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Hi all,

Shadowrun: Anarchy 2.0 is an alternate rule book to play in Shadowrun universe, the Sixth World, intended to provide simpler rule set compared to regular Shadowrun edition (not rule light as we might have said sometime) while retaining the full Shadowrun lore and richness.

It has been successfully kickstarted a year ago by Black Book Edition, the French licensee, rather than by CGL. The KS has been fulfilled for about a month and the books are now up for sale (pdf on DTRPG) and the physical book is supposed to hit retail next Wednesday. We now have a new KS running for 2 expansion books: a Companion and a Mission book.

As the main author, I'm very proud by what we accomplished and the feedback we have so far are wonderful. I'd like to share it widely so that people are aware that there is now a simple way to play Shadowrun.

So... Let's talk about Anarchy 2.0! I would be happy to discuss:

• How BBE came up with the opportunity to write this book;
• What the rules are, how they were conceived;
• Why the rules are good (for that one I will let users answer);
• The artwork direction;
• The new KS campaign;
• Or anything else about the game!

So we were playing "The Haunting" (The Corbitt House) from the Quick-Start PDF. 2 player were already injured from failing their Jump check on the broken wooden floor, one of them even get pushed out of the 2nd floor window by a haunted bed. So when they get to the basement, they're at pretty low health. One player picked up the haunted knife and it IMPALED them (i rolled an extreme success of 03), dealing 11 damage, killing them immidiately (the other player rolled a nat 100 on first aid check, lol).

So 2 players left to face Corbitt. This "might" be my fault for implement this homebrew rule: If you fire a firearm at a target that got another target within 5ft, there's a really low chance you misfire at that target (96-99 roll, since 100 make the firearm jammed). While 1 player was wrestling with Corbitt, another player shoot at him. He rolled a 98, misfired his revolver and killed poor David (the one pushed out of the window by the bed)

Now left with only himself against Corbitt, almost full HP from the beginning of the fight (only lost 5 HP). Yet, when all hope seem lost, Ian clutched. He rolled 02, an extreme success on his revolver, dealing a whooping 15 damage to Corbitt, ending him instantly.

The mystery might be over, yet how will Ian explain to the police about 3 dead corpse in the basement and his wounded body...? Now that's a story for another time, haha

I'd like GM a session for teens who haven't played rpg yet. I'm looking for a simplier game with short rules and maybe an introductory adventure. Any recommendation?

The Bloggies is an annual award recognizing the most interesting blog posts in the RPG space.

Similar to last year, the categories will be:

• Theory
• Gameable
• Advice
• Critique
• Creative
• Meta

Nominations are open until December 31; blog posts published from January 1 to December 31 are eligible to join. Entries are shortlisted then opened for community voting around mid-February.

Learn more: https://elmc.at/bloggies-27-announcement/

And the actual nomination link! https://tally.so/r/X5r8BL

See past winners: https://bloggies.org/

Happy nominating!

Just trying to expand my knowledge regarding ttrpg settings for my games (which are mainly BRP style games)

Does anyone happen to know where I can find more archetypes for the Enlightened? I’m looking for the other types of mages. From what I’ve gathered, they haven’t been officially released, but perhaps someone has some cool homebrew or knows of a fan-made hack?

I've been going through some GM burnout and while the easiest answer would be to be a player (or god forbid, take a break), I wonder what your easiest rpgs to GM are.

I'm hoping to not have to write a complete adventure or have to read through 100s of pages of pre-written adventures (i hate dnd 5e adventures for this very reason. its easier for me write something myself)

As a recent example, creating my mythic bastionland campaign map was very relieving for my burnout as it was extremely guided.

It was such a blast to contribute to [The BLUE Files](https://evilhat.itch.io/blades-68-blue-files), and while I eagerly awaited the PDF's public release, I passed the time putting together [the latest](https://injectorseat.wordpress.com/2026/11/05/piecing-together-the-shattered-isles-part-7-the-blue-files/) in my BitD lore blog series about its contents here. I hope folks enjoy the book and the post both! Dozens of incredibly talented people left their fingerprints on it and made something great.

This book has it all: a Demon playbook, a new Crew type and playset for playing out an underdog sports drama across the entire city, militant sex workers, Daggerite revolutionaries, television programs (by me!), movies, music, rocket launches, psychic spies... everything good about B68, The BLUE Files adds more.

Hi Team!

I’ve run a lot of ttrpgs over the years, and I’m certain something that meets my needs exists, but I’m having trouble remembering it or thinking it through.

I am looking for a ttrpg that has a GM role, fantasy rules with spellcasters having specific spells, not “magic” or keywords. Ideally, not something too OSR (obviously at this point OSR is really more of an aesthetic set of values than a design principle so whatever), and preferably something more narratively driven (I’d say pbta but obviously that term has become close to meaningless at this point, too).

My favorite games are Burning Wheel, Legends in the Mist, 10 Candles, Apocalypse World 2e, World Wide Wrestling RPG, Annalise, Masks, Band of Blades, etc.

I have a group of players that I love but one of them really wants to play a spell caster with a spell list à la DnD or pathfinder. I have run more than 20 campaigns from 1-20 in dnd 5e and am never gonna run it again, so I need something else that will still scratch that itch for that player (she’s my favorite!), but I really need something that is not DnD. I considered torchbearer, but I think it’s a little too low power level for her hopes…

Anyway, anyone have any thoughts? Narrative driven games that have spell lists, still?

To be clear: this player has lots of non DnD experience, most of the table does, so this will not be a hard sell/hard switch. Just looking for the right options.

Thanks!

This is a very specific, very weird, asking. As mentioned in another post, I am working on an essay and I got the curiosity if a system like this even exist, after googling for a lot, haven't find any, so asking to the internet in the meantime.

Is there any examples of systems designed with the express purpose of fitting into a West Marches or Open Table format?

Express purpose for me exist in three levels:

1. Designed to be one-shot accessible and with clear gameplay loops that allow the "exchange" of character. Most clear one I think is Lancer, missions are just combat deployments and you can easily exchange mechs and pilots between them.
2. Mentioning how they can be used in an open table or west marches format. This basically makes the system acknowledge its strength on that format, but it wasn't designed for that format in specific.
3. The system expects to be played as a West Marches/Open Table

Thanks for your time!

I missed the Kickstarter or Backerkit, or whatever-- I wasn't in a good financial position when the crowdfunding was going on. I decided I'd wait for physical books to come out, and ... nothing. I haven't heard very much about it on Reddit, as if it barely existed. So what's going on with it? Did the physical books already come out, or are they stuck in development limbo? They're not even listed on Gallant Knight Games' website, for whatever reason.