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*''...So here it is..a place to store my system and settingfor a game i have devised based on b-grade movies. Largely incorporating the One Roll Engine (ORE) with a lot of the work from my (now abandoned) TORGLIKE system. I think with B-Grade, i have finally found a setting that i am happy to GM.''
*''...So here it is..a place to store my system and settingfor a game i have devised based on b-grade movies. Largely incorporating the One Roll Engine (ORE) with a lot of the work from my (now abandoned) TORGLIKE system. I think with B-Grade, i have finally found a setting that i am happy to GM.''
*''General principles of B-Grade''
*''General principles of B-Grade''
''#Reduce rolling in the game, especially combat - hence ORE variant''
#''Reduce rolling in the game, especially combat - hence ORE variant''
''#More beer'n'pretzel than serious rpg - though not at the expense of realism.''
#''More beer'n'pretzel than serious rpg - though not at the expense of realism.''
''#Reduce complexity. Always opt for the simpler solution''
#''Reduce complexity. Always opt for the simpler solution''


==='''OVERVIEW: SETTING'''===
==='''OVERVIEW: SETTING'''===
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==='''OVERVIEW: SYSTEM'''===
==='''OVERVIEW: SYSTEM'''===
*''B-Grade is driven by the One Roll Engine, though i have made a number of major changes to this system.''  
*''B-Grade is driven by the One Roll Engine, though i have made a number of major changes to this system.''  
''*Some fundamental changes include:''
*'Some fundamental changes include:''
#''
#''
*[[B-Grade Basic Rules]]
*[[B-Grade Basic Rules]]

Revision as of 06:09, 15 January 2008

Designer's Notes

*N.b. Designer's notes are always in italics:

  • ...So here it is..a place to store my system and settingfor a game i have devised based on b-grade movies. Largely incorporating the One Roll Engine (ORE) with a lot of the work from my (now abandoned) TORGLIKE system. I think with B-Grade, i have finally found a setting that i am happy to GM.
  • General principles of B-Grade
  1. Reduce rolling in the game, especially combat - hence ORE variant
  2. More beer'n'pretzel than serious rpg - though not at the expense of realism.
  3. Reduce complexity. Always opt for the simpler solution

OVERVIEW: SETTING

B-Grade Setting

OVERVIEW: SYSTEM

  • B-Grade is driven by the One Roll Engine, though i have made a number of major changes to this system.
  • 'Some fundamental changes include: