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DarkBad RPG
Posted: July 30th, 2023, 06:34
by WhiteShark
DarkBad on itch.io wrote:
![Image](https://img.itch.zone/aW1nLzExODYwMDAxLmpwZw==/347x500/sw7gxe.jpg)
DarkBad RPG
Are you tired of Tabletop RPGs with good design, good rules, and good ethics?
Darkbad is a 20 page, rules lite fantasy roleplaying game inspired by the OSR and the flotsam floating around it. It is ugly, cheap, and lazy. A true callback to simpler times.
Anti-features:
- Strict 1:1 Timekeeping
- Simple combat system where death is fast and grim
- Always-on initiative system
- Familiar skill rolls with a minimalist twist
- Endless room for improvement
You can download the rules here:
https://archivesofmu.itch.io/darkbad-rpg
Lookin' pretty good. I already made my character:
► Thrinarv Lightbeard
Ethnic group: Dwarf (Can not express emotion)
Class: Acrobat
Alignment: SCHEMING CAPITALIST
HD: d8
STR 10
WIS 8
CHA 6
INT 8
DEX 12
CON 8
Weapon: Sword d8
Feat: Lucky
Skill: Footwork
@Ratcatcher, you ever considered setting that pansy CoC crap aside and playing a real man's RPG like DarkBad?
DarkBad RPG
Posted: July 30th, 2023, 07:56
by Ratcatcher
Interesting but I only play CoC to introduce new people to pnp and lure them in. Once they are addicted, I present them with advanced systems for true Grognards, like Macho Women with Guns:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho_Women_with_Guns
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387 ... women-guns
It's gud.
DarkBad RPG
Posted: July 30th, 2023, 08:53
by Fedora Master
Sorry, I prefer high concept games like
HYBRID.
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DarkBad RPG
Posted: July 30th, 2023, 10:33
by Humbaba
Hot garbage.
Failed parody of ShadowDark, if that's what this is. SD has zero culture war or politics in it (half the reason I gave it look in the first place), and yet this pretentious piece of miserable humor is just politicized commentary on a game the designer obviously hasn't read, since said game has none of the elements DarkBad is trying to turn into a punchline.
Keep the ol' chip on your shoulder and keep blindly perpetuating the culture war in gaming, bro. So sick of the politics.
DarkBad RPG
Posted: July 30th, 2023, 10:41
by Fedora Master
Humbaba triggered because he read "Dark" and "Bad"
DarkBad RPG
Posted: August 1st, 2023, 14:21
by Emphyrio
Humbaba wrote: ↑
July 30th, 2023, 10:33
Hot garbage.
Failed parody of ShadowDark, if that's what this is. SD has zero culture war or politics in it (half the reason I gave it look in the first place), and yet this pretentious piece of miserable humor is just politicized commentary on a game the designer obviously hasn't read, since said game has none of the elements DarkBad is trying to turn into a punchline.
Keep the ol' chip on your shoulder and keep blindly perpetuating the culture war in gaming, bro. So sick of the politics.
It seems like a parody of one of the 500 other OSR games.
DarkBad RPG
Posted: August 1st, 2023, 20:56
by WhiteShark
It parodies both OSR and nuRPG design, but it's not like that's a secret. From the description page quoted in the OP:
DarkBad RPG on itch.io wrote:
Darkbad is a 20 page, rules lite fantasy roleplaying game inspired by the OSR and the flotsam floating around it. It is ugly, cheap, and lazy. A true callback to simpler times.
DarkBad RPG
Posted: November 9th, 2023, 03:17
by SiMtRy
Its a funny spoof of the stuff Stockholm Kartell makes (in this case its morkborg). Haven't actually played it tho.