Ringmail

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

A free pdf offering of a game that is inspired by how the rules of Chainmail were applied to OD&D is how the author describes it.

Ringmail by Michele Pavani

[hengest]

Apr 8, 2022 22:34:48 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

A free pdf offering of a game that is inspired by how the rules of Chainmail were applied to OD&D is how the author describes it.

Ringmail by Michele Pavani

Nice. Thanks for this, exalt.

The purpose of Ringmail is solely to provide a tool to reintroduce an unfortunately forgotten style of play: that of 0E.


This is a simplified manual that is inspired by how the rules of the wargame that preceded it were applied to the “Most Famous Role-Playing Game in the World”. Here you will not find three different combat systems, but only one that refers to the mechanics behind what was the Massive Combat table (this brings a completely different abstraction of combat, where the characters are no longer heroic adventurers but simple "pawns").

Been looking for something like this. Not that I have an obvious use for it, but this looks simple enough even for me to grasp it. I'm going to read it more carefully. 

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Apr 10, 2022 21:12:57 GMT -5 hengest said:

Apr 8, 2022 22:34:48 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

A free pdf offering of a game that is inspired by how the rules of Chainmail were applied to OD&D is how the author describes it.

Ringmail by Michele Pavani

Nice. Thanks for this, exalt.

The purpose of Ringmail is solely to provide a tool to reintroduce an unfortunately forgotten style of play: that of 0E.


This is a simplified manual that is inspired by how the rules of the wargame that preceded it were applied to the “Most Famous Role-Playing Game in the World”. Here you will not find three different combat systems, but only one that refers to the mechanics behind what was the Massive Combat table (this brings a completely different abstraction of combat, where the characters are no longer heroic adventurers but simple "pawns").

Been looking for something like this. Not that I have an obvious use for it, but this looks simple enough even for me to grasp it. I'm going to read it more carefully. 

I downloaded it for the same reasons, hengest.

[hengest]

From Ringmail:

Any action whose outcome is uncertain requires a roll of the dice. If the action is linked to one of the two Primary Characteristics of your Class, then you will roll as many D6s as your character's Level, otherwise you will roll only one die. Each single die rolled will have its modifiers added (or subtracted) and if the result is equal to or greater than the Difficulty Class (set by the Arbiter) then a success will be obtained. Note: it is enough that

even just one die exceeds the Difficulty Class for the action to be successful.

I like this description, clearer to me than many.

[mao]

Thanx for the tip. I'll get back to you after I read PDF in the next couple of day. My curiosity is peaked

[nobody]

Have to take a look at this.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

And now there is the Ringmail Fantasy Supplement which "presents a combat system more faithful to the game from which Ringmail inspires, as well as guidelines for creating opponents and managing magic in a simple way (without resorting to long lists of spells).".  It's listed at a suggested price of $2.10 but it is pay what you want.  

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Jun 18, 2022 4:09:41 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

And now there is the Ringmail Fantasy Supplement which "presents a combat system more faithful to the game from which Ringmail inspires, as well as guidelines for creating opponents and managing magic in a simple way (without resorting to long lists of spells).".  It's listed at a suggested price of $2.10 but it is pay what you want.  

There is a third one called Ringmail - Mass Combat Rules (English) which is currently out and out free as well.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

The thing I like best about these is the art, I love the art. 

Here is his website where people can support him.


Support Ringmail on Ko-fi!

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Jun 18, 2022 11:21:37 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

The thing I like best about these is the art, I love the art. 

Here is his website where people can support him.


Support Ringmail on Ko-fi!

Cool! Yeah, the art is spot on.