With the publication of the third edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection, I’ve been asked what some of my favorite Microlite20-based games are as there are a large number of variants in the collection. I’m always reluctant to answer such … Continue reading →
The latest version of Morgan Mains’ Pathfinder LITE is now available for download in PDF format in Microlite20.org‘s download area. Pathfinder LITE is a Microlite20-like versiion of Pathfinder. Mains says this about the game: “I really liked much of what … Continue reading →
Today, June 20th 2015, is free RPG day. If you do not live near a participating game store, there are a lot of free RPGs available online. RetroRoleplaying.com‘s new sister site, Microlite20.org, currently hosts over 100 free Microlite20-based roleplaying games … Continue reading →
As the official Microlite20 website (microlite20.net) has a history of disappearing or being non-functional for various (often long) periods of time, I have created a new (and very unofficial) home for Microlite20 (and all its variants): Microlite20.org. At the moment, … Continue reading →
I’ve added a number of new Microlite20 supplements and variants to the download area of the RetroRoleplaying web site. Some of these are brand new, others are updates of older files. Three new Microlite20 “5e” variants are included. Both the … Continue reading →
I received an email over the weekend bemoaning the fact that latest versions of Seth Drebitko’s revision of Microlite20 seems to be pulling a “DnD 4e” — publishing an almost completely different game under the name of an older game … Continue reading →
I’ve been told that it’s hard to find editable “doc” files of the original Microlite20 rules on the web any more. Some googling on my part backed this up. So I’ve created a lightly formatted file with the rules to … Continue reading →
Blacky the Blackball, author of Dark Dungeons, Darker Dungeons, etc., has released a new game 3.Y. Actually, 3.Y is a fourteen page supplement to the 3.0 SRD (of the world’s most popular tabletop fantasy RPG). Yes, you read that right: … Continue reading →
Now, the community has money to spend, but due to a race-to-the-bottom in terms of pricing, and an influx of fanbois who will happily write for free (And devalue the work of everyone else while they’re at it), they’re unwilling … Continue reading →
Immersive Ink has released the second version of their Delving Deeper reference rules — a 0e White Box clone that many consider to be the closest set of published retroclone rules to the “three little books” that came in the … Continue reading →