The files for the vs M Engine SRD by Butch Curry (based on vs. Monsters by Phil Reed) were getting difficult to locate. I managed to find a copy via the Wayback Machine and gathered the original files on Dropbox (linked in the PDF).
This TTRPG system is designed to be easy to learn, easy to play, and easy to adapt!
This system is supposed to be ripped apart and changed for whatever genre, game, or playstyle you have in mind!
Designed for all those Dice Goblins out there, this system allows you to roll a nearly infinite amount of dice!
Want to have a good time by making characters have a bad time? You're in luck! The Bad Time Game System is a d4 based system that results in inevitable failure.
五德 (Wu De) - The Five Powers is a narrative RPG - a Shared Narrative. It is setting agnostic, which means it you can play 五德 - The Five Powers in any setting you choose. Creating your own setting is part of setting up your unique game experience.
This is the System Reference Document for DELVE: A Solo Map Drawing Game by Anna Blackwell.
This document contains the license information for producing and distributing your own DELVE, RISE, and UMBRA content. Content made using this SRD can be referred to as Dwarf Forged or as unofficial expansions.
TIES is an RPG system for creating easy and enjoyable experiences. Inspired by nothing and my love for nothing, I wanted to make an SRD with the simplest dice. The d4.
In a game that shines under a double sun, players control two different characters who often look for balance between the light adventures they play and their personal business.
A versatile and fun minimalist TTRPG system. A form fillable character sheet and accessible versions of both documents to come in due course.
Charge SRD features all the rules of Charge RPG alongside full of insightful designer notes for you to make your own Powered by Charge (PbC) game!
This is just a quick guide on how to make a system reference document for a ttrpg. I made it for the TTRPG Resource Jam hosted by Ken Davidson.
Hope it's helpful.
The Backwater Quickstart Guide & System Reference Document includes character creation rules, essential rules for gameplay, a pre-generated character sheet, and a blank character sheet. It’s 53 pages and includes sketches of original art for the core rulebook.
Want to make a solo-journaling game that feels nostalgic? Or a one person adventure that's got improvisation built into its system? I made FOLDS for both those reasons. Use the playground cootie catcher to explore actions, repercussions, and plot twists that encourage exploration and free interpretation.
A dice system that uses d8s, focuses on rolling doubles and is extremely versatile in its application in both stat and token games. It includes multiple applicable rulesets, but still revolves around the concept of rolling the same number twice. It also includes a prototype game using a Stress Pool that is entirely functional and useable for your friends!
A System Reference Document (SRD) for creating your own tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG). EMERGE8 uses exclusively eight-sided dice, referred to as d8s. Rolling multiple d8s is notated as 2d8, 3d8, 4d8, etc.
DYNASTIES SRD aka the Dynasties TRPG System Reference Document is a Setting-Agnostic TRPG Ruleset created by Ren Aosaka (@casarenau, casarenau.itch.io) tailor-made for Science Fiction, Science-Fantasy, High Fantasy, and/or Low Fantasy campaigns.
Key & Token is a compact shared-world tabletop role-playing game directly descended from games of Belonging Outside Belonging and the No Dice, No Masters engine, both of which were first introduced in the book Dream Askew / Dream Apart by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum.
Diversified is an agnostic 3d6 system for TTRPGs that encourages a balance of powers, magic, or any other special ability that might be easy to knock off balance in a game. Players get some flexibility in how well they use their special ability, but will have to consider how quickly they burn through their chances to use them.
THIS IS A GUIDE to making solo role-playing games that use tarot cards, based on Princess with a Cursed Sword. Princess Sword games are mindful, compact games with simple mechanics that change based on what tarot deck they're played with.
Princess with a Cursed SRD (System Resource Document) is a one-page (double-sided) explanation of the design behind each element of a Princess Sword game - why it's there, what it's for, what it does.
Fantasy EMERGE is a version of my EMERGE8 SRD tuned specifically for fantasy roleplaying games.
This is the RUNE Creator Kit. It is a long document that outlines how to create all the things you might want to for RUNE. You'll find advice for creating realms, weapons, enemies, and everything in between.
This the SRD open Licensed for MiniBX, Hack it, create content and let me know if you need any resource.
A disruption, subversion or even a profanity against D&D B/X.
This is an attempt to make this game our own. More than a minimalistic hack, this is a new rule set, with insights and new, fast, quick, and easy to run combat and spell rules.
It seems important to mention that Minibx already has a hack by Guax (BX Kids) and its draft inspired the rule set that Tiago used in NUMA.
BInAS is a System Reference Document used as the basis for Pivotal Destinies.
It is a d12-based system built around pairs of attributes between which the player chooses a balancing or pivot point at which the two meet.
The system is inspired by a variety of sources and intentions. It draws on concepts related to the yin-yang dichotomy and mutual co-existence, and personality tests like the Five Factor Model and the Kiersey Temperament Sorter.
The SRD is licensed under CC BY 4.0 terms.
Journey was created from the framework of Beneath the Wishing Tree, my first solo tarot game. It is designed for creating introspective games where players proceed through a quest by drawing tarot cards and making choices and draws on symbolic folklore, including the hero's journey monomyth and the traditional tarot fool's journey. Whether you're a tarot pro looking to write your first game, an experienced writer looking to bring a mystical feel to your game, or a total beginner wanting to tell a new story, Journey will walk you through each step of creating your own tarot-based solo game!
A.W.E. - Any World Engine is a rules-lite RPG game that fits on just 4 cards (+ your character card). Create your Archetypical character in 5 minutes and start playing. It is an excellent choice for those looking for a casual game with noobies. You only need 2 six-sided dice, a pen, and a printout of this game. Includes a table-etiquette card for those who wish to ensure safety and set expectations, as well as the Ref's card with instructions as to how to basically wing your first adventure. Feedback welcome! Happy gaming :-)! JP
DNGN FKRS is a tabletop dice game. It features:
This ruleset was designed for you to play your fantasy adventures while blatantly ignoring every number that might have come with their systems. You can combine bits and pieces of all the games you like and not worry about restrictions, balance, mechanics (or logic).
You will need a single d20 to play and a copy of the character sheet. A single roll solves all kinds of conflicts you may encounter in the adventure. You can even play it solo if you want to.
The Total//Effect SRD is a set of rules, procedures, design thoughts, options, subsystems, worked examples, and ramblings surrounding a novel rules engine. You can also view it on my site: https://binarystar.games/docs/total-effect/
The Hopes & Dreams SRD is a creation toolkit that helps you design a game where every mechanic serves the narrative in a quick, and efficient way. This goal focused system puts player characters against what they dread the most in every single roll.
Based on Hopes & Dreams, you will find here everything from rules, to design guidelines, to help you make your own game Ignited by Hopes & Dreams.
This system reference document is for creating your own games using the rules and mechanics that power Banda’s Grove: The Quantum Convergence of Campgrounds. A system designed for discovering and exploring communities collaboratively.
Glyfi is a system that can be used to support a tabletop RPG adventure or be used for making other games! It is a system reference document, or SRD, that can be used to play a game as-is or can be used to build into other games and variations.
