Name Some Swashbuckling RPG's That Are NOT 7th Sea

[Balesir]

En Garde - old but rules light, structured and great fun played by post. Look also for Dangerous Liaisons, the "lady characters" informal expansion.

 

[WayneLigon]

[*]All For One: Regime Diabolique - Triple Ace Games. Setting book for Savage Worlds. Haven't actually looked at it.

All For One is available both for the Ubiquity system and SW -- Anyone care to compare the two, as to which implements the source material better?

[*]Fate Core - take some care, and it can be done unmodified. I'm not aware of a swashbuckling setting book for it.[/list]

There's actually a blow-by-blow example in the Toolkit, I think, of using FATE Core for swashbuckling combat. I still have quite a difficult time wrapping my head around how that's supposed to work.

 

[MARCVS AVRELIVS]

Just to add, one of the cooler features of Lace & Steel is that social dialogue is treated like combat as involved as any sword duel.

 

[aramis erak]

All For One is available both for the Ubiquity system and SW -- Anyone care to compare the two, as to which implements the source material better?



There's actually a blow-by-blow example in the Toolkit, I think, of using FATE Core for swashbuckling combat. I still have quite a difficult time wrapping my head around how that's supposed to work.

Essentially, swashbuckling combat is comprised of 5 basic activities:

• stabbing with a sharp nasty pointy thing (attack)
• shooting with some weapon (Attack, may be ranged)
• using terrain features for defense (create a defense aspect)
• making snarky remarks to throw the opponent off (either create an offensive asset, or do social damage, or create a scene asset, as appropriate.)
• Using terrain to make attacks (either by swinging on something or dropping something from heights. (use a scene asset to make an attack)

So...
to borrow some dialogue, with rules in {}
The scene -
Scene asset: rocky terrain
Scene asset: dust amidst the rocks
Inigo Montoya: You are using Bonetti’s Defense against me, ah?
{Create scene aspect: MIB's defense known}
Man in Black: I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain.
{invoking scene asset "Rocky terrain" in resistance}
Inigo: Naturally, you must suspect me to attack with Capa Ferro?
{He succeeded; MIB declared a similar action, but has failed}
Man in Black: Naturally, but I find that Thibault cancels out Capa Ferro. Don’t you?
{inigo declared he's creating an offensive stance based asset, "Weak vs Capo Ferro", which MIB is declaring a resistance}
Inigo: Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa… which I have.
{Inigo has succeeded at beating the defense}

So, situation:
Going in, Inigo has a free tag on "MiB's defense known" and on "MIB Weak vs Capo Ferro", but if someone else were to join in, MIB could be tagged for a fate point with each of these.

 

[Blue]

Found this thread looking up some to recommend, and I'm going to necro it from 9 years ago to add some new choices in case others come across it as well.

• Honor+Intrigue - Barbarians of Lemuria engine. Fast, fluid and light. Highly recommended.
• 7th Sea (2nd ed) is one of the best well known, but some don't like the dice mechanic.
• Flashing Blades - very 3 Musketeers, set in the real world.
• Pirates of the Spanish Main - Savage Worlds based.
• 50 Fathoms - a different Savage Worlds one.
• Buccaneer: Through Hell and High Water - More Savage Worlds, with dark magic/voodoo
• Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies - Airships! PDQ system.
• Rapscallion - from Magpie who does a lot of good stuff
• Crossed Swords
• Fantasy Craft - D&D 3.5
• Thirsty Sword Lesbians - yes, the name, and yes, there's a mechanical support around relationships. But it's actually a good PbtA game.
• Fragged Seas

 

[Fenris-77]

Swords of the Serpentine.