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Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine—7 changes in the new edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Apr 2023
Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is available now in PDF! While this updated edition features new art and a brand new full-color layout, here BRP creative director Jason Durall highlights seven changes from the previous iterations of BRP that we believe makes this the best edi
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Watch the first episode of Pixel Circus's "Salt and Serpent" BRP actual play on YouTube
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Apr 2023
Salt and Serpent has set sail with Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine.Salt & Serpent is a swashbuckling tale of rainbow romance and revenge. In the first episode, "Widow's Watch", the crew of Fortune's Fair race against an impending storm, and seek the answer to the age old question:
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Create. Explore. Play. BRP’s Universal Game Engine is available royalty-free for personal and commercial use under the ORC license.
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Apr 2023
Create. Explore. Play.
BRP’s Universal Game Engine is available royalty-free for personal and commercial use under the Open RPG Creative license, aka ORC license. Basic Roleplaying (BRP) is a system of core rules for tabletop roleplaying. Whether you’re a seasoned roleplaying veteran or new t
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BRP-based Magic World now available again in POD format
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Apr 2023
Magic World is a self-contained fantasy roleplaying game using the classic Basic Roleplaying (BRP) system, and is now available in print again, via DriveThruRPG's Print-On-Demand.
Magic World (272 page softcover) allows you to play characters in a world of fantasy, adventure, and excite
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"Salt and Serpent" - Pixel Circus plays BRP - starts April 2
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Mar 2023
Starting April 2, Salt and Serpent is hitting the seas with Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine.A story of rainbow romance and revenge, the Pixel Circus crew says "We can't wait to show you what we've put together on this system!"With Saige Ryan, Kailey Bray,
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The age of the ORC begins: Chaosium to release a new edition of Basic Roleplaying in April using the Open RPG Creative License
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Mar 2023
UPDATE! Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine to be released on April 7thFor Immediate ReleaseAnn Arbor, MI—Chaosium, creators of the award-winning Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game, announced today the April release of Basic Roleplaying: The Universal Game Engine in PDF, with hardcover to
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Basic Roleplaying's Big Gold Book: now back in print worldwide on DriveThruRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Mar 2023
Back in January, when we put the Basic Roleplaying's PDF on sale for 99c, we had many people asking if it would ever be available in print. And now it is!Basic Roleplaying's 'Big Gold Book' is now available in print again worldwide, via DriveThruRPG!$39.95 - 400 page softcover book, price
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Chaosium Interviews: How Genres Evolve, with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Feb 2023
In the latest of Chaosium Interviews series, Jason Durall, creative director of RuneQuest and all things BRP, talks about how the evolution of genres has affected the TTRPG industry. He's talking to James Coquillat.
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