I'm looking for details like:

   more-skills/standard m20 skills/no skills
random versus point buy creation
sci-fi, fantasy, modern
type of magic/power system
contains vehicle creation rules

That sort of stuff.

Thanks!

Ronin

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September 22, 2015, 08:31:25 PM
http://www.retroroleplaying.com/content/microlite20-rpg-collection
Scroll to the bottom for the three links
Its pretty much everything there is
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Tod13

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September 23, 2015, 08:00:44 AM
Ronin, thanks for the suggestion. :) I'd found that. What I'm really after is summary descriptions--something that doesn't involve reading through 1200+ pages to find which variants I might want. It's looking like it doesn't exist.

RandallS

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September 23, 2015, 08:38:13 AM
Quote from: Tod13;857215I'm looking for details like:

   more-skills/standard m20 skills/no skills
random versus point buy creation
sci-fi, fantasy, modern
type of magic/power system
contains vehicle creation rules

You can get some of that info from the file descriptions in the download area of microlite20.org. However, the detail level depends on what author of the rules set wrote. None list everything you are interested in.
Randall
Rules Light RPGs: Home of Microlite20 and Other Rules-Lite Tabletop RPGs

Tod13

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September 23, 2015, 09:49:40 AM
Quote from: RandallS;857287You can get some of that info from the file descriptions in the download area of microlite20.org. However, the detail level depends on what author of the rules set wrote. None list everything you are interested in.

Yea--I noticed that too. :o The worst ones for me are the ones that assume I know something about the dates and versions of D&D and what they mean. :confused: I played several versions of the original D&D when they first came up, but that was a long time ago.

Maybe I'll write something up if I decide to use microlite20 for my campaigns. But I'm finishing a chargen program for BareBones Fantasy and I think any m20 person will forgive me for concentrating on work, which is as a software developer at a cancer research center. ;)

RandallS

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September 23, 2015, 02:46:34 PM
Quote from: Tod13;857294Yea--I noticed that too. :o The worst ones for me are the ones that assume I know something about the dates and versions of D&D and what they mean. :confused: I played several versions of the original D&D when they first came up, but that was a long time ago.

Unfortunately, due to the requirements of the OGL to not use names of other games, references like these are needed as naming the specific games directly would be an OGL violation. Here's when core books of various editions of D&D were published:

* OD&D (0e) 1974
* OD&D Supplements 1975-1976
* Holmes Basic 1977
* AD&D (1e) 1977-1979 (usually listed as 1978 as that's when the Player's Handbook came out)
* Basic/Expert (Moldvay/Cook, B/X) 1981
* BECMI 1983 (Companion 1984, Masters 1985, Immortals 1986)
* AD&D (2e) 1989
* Rules Cyclopedia (RC) 1991
* AD&D (2e revised) 1995
* D&D 3.0 2000
* D&D 3.5 2003
* D&D 4e 2008
* D&D 4e Essentials 2010
* D&D 5e 2014
Randall
Rules Light RPGs: Home of Microlite20 and Other Rules-Lite Tabletop RPGs
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