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<blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 9676720" data-attributes="member: 85870">I think Tiny D6 is about as minimalist as I'm willing to go, rules wise, to try a **serious take on roleplaying. It's maybe .... 18 pages total, for all of the rules, plus all of the available racial abilities?**Serious as in, I'd attempt to create a somewhat cohesive play continuity / shared fictional space meant to last more than 3 or 4 sessions. Not serious as in, &quot;Everyone must engage in ultimate character-driven and verisimilitudinous sensibilities or be banished.&quot; Like, beyond a certain point of minimalism, you're just substituting genre convention / &quot;assumed imaginary space associations&quot; for rules anyway, plus whatever narrative conceits you're bringing to the table as GM. Although, I have to admit, the Bears-n-Honey one-page game that's been floating around for a few years sounded pretty funny. And that Disco-dancers whatchamacallit one-pager that [USER=7023840]@Snarf Zagyg[/USER] threw out in one of the Iron DM competitions a couple years ago sounded pretty funny too. But neither of those I don't think would really be sustainable beyond even 3 sessions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="innerdude, post: 9676720, member: 85870"] I think [I]Tiny D6[/I] is about as minimalist as I'm willing to go, rules wise, to try a **serious take on roleplaying. It's maybe .... 18 pages total, for all of the rules, plus all of the available racial abilities? [SIZE=2]**Serious as in, I'd attempt to create a somewhat cohesive play continuity / shared fictional space meant to last more than 3 or 4 sessions. Not serious as in, "Everyone must engage in ultimate character-driven and verisimilitudinous sensibilities or be banished."[/SIZE][SIZE=1] [/SIZE] Like, beyond a certain point of minimalism, you're just substituting genre convention / "assumed imaginary space associations" for rules anyway, plus whatever narrative conceits you're bringing to the table as GM. Although, I have to admit, the Bears-n-Honey one-page game that's been floating around for a few years sounded pretty funny. And that Disco-dancers whatchamacallit one-pager that [USER=7023840]@Snarf Zagyg[/USER] threw out in one of the Iron DM competitions a couple years ago sounded pretty funny too. But neither of those I don't think would really be sustainable beyond even 3 sessions. [/QUOTE]

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