June 2011
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The King's Tomb →
Snikle doesn’t post here any longer (he got all fancy with Wordpress), but he is still putting out quality stuff. Check out The King’s Tomb for a cool adventure.
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House of Risus Yahoo! Group →
A specialized list for people who want to tinker with Risus and make it there own.
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Castaways
One of the more fun bit of imaginings I have done is posted over at Risusiverse under the Castaways section. I thought it would be fun to come up with characters inspired from Gilligan’s Island (only instead, it was Conrad Mulligan’s Island). Conrad isn’t much more than a pure Gilligan rip off. The rest of the cast has some interesting twists:
Skipper / Captain Bill Howdy - a...
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Retro RPG: A role playing paradox →
retrorpg:
Games that have rules that focus on combat (and similar mechanics) often have a greater potential for role playing than games with more diverse rules.
The reason for this is simple: when you don’t have a rule for something in a game, you tend to role play it. When you do have a rule, even a…
I kind of agree here….games that try to make up rules for everything really tend...
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engine of thwaak →
If you would like to see some really nice Risus world books (fully formed in 8 pages), check out the engine of thwaak. The creator has also released his first adventure for the Axe, Hammer, & Rune setting (so if you have an interest in playing dwarves taking vengeance on goblins, check those out).
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Want to be Social?
For a 6 page free system, Risus has a ton of community support. Don’t believe me? Here’s a partial list:
RisusTalk - Fan based email list
Risus - official Risus mailing list
Risusiverse - fan run wiki
Risus on Facebook - everything else seems to be on Facebook, why not Risus?
Risus RPG Fan Forum - why not a message board too
I’m sure there are a lot more. Not bad for a...
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