Hi roleplayers. I have been working for some time on a reference sheet for the Index Card RPG-system. My incentive has been my own rpg-background which is - zero.
Biographical
Last year I used a lot of time with the Pathfinder System as my first rpg-system ever and it really impressed me - and didn’t really fascinate me or “lit my creative fire”. Then I spent some time with Savage World and it turned out to be close to my need for roleplaying “seeds” - but as a rpg newbie I had forgot the rules and the concept after a break in a period of 5 months.
Learning mode
ICRPG then hit me and here I am. There are many ICRPG-sheets out there, but nevertheless my work on a reference sheet is motivated by two elements:
- Rpg-games are still new to me so I have to work my way into the mentality, the terminology and the system-thinking in rpg in generally and in ICRPG specifically.
- I come from Denmark and a lot of - really inspiring and interesting - writing in this clever and creative forum is filled with implicit terminology, expressions, hints and associations I have to explore and understand.
That’s why the reference sheet is aiming to do two things: 1) Nailing the core of the ICRPG-system, but also 2) opening improvisational possibilities leaning to other principles from other systems. Not RULES, but PRINCIPLES! I stick to ICRPG’s rules and really like the system’s flexibility. I guess it could have value for other newbies like myself.
Focus on framework
Following link goes to two kind of documents:
A) A reference sheet where page one contains strict rules while the following pages are inspiration, categories and reflections - me learning things. I do mention people and systems that inspired me on these pages.
B) Home-drawn cards with transparent and “empty” pictures of PCs, monsters, loot, equipment, city- and landscapes, etc. On top of each page I have written the content of the page you are looking at. The pictures are meant to be “seeds” or “beads” for theater of mind - just like Hankerin’s index cards. Use these If they inspire you.
[Link to reference sheet: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1WPCI93z2AggoSnoiCGBEuPp1_3ABqHdq]
Example:
Other props - making ICRPG on the spot without your usual stuff
Here are some pictures showing other prop-solutions:
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A town or a city can be build using cards. High numbers are skyscrapers, small numbers small houses…And you could use pieces from Settlers or other boardgames.
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PCs could be normal playing cards or chess-pieces (also see my drawings in the document). Tower is warrior, horse a rogue, bishop a cleric and queen a wizard.
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Dungeons, bridges, cliffs and monsters with minions, battling rams, black wizards, boss monster, ambushes, etc could be black playing cards.
