Made sure that the update me if this file is updated feature worked this time (jic they update the quickstart again) and also grabbed the free Uncounted Worlds #1 fanzine.

7 adventures each 2-3 pages with a small map and 4 pregenerated characters.

• 1st adventure is a 3 Musketeers romp. Pregens are swashbuckler (D’Artagnan), thief, musketeer and grenadier
  
• 2nd a scifi crashlanding on a colony planet make it back to the base trek. Bear like alien colonist, human pilot, human scientist and a native alien guide
  
• 3rd is a fantasy lost temple dungeoncrawl. Dwarf warrior, human wizard, halfling thief, elf hunter.
  
• 4th is a get the princess, escape across the docking bay and flee the starport Star Wars Escape from the Death Star clone. Complete with bridge controls, Dark Legion Troopers and blast shields. Cheeky spacer, hairy alien mercenary, plucky princess and trainee interglactic knight.
  
• 5th is a modern day bank heist. Robber boss, muscle / driver, police officer and other police officer. Best for 2 players or pitting PC cops vs. PC robbers.
  
• 6th is WWII Normandy, attacking a farm house. Sarge, corporal, scout and medic. Saving Private Ryan BRP style.
  
• 7th is a Gamma World or RIFTS type quest. Searching for healing supplies in a tower of the Ancients. Wolf mutant warrior, near human psychic, pure human scholar, near human mutant hunter.

I was rather surprised at the number, range and versatility of adventures in what's a free quickstart pdf. Yes these are barebones cliched stock situations and characters (though with some flair and cheek). I think that's the point, get playing right away with easy to grasp and easily expanded upon adventures while your group is learning the rules.

Finishes with an allosaurus and lion. Don't have the previous edition but these may just be teasers tacked on to fill up a page.

Are these new to the quickstart or excerpts from BRP core?

The fanzine is 52 pages with a good variety of use out of the box stuff for GMs (including lifepaths for BRP) and should be very useful esp. for free. I'd consider buying it if it became like Fight On! Knockspell or the like.

Quote from: The_Shadow;297049The new quickstart looks fantastic with a half-dozen mini-adventures in different genres. This would have blown my mind if someone had handed it to me as a 15-year old newbie. Hope it brings the word of BRP to a lot more folks!

Yes, this is worlds better than the slim BRP booklet Chaosium sold a few years ago. It's like bundling up 6+ Savage Worlds One Sheets complete with a map each along with the quickstart. More goodness like this please!

Now if Chaosium would only put out a Fantasy ( i.e Non Gloranthan) supplement  For BRP that would be most divine.

Quote from: mrk;297083Now if Chaosium would only put out a Fantasy ( i.e Non Gloranthan) supplement  For BRP that would be most divine.

Over the years, the BRP engine has driven Stormbringer, Hawkmoon, Elf Quest and Fantasy World in Worlds of Wonder. All these are non-Gloranthan Fantasy games using the BRP engine.

There's also the Ashes To Ashes monograph... new for BRP... Dark Fantasy. I haven't read it though so can't make any testimonials...

I would just like to let you guys know that thanks to the quick start im now a brp convert.  The system is pretty frickin awesome from what ive seen so far and now i cant wait to grab a copy of the full rules next week when i visit Fanboy3 in manchester(they usually have most rpg's in stock so im hopefull they will have a copy in), thanks for the links guys.

Quote from: Broken-Serenity;297216I would just like to let you guys know that thanks to the quick start im now a brp convert.  The system is pretty frickin awesome from what ive seen so far and now i cant wait to grab a copy of the full rules next week when i visit Fanboy3 in manchester(they usually have most rpg's in stock so im hopefull they will have a copy in), thanks for the links guys.

Right on!:D  Good for you.  BRP brought me many years of enjoyment, from RuneQuest III to Elfquest, and many other Chaosium games.  It is one of the most elegant, simple, and robust system out there, IMHO.

Quote from: enelson;297093Over the years, the BRP engine has driven Stormbringer, Hawkmoon, Elf Quest and Fantasy World in Worlds of Wonder. All these are non-Gloranthan Fantasy games using the BRP engine.

I'm talking about something much more modular and  that's not entirely based on someone else's world. This is one   of the many reasons why D&D is so vastly popular as the  core rules ( Players, DM and Monster Guide) gives you all you need to run yoru own home brew campaign without ever looking at Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk or any other 3rd party game world. that's not even counting  stuff like the Complete fighter or the complete Magic User. Worlds of Wonder was maybe the closest of all of Chaosiums supplements of doing  just that, but it was  not close enough and the fact that it's been out of print for over 20 years isn't helping at all.

Stormbringer, Hawkmoon ,Pendragon are all great ( I'll pass on Elf Quest thank you) but if you don't  want to run  any of those settings, your kinda screwed :mad:

Quote from: mrk;297259I'm talking about something much more modular and  that's not entirely based on someone else's world. that's one  of the many reasons why D&D is so vastly popular is with things like the Players and DM's guide ,they gives you enough leeway to run you own home brew campaign withou the need of making it a Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk campaign. Worlds of Wonder was maybe the closest of all of Chaosiums supplements of doing that, but it was  not close enough an the fact that it's been out of print for over 20 years doesn't make it any easier.

yeah, I hear what you are saying.  They really should have expanded the fantasy book of Worlds of Wonder into a generic fantasy game; i.e. something other than semi-historical fantasy Europe for RQ3, and Glorantha for RQ2.

Quote from: Drohem;296900The BRP Quickstart rules have been updated to 48-pages with a sample adventure.  
Updated BRP Quickstart Rules

If you want to download it without registering with Chaosium, go here:
BRP Central downloads - BRP QuickStart

(It's available there with Chaosium's permission, I asked their guy Dustin Wright myself).