January 2010
14 posts
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Risoogle →
A Risus slice of Google searching.
Jan 25th
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8 Rules for the Risus GM*
It’s OK To Say Yes There aren’t a whole lot of rules to Risus, and it’s never any fun to argue about what few rules there are. Just let your players try anything and adjust the target number accordingly. Go With the Flow Risus encourages your players to try anything. Go ahead and let them. Everyone will have more fun. Not Everything Needs to Be Resolved With Combat If the...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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GMToolKit
If you happen to have an iPhone (or the more reasonably priced iPod touch), you might want to check out GMToolKit. It does some pretty nifty stuff. Of course, it has a build in dice roller, simply click on the die type you want to roll and you’ll see your result (no nifty animation or noises, but it does the job for random number generation). It also lets you roll multiple dice (you can...
Jan 15th
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Risus Monkey: On Artifacts and Gadgets →
This should be required reading for those interested in magical or otherwise special gear.
Jan 13th
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Know of a good online gaming place?
I received an email from a new Risus fan who was looking for an online game to join.  I directed him to Risusiverse (as there are some links there), but I thought I’d put a post here asking if anyone knows of an online Risus game that he might join.
Jan 11th
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Check out the cover page of my Old...
Folks, I just finished the rules. Currently, I’m typesetting them… and the cover page is already good to go. Check it out here: http://rettungswurf.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/old-school-dd-mit-risus-teil-10/ Comments and questions are very welcome!
Jan 10th
Risus and Healing
I’ve been thinking a lot about some recent posts on the RisusTalk Yahoo! mailing list.  A good number of responders have phrased the question of healing cliches in games and whether or not they can restore lost dice.  Most of them seem to use a TN-based mechanic.  But I’m thinking that such arcane powers are more of combat roll than a single-action roll.  That is, the character in...
Jan 8th
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xwdishere asked: Which SID (Commodore 64) tunes are most appropriate to play during a game of Risus? The cliched answer would be Rob Hubbard, David Whittaker, or Jeroen Tel. But what about people like Agemixer, PRI, or Blues Muz? And Goto80? Should I be playing the stuff everyone thinks of when they hear SID, or should I go for the really good stuff nobody's familiar with?
Or should I have asked the...
Jan 8th
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Spawn Inspired Mechanic Idea
It’s been a very long time since I’ve checked out a Spawn comic, but the basic premise behind it was a guy made a deal with the devil for power, but each time he used the power, it would bring him closer to the end.  I thought that this would make an interesting premise for roleplaying. This could work for any sort of supernatural ability (magic, super powers, psionics,...
Jan 7th
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Announcement: Now Answering Risus Questions
Tumblr has added a new feature to the system which allows readers to ask questions. I’ve turned in on for Risus: TOTM, so feel free to ask us your Risus Question. We’ll do our best to answer the question as well as a fan of the game can.
Jan 7th
Risus OD&D: A German retro roleplayer gives it a...
Hi folks, I’d like to let y’all know that I’m currently working on my own Dungeonautica/Adventures in Risusland/Dungeonmaster-inspired retro-D&D Risus clone. It’ll be, as far as I know, the first complete Old School-Risus supplement in German. I’m also planning to typeset this baby, so it has that special retro-style look. Here’s the link to my blog:...
Jan 6th
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guy-wires →
A nice blog by Guy Hoyle (Mr. RisusTalk mailing list guy).  The blog is devoted to RPG Settings and Scenarios (may or may not be Risus specific).
Jan 5th
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Sad State of Risus Online
Out of curiosity, I thought I’d see how many of the links from risus.cumberlandgames.com were still live (especially after the fiasco with GeoCities closing).  35 of the links from the page are no longer working (at least according to the W3C Link Checker). I used the W3C Link Checker for the external links sections at Risusiverse and cleaned those up (although all I did was remove the...
Jan 4th