Review #2 - Free RPG
Pirates!
Ok, so this is the second week, and this is the second
review. For this one I wanted to talk about a pen and paper RPG, given that
this and video games are going to be the focus of this blog and I already
talked about a video game last week.
The chosen one today is "Pirates!", a single
d6 system about, you guessed it, pirates. This isn't a game for realistic
simulation or lots of tactical combat, so unless you are looking for
improvisational and cinematic fun you are losing your time reading this review.
The system is simple, you have six stats with values
from 0 to 5, 0 being the minimum and 5 the maximum. When you want to do
something, roll a d6 and try to get less than your relevant stat. Rolled less?
Then you were successful. I'd say it's great but given that you are a pirate,
most probably someone is going to suffer/be robbed/be set on fire, so I won’t.
If you roll more than your stat, then you are hurt and out of the scene, unless
you use a luck point, which are shared by the party and charged by drinking and
partying.
It's a great game for a tired GM that doesn’t want to
work too much. As GM you don't roll a
single dice, because players hurt themselves. NPCs are as simple as a name and
as little description as possible, given that they a bound to die at the hands
of crazed PCs. All you have to do is set them on the ocean and give them
treasure every once in a while.
I could keep talking about the Taboo system that
encourages chaos and mayhem (one of the taboos is "thinking before
acting") or the Dead Man Chest, a gold bonus triggered by rolling a 5 (so
players will keep rolling the dice, believe me) but that's what the manual is
for. Download this PDF and enjoy a crazy adventure. There also a French
version!
- The Storeman
Disclaimer: I didn’t upload any of the content in the
following link. I have downloaded and checked it as I always do. I have even
executed it in my own computer and did not experience any kind of problems. But
I can’t ensure that it is free of viruses and/or malware that my anti-virus
programs couldn’t find. That’s the author’s responsibility.
Devastate!
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