Day 6 Main Prompt: RPG that is easy to use. 

I am going to mention two games today, both are free to download.

The first is Dan “Delta” Collins’ OED. It uses the Target 20 system which replaces Attack Rolls, Saving Throws, Thief Skills, and more with the following simple formula: d20 + level + modifiers, a result of 20 or more is a success. It is designed for OD&D although you can easily use it with B/X or any number of OSR games. 

You can read more about Target 20 here: http://www.oedgames.com/target20/

You can download OED, which is Dan’s version of OD&D using Target 20 and his house rules which among other things remove clerics, here: http://www.oedgames.com/

The second game I want to mention is Brandon Goeringer’s Pocket Fantasy RPG. It is a simplified OSR system that uses a single d6. Pocket Fantasy RPG was designed as a ruleset suitable for last minute pickup games but it definitely has enough heft for ongoing games as well. The core game is just 4 pages. There are a number of expansions and adventures available as well as a science fiction version. 

You can find Pocket Fantasy RPG here: https://pocketfantasyrpg.wordpress.com/

Day 6 Alternate Prompt: Portal and my roll on the d10 is a 5 which is “Write a Legend or Rumor.”

What is a conspiracy game without the Hollow Earth? The legendary portal in question goes into the hollow earth to a realm of mystery and wonder, dinosaurs and danger! This portal’s location is hidden, on both sides of the portal. Most sources say the portals are at the North and South Poles but what if they were along the equator instead? 

For source material I recommend Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Pellucidar books, and of course the DC Comics featuring Mike Grell’s Travis Morgan, The Warlord. 

That’s all for today, until tomorrow be excellent to each other!

August is #RPGaDay2024 and I am going to posting daily responses to the prompts. You can find more information about #RPGaDAY2024 here: https://www.autocratik.com/2024/07/announcing-rpgaday2024-for-august.html

There are two sets of prompts this year and since I have room to do so on the blog I will answer both. In episode S2E6 of my podcast titled RPGaDAY2024 Panel Discussion I assemble an esteemed panel and we go through the main prompts for the entire month’s so I will try to give different answers here on the blog but may end up repeating myself occasionally.  

On their podcast Mirke the Meek suggested using the alternate prompts to create a setting and that is a great idea so I’m going to steal that. The setting I am going to craft for this month will be a modern, conspiracy style setting. Nominally I think we’ll set it in the 1970’s to avoid the problems cell phones and the internet can cause if player characters have access to them.

Here are the main prompts:

And here are a set of alternative prompts suggested by Skala Wyzwania, look at the day on the left, pick the theme, then roll d10.