Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
What rules light fantasy system would you recommend for 'winging it'?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Technomancer" data-source="post: 4206386" data-attributes="member: 39901"><p>It depends on what you mean by this. What kind of things are you worried that you might have to "build"?</p><p></p><p>For my recommendations, <strong>D6 Fantasy</strong> from West End Games is pretty rules-lite. It plays fast, and you can be up and running with characters created in about as much time as it's taking me to write this post. The only downside is the magic system. You build your own spells, a process which is pretty cumbersome. There are about 30 premade spells in the book, and dozens of others available in other D6 books. Plus there are alternate supernatural power systems in other books that are easier (Psionics in D6 Adventure, Metaphysics in D6 Space).</p><p></p><p>For something a little more tactical, <strong>Legends of the Ancient World</strong> (a streamlined clone of The Fantasy Trip, which was the forerunner of GURPS) from Dark City Games is good. It assumes the use of miniatures or at least a hex map, but I've run it pbp without and it went just fine. It's a free 7 page download from the Dark City Games website. It has a sizeable spell list, but is lacking in a bestiary, though stats for several monsters can be pulled from the summoning spell descriptions.</p><p></p><p>Finally, <strong>Broadsword</strong> from Deep 7 is meant to be picked up and played on the spot. It is part of their 1 pg game line-up (it's not actually one page, the download is 16 pages I think, but the core rules common to all 1 pg games do fit on one page). It's available for download for about $4. There is also a supplement, World of Broadsword, with a gazetteer and bestiary. You have to construct your own spells in this as well, but it is a very simple process, takes about 5 seconds to construct a spell.</p><p></p><p>Broadsword is probably your best bet.</p><p></p><p>Here's a review: <a href="http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13301.phtml" target="_blank">http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13301.phtml</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Technomancer, post: 4206386, member: 39901"] It depends on what you mean by this. What kind of things are you worried that you might have to "build"? For my recommendations, [B]D6 Fantasy[/B] from West End Games is pretty rules-lite. It plays fast, and you can be up and running with characters created in about as much time as it's taking me to write this post. The only downside is the magic system. You build your own spells, a process which is pretty cumbersome. There are about 30 premade spells in the book, and dozens of others available in other D6 books. Plus there are alternate supernatural power systems in other books that are easier (Psionics in D6 Adventure, Metaphysics in D6 Space). For something a little more tactical, [B]Legends of the Ancient World[/B] (a streamlined clone of The Fantasy Trip, which was the forerunner of GURPS) from Dark City Games is good. It assumes the use of miniatures or at least a hex map, but I've run it pbp without and it went just fine. It's a free 7 page download from the Dark City Games website. It has a sizeable spell list, but is lacking in a bestiary, though stats for several monsters can be pulled from the summoning spell descriptions. Finally, [B]Broadsword[/B] from Deep 7 is meant to be picked up and played on the spot. It is part of their 1 pg game line-up (it's not actually one page, the download is 16 pages I think, but the core rules common to all 1 pg games do fit on one page). It's available for download for about $4. There is also a supplement, World of Broadsword, with a gazetteer and bestiary. You have to construct your own spells in this as well, but it is a very simple process, takes about 5 seconds to construct a spell. Broadsword is probably your best bet. Here's a review: [url]http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13301.phtml[/url] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
What rules light fantasy system would you recommend for 'winging it'?
Top