MyRPG Ep.4 - RPG Systems Beyond D&D

In this episode we talk about something other than Dungeons & Dragons! My friend Dan Wallace brings German sensibility and sophistication to the podcast while educating us on alternate systems!

 

Dan Wallace

Twitter: @evildanwallace

 

The Dark Eye:
http://www.ulisses-us.com/games/the-dark-eye/ …

Splittermond:
https://rpggeek.com/rpg/22683/splittermond …

World of Darkness (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, ...):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Darkness …

GURPS (including a free downloadable "light" version for testing the system):
http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/

And a free character generation program because GURPS is complex and we are not cave people:
http://gurpscharactersheet.com/

Cyberpunk (Genre):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk

Shadowrun:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun

Cyberpunk 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020 …

Risus (almost as "rules light" as it gets):
http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm

the forge:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/about/

RPG Theory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game_theory …

Improv theatre:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisational_theatre …

Grant Howitt (the guy that makes Dan scream "shut up and take my money" all the time):
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gshowitt
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt (gives you a one-page RPG every month... really)

Goblin Quest:
https://gshowitt.itch.io/goblin-quest

Unbound:
http://unboundrpg.com/

Paranoia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game) …

Germany:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany

 

Intro Music "Lumbering" by Matthew Christ - https://soundcloud.com/matthewrchrist

"I Can Feel It Coming" by Kevin MacLeod - http://incompetech.com/

Graphics by JP Rakath