Rurik Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Chaosium Inc. Quote Help kill a Trollkin here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Green Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Anyone else having problems downloading this? I keep getting a weird "BRP" file that nothing I have will open. EDIT: Nevermind. I opted to open the file using a PDF reader instead of saving to desktop. Edited April 8, 2009 by Charles Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORtrail Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 A very nice intro to the BRP system. Free is a great price, and a great way to create interest among those who've never tried the Chaosium system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Lots of big black squares on mine. :ohwell: My printer isn't going to like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I'm glad they got around to doing this. Having a 'lite' version of the rules to toss at newbies is always helpful, and it's good PR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Lots of big black squares on mine. :ohwell: My printer isn't going to like it. Are you using Preview on a Mac? If so, try Adobe Reader... seems to render ok there. SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORtrail Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I could have lived with less art (and a page or two less in length as a result) but it printed up fine. It helped to use a 24 weight paper versus the thinner 20 weight I usually use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedeesix Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Awesome, my character, Henry Noodleman intergalactic spy, has been immortalized as an example character. His legacy will live on. :thumb: Rodney Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 It's nice to finally have that out and available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) So it's your baby, Jason? :thumb: An unexpected gift to see this free of charge - I would have paid for it. Damn, it's Easter, no office printer for four days! Edited April 9, 2009 by Vile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 So it's your baby, Jason? :thumb: Yeah... I suggested it after turning in the core manuscript and wrote it right afterwards. I'd have liked to do more with it, but the point was to keep it simple and lean, so it could be easily used by players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 A good tool for converting new players to the True Faith. Fast to read and comprehensive enough. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 If I had a bounty of spare time, I'd work on quickstart versions of Futureworld, Magic World, and Super-World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) Chaosium Inc. Yippie!:thumb: Uh-oh. "Download requires login". So someone has to sign up with Chaosium to download the BRP Lite PDF. Not good. We all know how much people like to sign up and give contact and marketing information to companies online, especially to look at a sample/trail version. I wonder if Chaosium will make it okay for people to host this elsewhere (like, say, here). Considering that the who point of BRP Lite is to get people interested in BRP enough to buy the full game. Edited April 9, 2009 by Atgxtg Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonewt Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) I wonder if Chaosium will make it okay for people to host this elsewhere (like, say, here). Considering that the who point of BRP Lite is to get people interested in BRP enough to buy the full game. I agree with hosting BRP lite everywhere. The only reason I downloaded it from Chaosium was because I already had an account there. People tend to give things a miss if they have to put a little effort in to try something. I have already purchased the full BRP book. However, the rules lite book is perfect to hand out to friends to introduce them to the system, rather than handing them a 400 page book for them to absorb without them losing patience. This was one of the strengths of the original 16 page BRP. The one complaint I have about the new BRP book, is that it needs a short 16 page introduction in the front (similar format to original BRP) to hook new people by providing quick results with enough rules to play a game, and showing how simple the core system is. The full rules and other introductions then follow this. The original Mekton RPG book used a similar format (simple, short, playable and complete introduction, then expanded on this with the full set of rules, repeated in detail with an expanded framework). The "Basic" of BRP seems to have been hidden in the new book. I still like it a lot and enjoy the effort and creativity behind it, however I am not new to RPG's and I am not new to BRP. I do wonder how well the new BRP 400 page tome is received by people who are new to BRP and/or RPG's. Edited April 10, 2009 by dragonewt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 In case any one hasn't noticed the BRP quick start has been revised, and now includes seven short adventures and some creature stats... Cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rurik Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Some of those Adventures mention rules not in the Quickstart. Looking over the WWII adventure it uses both Burst and Implale, neither of which are in the rules section. I haven't looked over all of them but that one jumped out at me. Still it is a great idea to include some adventures. Quote Help kill a Trollkin here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANZO Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Printed a copy just before My game last night. Worked out great for a quick reference for my one player new to the system. Was a big help. I think he was less intimidated then if I had cracked open the main book. Quote my gaming LJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORtrail Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 It was a good idea to add these quick sample adventures in. It really adds to the idea that BRP is good for all kinds of genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 The resurgence of Basic Roleplaying, and especially the publication of a free set of quick-start rules, seems to have stolen GORE's thunder. (On the other hand, if GORE's existence prodded Chaosium to get busy, it may have achieved its purpose.) I've got a hard copy of GORE (55 pages) and PDFs of BRP Quick-Start Edition (48 pages) and the Call of Cthulhu introductory rules (22 pages). I'm working on perusing them all, but I wondered if anyone else had had a chance to compare and contrast 'em. One difference I notice is that despite its slightly shorter length (three of those 55 GORE pages are legal notices, and the primary font size is larger, meaning less material per page), BRP Quick-Start managed to squeeze in mini-adventures, a character sheet, and some critter stats, making it a more immediately playable product for newbies like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 If I had a bounty of spare time, I'd work on quickstart versions of Futureworld, Magic World, and Super-World. Quick! Someone give Jason a Bounty! :cool: Oddly enough, I can see one from my window. Made of wood and canvas, though, not spare time ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Quick! Someone give Jason a Bounty! :cool: Oddly enough, I can see one from my window. Made of wood and canvas, though, not spare time ... I eagerly await your report of a mutiny! SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Has anyone printed this out and run into a problem at page 15? SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORtrail Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Could you be more specific? I don't see anything wrong at first or second glance with page 15. After edit: Just to take my own advice, I'm using Windows XP, and printed it out double-sided (odd then even pages). Edited April 29, 2009 by ORtrail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Could you be more specific? I don't see anything wrong at first or second glance with page 15. After edit: Just to take my own advice, I'm using Windows XP, and printed it out double-sided (odd then even pages). Sorry. Not with the image, but with the actual act of printing. It finally came out but it took forever, and that on a fairly beefy postscript3 printer. I was using Acrobat Pro 8 on OS X 10.5, and I was duplexing also (in printer). SDLeary Edited April 29, 2009 by SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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