https://brentnewhall.com/games/ 2026-04-06T21:16:17+00:00 https://brentnewhall.com/games/ https://brentnewhall.com/games/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-08-13T20:39:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:ability_score&rev=1755117599&do=diff Ability Score Ability Score is an unusual tabletop RPG. It provides a few simple mechanics for play, as well as a framework for character creation. You then decide which stats to apply to your characters. It's based on the classic Dungeons & Dragons text/html 2013-11-12T04:52:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:autowar&rev=1384231942&do=diff AutoWar This is an attempt to create a modern, open, relatively light game similar to Car Wars. These rules are still very much under development; feel free to email the author with improvements. This game is licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This system uses only text/html 2015-07-06T15:27:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:blood_rites&rev=1436196435&do=diff <https://secure.flickr.com/photos/mckaysavage/1633327234/> Blood Rites Imagine a naked savage who pulls a knife and slashes his own arm to give himself super-human speed for the few moments he needs to outrun a rampaging dinosaur. Blood Rites is my reaction to safe, reliable magic. It's set in a savage, primitive world text/html 2015-07-09T14:18:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:burned_future&rev=1436451497&do=diff The Burned Future The Burned Future will be a tabletop RPG set in a post-apocalyptic future of fantastic savagery, mysticism, and super science. It is currently in playtesting. The players each play a hero. Each hero has a name, a craft (like a profession), a stunt (something special he or she does), a catchphrase that sums up the character's personality, and 5 Hero Points. text/html 2015-07-09T14:18:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:dance_of_the_leash&rev=1436451525&do=diff Dance of the Leash Dance of the Leash will be a role-playing game of nobles in a decadent court, risking their Attention, Power, and Control. Each player controls a leashed god for entertainment. It's all fun and games until the fight for the regency begins. Can you risk your attributes just right to win, or will you be executed by the new order? text/html 2025-08-13T20:40:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:drop&rev=1755117623&do=diff DROP DROP is a high-level story-telling, roleplaying game of survival horror that plays in about 2 hours. While you will control your character's individual actions, DROP plays more like a group of writers weaving a movie plot around a table. This is a game about building a story, one that will text/html 2025-08-13T20:47:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:dungeon_delvers&rev=1755118038&do=diff Dungeon Delvers “I'm impressed....an excellent game to run at a convention.” -- Tenkar's Tavern Dungeon Delvers is an ultra-portable one-page D&D variant. It packs a lot into one page: rules for attacks and saves, 4 classes, 3 races, spells, healing, conditions, and monsters. text/html 2025-08-25T15:14:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:fantastic_journey_to_mars&rev=1756134848&do=diff A Fantastic Journey to Mars A Fantastic Journey to Mars is a role-playing scenario with a built-in rules system based on Risus. You can play this game in an evening, or stretch it into several sessions. It can also be played with or without a GM. The players control a group of Victorian-era adventurers in a text/html 2025-08-13T20:17:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:favored_of_star_patrol&rev=1755116243&do=diff The Favored of Star Patrol The Favored of Star Patrol is a co-operative, GM-less, dice-less storytelling game, in which a team of special galaxy patrollers face seemingly impossible odds and defeat them, all within 2 hours. The heroes patrol the universe in a starship. Mysterious aliens have given each of the heroes a Sub-D Crystal, a powerful gem that orbits their heads. With the Crystal, they can sense danger, communicate telepathically over great distances, and even understand alien technol… text/html 2025-08-13T20:48:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:gunwave&rev=1755118106&do=diff Gunwave Overview Gunwave is a tabletop role-playing system using giant robots. The rules strike a balance between speed and rich tactical options, in a simplification of rules from D&D and World of Darkness in an attempt to capture the fast-moving fun of an anime mecha series. text/html 2025-08-13T20:14:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:high_school_hearts&rev=1755116095&do=diff High School Hearts High School Hearts is a fun, light tabletop role-playing game of high schoolers dealing with love, rivalry, and the rest of the emotional roller-coaster of adolescence. The game package includes: * A 5-page PDF containing the rules and samples of play. text/html 2013-11-02T05:53:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:kaze&rev=1383371625&do=diff Kaze This page has been moved to Whispering Road. text/html 2025-08-13T20:52:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:murderhobos&rev=1755118343&do=diff MurderHobos “...the combat system is solid and fast paced and the whole thing screams out for some gonzo play....Murderhobos doesn't disappoint.” -- Johua De Santo, Genius Loci review “Best 6 pages of gaming I've read in awhile.” -- Joe E on Google+ ---------- MurderHobos is a tabletop RPG made for when you just want to kill things and take their stuff. text/html 2015-04-23T16:21:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:papermasters&rev=1429806118&do=diff Paper Masters Paper Masters is a 200-word tabletop RPG. You play a bibliomancer, who can form any paper you touch--and any paper touching that--into any shape, and make it hard as steel. You are sent on missions by the great libraries of the world to recover rare books. So are other bibliomancers. text/html 2013-12-12T18:47:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:serial_experiment_jump&rev=1386874061&do=diff Serial Experiment Jump Serial Experiment Jump is a role-playing, story-telling game designed to be run online and face-to-face. The Story Premise You will play one of several characters who work as part of Team Seven of the Temporal Research Agency. Each character has a special power. They work mostly in the modern world, but are occasionally sent to other times. text/html 2025-08-13T20:18:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:spaces_of_the_unknown&rev=1755116335&do=diff Spaces of the Unknown Overview Spaces of the Unknown is a dead simple, light, fantasy role-playing game designed to be played on the internet using the most awesome human invention: the written word. Download now from DriveThruRPG for USD $3.99 <http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/189607/Spaces-of-the-Unknown> Number of players:At least 2, one GM and one or more players with characters text/html 2013-07-10T21:36:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:start&rev=1373492197&do=diff Games This is the top-level category for all the games I've written. AutoWar is a light, open version of Car Wars. Blood Rites is a role-playing game of savagery and blood magic. DROP is a sci-fi story-writing and role-playing game of survival horror. Serial Experiment Jump is a work-in-progress, a game of serial storytelling and branching plot lines. text/html 2025-08-13T20:53:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:steel_and_flame&rev=1755118397&do=diff Steel and Flame Many fantasy RPGs mimic D&D or Tolkienesque fantasy worlds. This one is based on classic sword-and-sorcery games of high adventure. The characters are more likely to be swashbuckling barbarians or muscled thieves than paladins or dwarves. text/html 2025-08-13T20:12:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:stories_of_the_lens&rev=1755115967&do=diff Stories of the Lens Stories of the Lens will be a co-operative, GM-less, dice-less storytelling game, in which a team of special galaxy patrollers face seemingly impossible odds and defeat them, all within 2 hours. The heroes have each been given a Lens, a powerful item embedded in one hand. With the Lens, they can sense danger, communicate telepathically over great distances, and even understand alien technology. text/html 2013-08-03T15:36:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:tabletop_conquest&rev=1375544188&do=diff [Tabletop Conquest cover] Tabletop Conquest Tabletop Conquest is a solo dice wargame, perfect for sharpening the mind in odd hours. You play the commander of a medieval army, attempting to conquer a randomly-generated foreign land. You must use the land's resources to build your troops as you fight towards the enemy capital and defeat its massive army. text/html 2013-07-10T21:33:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:tablettop&rev=1373492009&do=diff TabletTop Gamers have been talking for a long time about the convergence of tabletop gaming and personal electronic devices. Gamers want digital tools at their table. However, without a license, the tools are necessarily generic and limited. One needs a system built specifically for this convergence. text/html 2015-09-01T15:46:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:the_grand_conspiracy&rev=1441122414&do=diff The Grand Conspiracy The Grand Conspiracy is a role-playing game of ordinary humans discovering the truth about aliens, government cover-ups, and anal probes. Characters consist of a Desire, a Curse, three Aspects, and five numerical statistics: Humanity, Will, Strength, Survival, and Level. There's also a Fate Point economy, allowing players to bump up their characters' chances at succeeding in actions. The game uses Fudge/Fate dice (which can be replicated with the use of six-sided dice). text/html 2025-09-15T14:44:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:the_trail&rev=1757947459&do=diff The Trail The Trail will be a fantasy tabletop RPG...that's not meant to be played at the table. Features: * Play anywhere: The game is so rules-light that you can play it in a car, while hiking, or pretty much anywhere, without the need for any materials or equipment. You don't even need dice to play, although it does have a form of randomizer. text/html 2025-08-13T20:54:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:tricks_and_treats&rev=1755118462&do=diff Tricks & Treats “...a brilliant little game that uses candy as a mechanic! I love the look and feel of this one...” -- Games on Board “This was a fun game....I would recommend it to anyone.” -- William Nabors, playtester Tricks & Treats is a Halloween-themed tabletop RPG about trick-or-treaters out on Halloween who must overcome scary monsters to rescue a friend. text/html 2025-08-13T20:11:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:uneven_wings&rev=1755115872&do=diff Uneven Wings Uneven Wings is a tabletop RPG in which players bid tokens to succeed at competitive tasks. The tokens can be anything easily held in the hand, and can be mixed-and-matched, so it's easy to play anywhere. I've put all the rules in this video: text/html 2013-07-10T21:37:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:weasels&rev=1373492242&do=diff Weasels! The Game I was honored to win the Twitter RPG Design Competition for a simple game of intelligent weasels: Play intelligent weasels with other beasts in forest. 13 points in Sneaky, Vicious, Persuade, Health. Beat 1d6 to succeed; 1 damage per hit This so thrilled me that I put together a one-page PDF, describing the game in more detail. In text/html 2025-08-13T20:56:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:whispering_road&rev=1755118600&do=diff The Whispering Road “Beautiful, smooth and challenging. It's ambitious and magical, with a sprinkle of moondust in its hair.” -- Nathan Bredfeldt (DrNate) “...a beautiful book....It is exquisite. It's really captured the aspects that make a Miyazaki text/html 2014-02-19T00:34:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=systems:zeppelins_vs_pterodactyls&rev=1392770055&do=diff Zeppelins vs. Pterodactyls Introduction A lost world has been discovered! Beasts from another age wander the savage land, guarding fabulous treasures! You must navigate your zeppelin over the lost world, fighting off pterodactyls and swooping up treasure and supplies. But beware! Other treasure-seekers compete with you.