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Aniventerie Detective Extroadinaire from Imagination World Since: Apr, 2010
Detective Extroadinaire
#1: Feb 9th 2012 at 11:26:54 AM

Every once in a while someone posts a thread to announce their homebrew project. I think this is just swell, and decided to put up an official thread for the discussion of homebrew/indie systems and rules hacks.

What exactly is this thread for, you ask?

  • General discussion on creating and hacking roleplaying games.
  • Annoucements/Updates on your own projects.
  • Asking for help with projects you have going, or requesting collaborators.

Here's some stuff I've been working on:

  • Unreal Adventures: A mostly-finished indie game focusing on lighthearted adventures in a modern spec-fic mashup setting. Sorry, but no link - I'm planning on self-publishing it (hopefully) and would feel like a douche making people sign NDAs.
  • Risustuck v0.1: A Homestuck Risus hack. Kinda sorta finished, though I probably missed something. Totally unplaytested.
  • Adventure World: Planned future project. Recently a friend asked me if I would run an Adventure Time With Finn And Jake campaign (to which my response was basically "Sure, Why Not?"). After some thought, I've decided to try and hack Apocalypse World to it, because something about it's mechanics just scream Adventure Time to me (I'd definitely have to cut out the bits about boning your teammates, however :V).

Let the rules-wrangling begin!

edited 11th Feb '12 12:25:04 PM by Aniventerie

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Talden Since: May, 2009
#2: Feb 21st 2012 at 9:03:25 AM

I am working on a tabletop RPG myself, based on the MMOG/animated show Wakfu. I could say I officially started it on January, but the truth is it's already in his third version since I started, almost two years ago.

First, I tried to severely alter the generic dK² (a French hack of the d20 system, but much more flexible), but it proved way too much work and retooling to make it work the way I wanted it. So, I decided to make it from scratch, inspired by varying games I liked. That second version proved itself too complex even in the early stages, and when I lost my works in a computer crash, I abandoned it for good.

So now, third version it is. I work hard to make the game as easy to understand as I can. In fact, it became a running joke that, every time I take my dog out for a walk, I come back with a new idea or have simplified a rule previously written! I realized recently how much work it is to think about everything when you make a game from scratch: just yesterday have I figured a way to handle natural healing in a universe where a whole race is dedicated to healing. I also try to put every cool thing I saw in the series, in the comic books... and almost everything possible in the MMOG. I want people to be able to create any character they want (or re-create anything they have seen in Canon) and not shoehorn them into classes and such. Needless to say, I have to simplify and cut corners if I don't want to create another Rolemaster!

The game is still in his early works, but it does roll well in my head. We need to test it more. It's also in French, so unless you guys are interested, no English translation is available. I'd be happy to talk more about it, though!

Aldheim Since: Sep, 2010
#3: Feb 21st 2012 at 10:07:36 AM

The game I'm working on is a LARP called Auteur Theory. The basic premise is that is a game taking place inside the head of a film auteur going through a Creator Breakdown. The GM plays the auteur and the players play characters in the script she is trying to write... But the characters also represent quirks of the creator's subconscious.

The main rules mechanic is that all rolls are basically contests over who has control of the scene. A character does whatever the player says until somebody challenges them, at which point the player has to make a check. But the check just determines who gets to tell the story at that point. The auteur has to play by these rules, too; except in exceptional circumstances (IE, the player is being a total dick and is about to be ejected from the game), the auteur has to win rolls to maintain control of the scene, too.

In practice, it should be a lot like a mixture of Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation and Whose Line Is It Anyway?

edited 21st Feb '12 10:08:05 AM by Aldheim

KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#4: Feb 21st 2012 at 9:11:56 PM

I'm working on building a setting for the Legend Game System. Full details are here, but basically, it was put together by a bunch of dragons/gods who proceeded to go a little bit crazy. I'm trying to avert the idea that every race has exactly one culture or personality type, among other things. And yes, it's VERY inspired by The Elder Scrolls.

Vyctorian ◥▶◀◤ from Domhain Sceal Since: Mar, 2011
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#5: Feb 22nd 2012 at 1:21:56 AM

I love homebrew campaigns, some of the best games I've played have been those.

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Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#6: Feb 22nd 2012 at 8:24:16 AM

I've got a team (when I say "I've got a team" I mean "I started it;" everyone cooperates on an equal basis) building a massive campaign setting. The information isn't arranged very coherently yet- I'll be writing it into a book when finished- but can be found under Domhain Sceal and in the "TV Tropes builds a campaign setting" thread.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#7: Mar 20th 2012 at 7:02:56 PM

I've done several homebrew systems. I worked on one for about five years before having to shitcan it (yay divorce), did a complete rebuild of the Mind's Eye Theater rules for World Of Darkness and have been working on my answer to the D20 system for a couple years now, to name a few.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
ElRigo I'm freezing! Send help! from Baja Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
I'm freezing! Send help!
#8: Apr 4th 2012 at 8:29:25 PM

Hey guys, I am homebrewing monsters for dungeons and dragons right now. It kind of sucks that they dont really have a lot of nasty sea critters to suit my needs. Anyhow, Altered a crocodile to surprise my party and made a shark from scratch, using my intimate knowledge of shark anatomy and tactics.

Vyctorian ◥▶◀◤ from Domhain Sceal Since: Mar, 2011
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#10: Apr 5th 2012 at 3:16:21 AM

Not a roleplaying game per se but I am working on creating my own board/card battle game. Well in part at least the board game part as been around for many years but it's all Public Domain.

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