1st Edition

Descriptors RPG 1st edition is a complete line of products.

It is anchored by the Descriptors RPG: Definitive Edition rulebook, which features everything you need to play, dozens of variations (optional and expanded rules), and five unique ready-to-play realms (settings with story and scene ideas), complete with pregenerated characters for each realm.

Expansions include three all-new ready-to-play realms in Descriptors RPG: Realms Volume 1, the business card-sized complete 1-on-1 optimized dramatic version of the game called Descriptors: I Mean Business, and two compatible variations that expand resource management and item crafting, Descriptors: Survive and Descriptors: Craft.

All of these releases can be found at both DriveThruRPG and itch.io.

Descriptors: Definitive Edition

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DeScriptors RPG: Definitive Edition is a massive expansion of the DeScriptors rules, as well as a catalogue of five fully-fledged settings complete with scenario ideas and pregenerated characters. In addition, an extensive example of play and an FAQ-style storyteller guide section round out the book, providing new and experienced gamers with everything they need to run the game like a pro.

Summary

  • 28 pages.
  • Full rules. Includes the one-page version of the rules, as well.
  • Five settings (“realms”) complete with scenario and scene ideas, new mechanics, and pregenerated characters.
  • FAQ-style storyteller advice by creator Matthew Bannock and Worldbuilder’s Anvil podcast host Jeffery W. Ingram.
  • Optional, variant, and add-on rules.
  • Example of play.
  • Links to actual plays.
  • Credits: Written and developed by Matthew Bannock; editing, layout, and additional writing by Tim Bannock; cover and interior arty by Bruno Balixa, Rick Hershey, Currens, Kellepics, Pixexid.

Descriptors: Anything Goes!

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DeScriptors: Anything Goes! is the Pay What You Want (PWYW) version featuring one-page rules alongside a setting that is best described as “RIFTS or Torg as played for laughs!”

Summary

  • 6 pages.
  • Two versions of the rules and setting, using different formats for your customization preferences!
  • Includes a one-page version of the rules and setting fiction for printing.
  • Includes a multi-page spread version of the rules and setting for easier reference digitally.
  • Credits: Written and developed by Matthew Bannock; editing and layout by Tim Bannock; cover and interior art by Rick Hershey/Fat Goblin Games.

Descriptors: Realms Volume 1

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The DeScriptors: Realms series features bold and experimental new worlds for you to run game sessions in. Discover the story arc of your characters as they encounter beautiful, terrifying, strange, and wonderful new worlds and mechanics!

Summary

  • 13 pages.
  • One-page version of the Descriptors rules included; you don’t need any other books to play!
  • Three complete settings (“realms”) with in-world fiction, scenario and scene ideas, and pregenerated characters.
  • Credits: Written by Matthew Bannock; editing and layout by Tim Bannock; cover art by Rick Hershey/Fat Goblin Games; interior art by Jesus Blones, Aaron Lee, Rick Hershey/Fat Goblin Games, and Dean Spencer.

Descriptors: I Mean Business

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DeScriptors: I Mean Business is a complete 1-on-1 optimized tabletop roleplaying game you can play on the go in this clever business card-formatted version! Clever word play and a transformative character arc takes on a new, fast-playing and high-stakes form.

I Mean Business adds interpersonal Relationships as the only source of recovering traits, which brings a whole new level of drama to your DeScriptors games. At the same time, Setbacks become a ticking clock of permanent stains on your character’s record, upping the ante as you choose to spend your limited abilities on success and put your career, friends, and loved ones on the line.

Summary

  • The 1-on-1, high stakes interpersonal relationships version of DeScriptors that fits on a business card.
  • Included are a PDF version as well as a high resolution image version.
  • Credits: Developed by Tim Bannock for the #pleasurecardrpg jam on itch.io. DeScriptors RPG created by Matthew Bannock. Icons from game-icons.net: 3D Meeple by Delapouite under CC BY 3.0, Enlightenment by Lorc under CC BY 3.0

Descriptors: Survive

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DeScriptors‘ transformational character arcs are already a resource management system of a sort, as you balance success and failure to discover who your character becomes. Now it’s time to do so under penalty of death, delirium, dismemberment, or…some other D words, probably!

Survive adds resource tracks to your DeScriptors characters, which will ramp up the tension as you run low on food, supplies, money, or whatever’s important to your setting of choice. A simple dice + time interval system ensures the heat is on! Meanwhile, the players can rely on a homebase (if they can safeguard it!) or go scrounging for more resources (at the cost of gaining new adjectives to ensure later success!)…but that’s only a temporary solution!

Summary

  • A high-stakes resource management rule variant add-on for DeScriptors RPG that fits on a business card.
  • Included are a PDF version as well as a high resolution image version.
  • If enough folks like you support this release, it gets expanded and improved!
  • We value your feedback as we playtest these rules. Comment here or drop us a line at DeScriptorsRPG.com.
  • Credits: Created by Matthew Bannock. Developed by Tim Bannock for the #pleasurecardrpg jam on itch.io. Image by Andreea C from Pixabay

Descriptors: Craft

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With settings like Monsters Guild of the Ancient Lands already in DeScriptors: Definitive Edition, players and GMs have been in need of a crafting system for some time. Here it is! DeScriptors: Craft takes the idea of making anything and brings it to life with a simple dice based system that determines Traits and Flaws.

Summary

  • A crafting/recipe/cooking rule variant add-on for DeScriptors RPG that fits on a business card.
  • Included are a PDF version as well as a high resolution image version.
  • If enough folks like you support this release, it gets expanded and improved!
  • We value your feedback as we playtest these rules. Comment here or drop us a line at DeScriptorsRPG.com.
  • Credits: Created by Matthew Bannock. Developed by Tim Bannock for the #pleasurecardrpg jam on itch.io. Anvil and Tinker by Lorc, Cook by Delapouite under CC BY 3.0, from game-icons.net