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Welcome to the latest ’5D Pop Culture Website Pick Of The Week Award’, the opportunity to share something in the world of Pop Culture (usually, but not exclusively RPG-related). This week’s choice falls well and truly within of the RPG universe and will shortly be on my own ’to buy’ list on the DriveThrRPG link below.
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And while the ’5D Pop Culture Website Pick Of The Week Award’ may not be; a) The most prestigious award in the TTRPG community, or b) A snappy, concise award title – well, it will be something we take rather seriously at 5DHQ as we fastidiously wade through the plethora of weekly releases.
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And while there may be no review, or even more importantly, no prize, there is the knowledge that the winner has our undying love and adoration…..though not in a creepy way, obviously.
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Dungeoncaster
Open Source RPG Ruleset for Story-Driven Fantasy
Play any adventure path, campaign, or homebrew setting that fits the swords & sorcery genre.
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Setting-agnostic rules with an OSR-style lens for gameplay
Completely functional with any fantasy setting, campaign, or adventure paths
Story-driven mechanics that focus on threats and resolution, not on tactical play
Rules for journeys and overland travel
Tons of setting-agnostic worldbuilding tools
Extremely easy system, but with some crunch and advancement
Completely free for use commercially under Creative Commons licensing
Uses lots of polyhedrals!
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You can access Dungeoncaster here at DriveThruRPG
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Open Source means that there is a version available at no cost. So where is it?
If there isn’t a free SRD then the game is not open source.