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Free pen-and-paper roleplaying games designed to be used in a variety of gaming genres.

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Resources in This Category

• 3Muse D6 RPG System

  http://3muse.tripod.com/
  Free multigenere RPG system. Currently has fantasy and SuperHeroe rules.

• Alpha-Zulu Games

  http://www.alphazulugames.com/
  Contains to free games: Alternacy, featuring character-driven skill development; and Mnemonic, a minimal rules, memorizable system designed for portability.

• Cyno's Roleplay

  http://www.cynorpg.com/Cyno's%20Role-Play/
  A universal RPG by Chieh Cheng. Approx. 33 pages HTML rules, plus four 10-15 page genre books (fantasy, modern, near-future).

• Draft RPG

  http://www.ekkaia.org/rpg/draft/
  A small set of rules suitable for running campaigns of independent backgrounds. Open content license, downloadable in PDF format.

• EGO-Endless Gaming Options

  http://red-irish.itgo.com/Games.html
  A simple, universal system, with a stable core rule, a complete foundation, and plenty of room for modifications. Free to all.

• Epitome

  http://rpg.ekkaia.org/page/Epitome
  Freeform organic diceless system that puts system mechanics in the hands of the users.

• Ex Mortis V 1.0 BRPS

  http://www.angelfire.com/games3/exmortis/
  Ex Mortis base role playing system. Free to the public. Fully functional RPG.

• Fantastic Realities

  http://jjg.fcis2.com/Real-Playing/
  Works with any time period and genre, includes 16 species, magic and monster systems, and realistic rules all of which are optional.

• GAME

  http://www.homebrew.net/games/game.html
  Skill- and attribute-based rules designed to fit on one page.

• Generic Roleplaying All Purpose Engine

  http://unseelie.org/grape/
  A free, one page, generic game system.

• GURPS Lite

  http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/lite
  Free 32 page PDF version of the GURPS rules. "Covers the essentials of character creation, combat, success rolls, magic, adventuring, and game mastering."

• Hexatome: Exploiting the Number of Six

  http://rpg.ekkaia.org/page/Hexatome
  Light-weight role playing game rule system which emphasizes simplicity as well as the scenario and fluently progressing plots.

• Hyper

  http://members.tripod.com/~ynam/hyper/
  Generic role-playing game. Official site.

• Infinite Horizons

  http://ih.trawna.com/
  Freely available rules for a multi-genre role-playing game and supplements.

• Nuelow

  http://kuoi.org/~kamikaze/Nuelow/
  Series of interlocking games that focus a little more on love (both in the ideal and carnal sense) than those that have proceeded it.

• OPIGS Supers

  http://www.homebrew.net/games/opigs.supers.html
  One page gaming system for super heroes.

• OPIGS:

  http://www.homebrew.net/games/opigs.html
  Simple one page gaming system.

• Poly

  http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/undermine/index.html
  A modular system that is adaptable to many styles of play.

• Prism

  http://www.rpglibrary.org/systems/prism/
  A versatile multi-genre free RPG by Frank J. Perricone. It is a modular system originally intended for use with Rolemaster's combat system. Over 100 pages, illustrated.

• Role Playing System

  http://yewenyi.tripod.com/
  Foundations for a game system, reference implementation of that system and resource page to develop game worlds.

• SAGA

  http://www.homebrew.net/games/saga-1.1.html
  A small system using attribute based dice pools.

• Simple Rules Engine

  http://dmsteve-jp.tripod.com/
  A two page generic skill and attribute based roleplaying engine, focused on characters and stories.

• SLUG

  http://www.homebrew.net/games/slug.html
  Simple, Laid-back Universal Game. By Steffan O'Sullivan.

• The Window

  http://www.mimgames.com/window/
  Flexible, modular rules built around three gaming precepts.

• Universal

  http://www.angelfire.com/games4/doctorwhoeyespy/index.html
  Features a free, universal roleplaying game system. Also includes supplements for the fantasy and Doctor Who genres.

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