Minimus: The One Page Roleplaying Game - digg this
I used to play RPG's and I ran across this one on Blogunder Schlock the blog for the Schlock Mercenary webcomic.
Ken Burnside of Ad Adstra Games emailed me yesterday to show me this creation of his. It is brilliant in its brevity. It is a table-top RPG whose rule set fits entirely on one page — and that includes a sample character sheet that will fit on an index card (pictured to the right - click to enlarge.) Here’s a snippet, the first two paragraphs on creating your character:Write down five things about the character you want to play. Pass the paper to the person on your left; that person takes your five things and makes 7 skills out of it. Pass the character sheet one more place to the left. Everyone takes a look at the five things defined, the seven skills, and defines two positive special abilities, which are adjectives that end in exclamation points, like Tough!, Smart!, Fast!, Keen Eyed! or Detective!
DL the pdf here. All they ask for if you use it is a two dollar donation.
Read it. The simplicity is very cool.
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I am forbidden from downloading the PDF by my work filters, so I can't read the rules myself. But I have to admit that I love complexity and structure in my games, so I probably wouldn't enjoy that one very much. I'll check it out when I get home, though.
In RPGs though rules can often get in the way. This would be an interesting social experiment if nothing else since to begin with others determine your skills/powers.
Did you get my email?
I think this would be a good blog/email game to play. Good for long distance and where some people could have a day/night to think about their responses, like the forum games of old (read: Coldstone).
I would love to do that and may just give that some deep thought. Doing it on a MB was a little easier, but the same format may work on a blog.