
ReadWriteRoll
A tabletop roleplaying system for readers, writers, and groups who want to create stories together. It combines d20-style mechanics with story-focused rules: roll a d20, add modifiers, and check whether the result is high or low to determine success or failure, then use its parity to decide who narrates the outcome. Risk dice from d4 to d12 let players increase the potential impact of their actions, along with the consequences of failure. The game includes guidance for choosing a story and creating a setting, rules for building protagonists, antagonists, and supporting characters, and the mechanics needed to play.
Trait / Aspect Based (personality affects gameplay)Description Based (Narrative more so than Dice)Dice (Various)
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Story Structure for Writers and Roleplayers2016
Building Characters2016
Group Dynamics for Tabletop Roleplayers2016
Understanding Alignment for Tabletop Roleplayers2016
Fantasy Stories2016
Horror Stories2016
Science Fiction2016
A Study in Storytelling 1: A Scandal in Bohemia2016
A Study in Storytelling 2: The Red-Headed League2016
A Study in Storytelling 3: A Case of Identity2016
ReadWriteRoll2016Free, on web, Android and iOS
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