What is Ruins & Revolutions?
Or, why the world does, in fact, need another tabletop roleplaying game.
Ruins & Revolutions is a simple framework for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) that puts the emphasis on your world, your characters, and your story.
Adaptable Rules
The basic rules fit on the front and back of a single sheet of paper, but it creates space to add as much (or as little) complexity as your game calls for.
Focus on Your World
Ruins & Revolutions can be a no-prep alternative for your existing game ready to play tonight. If you enjoy prep, spend it on your world instead of the rules.
Open Source
Ruins & Revolutions is released under a Creative Commons License — just like everything our community has created and shared in the Catalogue.
Ruins & Revolutions works on the interaction between three basic but powerful concepts:
Scales
Scales allow you to pace development, whether it’s one character’s attitude towards another, the journey to master a tool or technique, or the effort to fundamentally change a whole society.
Scrolls
Scrolls give the game master a way to pace developing threats, issues, and concerns — and a way for players to understand how their actions can either stop those things from happening, or help them along.
Random Tables
Every roll is on a random table. The basic table builds in tension from degrees of success and failure, but more specific random tables can make the important moments in your game shine.
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