Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum of Fantastic Wonders

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Welcome to **Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum of Fantastic Wonders**, a repository for Brent's tabletop gaming materials.

===== RPGs Released =====

  * [[Games:Ability Score]] - A generic system that combines D&D's ability scores and modifiers with //Apocalypse/Dungeon World's// 2d6 mechanic
  * [[Games:Blood Rites]] - A dark fantasy game of savagery and blood magic
  * [[Games:DROP]] - An SF story-writing game of survival horror
  * [[Games:Dungeon Delvers]] - An ultra-portable D&D variant designed to fit in your pocket
  * [[http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=99366|Dungeon Raiders]] - A retroclone of Original and First Edition D&D, with streamlined mechanics
  * [[Games:Favored of Star Patrol]] - A tabletop story game of daring space opera in the tradition of E.E. "Doc" Smith's //Lensman// series, which grew from my game [[Games::Stories of the Lens]]
  * [[Games:Gunwave]] - A tactical tabletop RPG of sci-fi warfare with giant robots and the angsty teens who pilot them
  * [[Games:High School Hearts]] - A tabletop story-telling game of high school relationships
  * [[Games:MurderHobos]] - A tabletop RPG of adventurers who kill things and take their stuff
  * [[http://rpg.brentnewhall.com/2017/01/new-troubles-a-simple-rpg-that-thinks-a-little-beyond-successfailure/|New Troubles]] - A simple tabletop RPG resolution system adaptable for many settings, where die rolls are more about getting what you want and suffering setbacks than "success" or "failure"
  * [[Games:PaperMasters]] - A 200-word tabletop RPG of bibliomancers who use their absolute control of paper to find rare books
  * [[Games:Spaces of the Unknown]] - A fantasy RPG built for play-by-post gaming
  * [[Games::Steel and Flame]] - A sword-and-sorcery RPG that combines //Barbarians of Lemuria// with pieces of //Fate//
  * [[Games::Tricks and Treats]] - A Halloween-themed tabletop RPG about trick-or-treaters, using candy as its primary mechanic
  * [[Games:Uneven Wings]] - A tabletop RPG where players bid tokens to win competitions and achieve goals. Plays anywhere, with any mix of tokens.
  * [[Games:Weasels]]! - A one-page RPG system, winner of the [[http://farsightblogger.blogspot.com/2009/08/twitter-rpg-design-competition-results.html|Twitter RPG Design Competition]]
  * The [[Games:Whispering Road]] - A game of cooperation and exploration in a fantasy world, inspired by the films of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brentnewhall/the-whispering-road-a-miyazaki-inspired-tabletop-r|Its Kickstarter]] was funded within 5 hours and ended at 13x its goal.

===== RPGs in Development =====

  * The [[Games:Burned Future]] - A tabletop RPG set in a post-apocalyptic future of fantastic savagery, mysticism, and super science.
  * [[Games:Fantastic Journey to Mars|A Fantastic Journey to Mars]] - A tabletop RPG of Jules Verne-style adventures to Mars
  * The Trail, a fantasy game that can be played in the car with no dice or materials, where players can memorize their characters

===== Incomplete RPGs =====

These are games I've abandoned for various reasons, typically for being too complex, too hard to make fun, or because I designed mechanics that don't fit the theme.

  * [[Games:Dance of the Leash]] - A game of nobles in a decadent court, risking their attention, power, and control.
  * [[Games:The Grand Conspiracy]] - A tabletop RPG of "ordinary" people investigating THE TRUTH.
  * [[http://brentnewhall.com/rpg/Pique_RPG_System.pdf|Pique]] - A card-based tabletop RPG, focusing on court intrigue
  * [[Games::Serial Experiment Jump]] - Notes on an experimental system of time-jumping adventurers
  * [[Games:TabletTop]] - A tablet/phone-based RPG, still in early design stages

===== Other Tabletop Games in Development =====

  * Conspiracy Theory - A card game of aliens vying for control of the media
  * They Conquered the World! - A card game of B-movie monsters trying to take over American cities, and the people trying to stop them
  * Day of the Barrels - A board game suspiciously similar to //Donkey Kong//

===== Other Tabletop Games Released =====

  * [[http://rpg.brentnewhall.com/2011/12/3-dice-dungeon-a-solitaire-dungeon-crawl-game/|3 Dice Dungeon]] - A solitaire dungeon crawl game
  * [[Games:AutoWar]] - A modern, open tactical car combat game inspired by //Car Wars//
  * [[Games:Tabletop Conquest]] - A solo dice wargame, where you command a medieval army and conquer a randomly-generated foreign land
  * [[Games:Zeppelins vs Pterodactyls]] - A board/card game of zeppelins, adventure, treasure, and pterodactyls with head-mounted cannons

===== Books =====

  * The [[OSR Handbook]] - A guide to 28 Old School Renaissance systems, including profiles, basic mechanics and stats, and stereotypical characters statted out in each system.

===== Adventures =====

  * The [[Adventures:Dark Festival]] - A D&D 4th Edition Dark Sun adventure (50 pages)
  * The [[Adventures:Goblins of Summerkeep]] - A D&D 4th Edition adventure (40 pages)
  * The [[Adventures:Hobgoblins of Ravenspointe]] - A D&D 4th Edition adventure (38 pages)
  * The [[Adventures:House of Doctor Chamberlain]] - A short mystery adventure, using the simple Risus system (10 pages)
  * [[http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=95909|Our Town Is Dying]] - A D&D 4th Edition mini-adventure (4 pages)
  * The [[Adventures:Sacrifice to the Troll God]] - A low-level MurderHobos adventure (6 pages)
  * [[Adventures:War in the Deep]] - A published D&D 4th Edition adventure (33 pages)

===== Settings =====

  * [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/115306/Bounty-Hunter-Blues|Bounty Hunter Blues]] - A //Fiasco// playset in the //Cowboy Bebop// universe
  * The [[City of Talon]] - A published fantasy sandbox setting (107 pages)
  * [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/264669/The-Long-Desert|The Long Desert]] - A mini-setting with several [[http://dysonlogos.blog|Dyson Logos]] maps, half a dozen new monsters, and several factions all vying for pieces of a prize. Easy to drop into an existing setting and adjust to your liking.
  * [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/126898/Mystery-of-the-Shattered-World|Mystery of the Shattered World]] - An old-school D&D campaign setting of many islands and three kingdoms struggling for dominance.
  * [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/107540/News-of-the-Empire%2C-a-Steampunk-Setting|News of the Empire]] - A Victorian steampunk setting for Risus, as a one-page newspaper
  * [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/96083/Voidjumpers-of-Space|Voidjumpers of Space]] - A re-imagining of Spelljammer for D&D 4E (56 pages)

===== Tools =====

  * [[Arbiter]] - An iOS app with a simple RPG framework. Play an RPG anywhere!
  * [[Tools:DnD 4th Edition Generic Antagonist Sheet]]
  * Karesh, Kobold Herald of Tiamat - A recurring villain for a D&D 4E campaign, represented as 4 increasingly powerful stat blocks. [[http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page13268.php|Level 7]], [[http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page13343.php|level 13]], [[http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page13404.php|level 20]], and [[http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page13606.php|level 28]].
  * [[Tools:Random Treasure for D&D 4E]]
  * [[Tools:Sheet of Die Rolls]]
  * [[Tools:Simplified DnD Character Creation Chart]]

===== Campaign Archives =====

  * [[Campaigns:Haven:start|The Haven Campaign]] - A D&D 5E game
  * [[Campaigns:Change of Fate:start|Change of Fate]] - A game of //FATE// that I ran with some friends
  * [[http://www.otakunovideo.net/dnd.php|Dungeons & Magical Girls]] - A D&D 4E game I ran online, live streaming
  * [[https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BOv21ogmKA|The Legacy of the Lines]] - A D&D 4E game I ran on Google Wave
  * [[https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BIXCEgXrRA|Sellswords of Tamerane]] - Another D&D 4E game I ran on Google Wave
  * [[https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BTUGhMxbED|Portents of Darkness]] - A //Star Wars: Saga Edition// game I ran on Google Wave
  * [[Campaigns:The Crimes of Talon:start|The Crimes of Talon]] - Notes on a D&D 4th Edition campaign
  * [[Campaigns:Seven Stones:start|Seven Stones]] – Notes on a D&D 4th Edition campaign
  * [[Campaigns:The Goblin Adventure]] - Notes on a D&D 3.5 pre-written campaign

Brent also ran the [[Fantasy RPG Design Challenge]].

All demo videos are on the [[Demos]] page. Want to **help playtest Brent's games**? Head over to the [[Saturday Playtest]].

You can also read [[Brent's Gamer Resume]], and his [[50 Games in 50 Weeks]] challenge.