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A very simple, yet effective RPG. Good for groups with players new to tabletop games.
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Risus: The Anything RPG is fun, fast and simple, and yet you can play a lot of things with it ! While written with a lot of humorous wit, it can be used (I have done it) for very engaging roleplay ! It's free, hav à look !
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Risus is far more than an emergency tool: it's a flexible, simple and tactical system which manages to strip the RPG genre from all its dangly bits and leave only the innermost mechanical skeleton. Effectively, all other RPGs work on the same basis as Risus: set a difficulty, roll to succeed. What Risus does best is doing so easily, quiclky and with unparalleled elegance. You can hack this system and modify it as you see fit for all occasions and still have tons of fun.
give it a shot, it's worth it.
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Risus is literally the best game system that I have ever encountered. I wish that everyone I played with was a good enough role-player to handle it! I am currently running an adaptation of Victory Games' "The Man With the Golden Gun" in Risus and it is awesome!
The rules are only 4 pages long and come free, but the companion is definitely worth the price!
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I found this system to be rudimentary and foundational. This is a breath of fresh air among the complicated systems that seem to be everywhere.
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What are you left with after you strip away all the familar parts of an RPG?
Fun.
You run, not walk, through a Risus game.
Full speed, non-stop, gaming. Without the need to reference charts and tables, without arguments over nuanced interpretation of rules, without expectation of what a character should be.The only thing left is the game.
Play the game.
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I was lucky enough to be a play tester on this adventure module, and it does not disappoint! A beautifully structured adventure which has no black or white answer. It forces PCs and GMs to think outside the box. I highly recommend this module, and I think your players will enjoy it!
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Risus is the game that opened up my eyes to the world of RPGs. Before this I had only experienced systems like D&D and WoD. While I won't say anything against the afforementioned systems, I don't ever plan to go back to them if I can help it. Risus is an all-inclusive system for gamers who like spending more time on the role play, and less time in the number crunch. Play Risus! It's free!
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I had the pleasure of playing Kringle with the creator, S. John Ross. It was an amazingly fun, and irreverent experience that I wish everyone could enjoy. Kringle is a mini-campaign in which the PC's must save christmas from itself! This is guaranteed holiday fun for your game group. Play it!
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Risus characters can be as simple as just Cliches and a name, or as (non mathematically) complex as any character out there. It just depends on how you'd like to play. I enjoy fleshing out my characters with the sheets in this pack!
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Tight, easy to learn, free and also quite funny. Risus is the perfect platform for some beer and pretzels gaming fun.
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I have not often read such an amusing and at the same time helpful collection of Articles on roleplaying in general. A lot of the material here can be used completely independently from Risus so even if you are not playing Risus give this book a chance it is worth it.
Apparently there will be a new version sometime in the future which "updates" it to Risus 2 but there is no need to wait as a) the content is vers useful as is and b) you will get the new version automatically anyway.
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There is so much useful material which I've used with Risus and with other games and even with various day-to-day existence - that I don't know where to begin. There's even enough "How to survive and prosper through taking life with tongue-in-cheek" that will fit most philosophies. Heck, I'm Mormon and Risus-think works for me!
That's not even counting the sheer awesomeness of Stick Figure Therapy.
Since this is a gaming review, I assure you that Risus and its Companion can significantly improve your RPGaming experience, though the banana pumpkin bread alone is worth the purchase price.
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A top notch fantasy adventure and locale that be plopped down into any setting with only minor changes. The maps are hand crafted and finely detailed. Though the stats for premade characters and npcs are rendered in the rules-light Risus system, it is descriptive enough that an experienced GM will have no problem converting them to their preferred system. The main adventure itself is fairly short with a fun twist on demons. However the real meat of this adventure is the hooks and local color provided. There were enough seeds in this adventure for me to run a dozen sessions on. If you are looking for a one-shot with room for your imaginiation, then this product is ideal. If you are looking for a fantasy city full of hooks and personalities, then you can't go wrong with Toast of the Town.
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I would have given it a five, except that it is so big it is hard to move around from page to page. Once you do get to the next page, it is delightful.
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