Towards the end of last year I found myself fantasising about playing face-to-face RPGs again, and toyed with the idea of rocking up to a FLGS with a copy of PARIAH, a mini-hexcrawl and my winning (if somewhat crooked) smile. It did occur to me that the character sheet and the rules might be daunting for a new player... and wanted something lighter.
Prior to that point, also last year (or the year before? Time is bendy) JFUR explained she'd made a game called 17XX as part of a micro RPG jam all using the same SRD, which happened to be Jason Tocci's SRD 24XX. This was hot on the heels of my interview with Jim Parkin and a growing.. murmuration...about the FKR scene.
It took me until last week to finally bring these facts together and produce a lo-fi version of everyone's favourite psychedelic animist proto-Neolithic RPG...
...friends and comrades I present PARIAH XX:
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The two spread above represent the entire game. If you would like some further advice on how to run a rules-light game, the 2400 Emergency Rules are a good place to start but if you really want to get back to basics this set of fundamental RPG by the same author—the (un)written rules of play.—is as good a place as any to start.
If you would like to download this game in PDF format it is PWYW at the following outlets:
https://atelier-hwei.itch.io/pariah-xx
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399046/PARIAH-XX
Links
Interview with JFUR
https://aloneinthelabyrinth.blogspot.com/2020/12/jennifers-on-quad-bikes.html
17XX Lo-Fi Gothic RPG
https://jfur.itch.io/17xx-lo-fi-gothic-rpg
Jason Tocci's Pretendo Games blog
https://pretendo.games/
24XX SRD
https://jasontocci.itch.io/24xx
Another link to the JIMTERVIEW
https://aloneinthelabyrinth.blogspot.com/2020/12/fkr-friekriegsspiel-revolution.html
2400 Emergency Rules
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/335333/2400-Emergency-Rules
[Un]written rules of play
https://pretendo.games/2020/02/14/unwritten-rules-of-play/
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