Games that use BRP rules that are not from Chaosium

[Jason Durall]

There's Worlds Beyond, a science-fiction game which apparently had some sort of agreement to openly use the BRP rules set.

[Steffworthington]

twilight 2000v1 is pretty similar.

[Simlasa]

Originally Posted by Steffworthington

twilight 2000v1 is pretty similar.

I had no idea there was any similarity there... hmmm... I was mighty tempted by that game, back in the day.

[Nightshade]

There was a fantasy game called Element Masters in its first edition and Gatewar in its second which was clearly RuneQuest with the serial numbers filed off and a few small differences.

[Sorloc]

Will the original poster please be kind enough to go through, collect the titles (and people who made the claim) and edit the original post? This will make it easier for people who are just coming in to keep up...

please?

[Joseph Paul]

Sorloc- Please take a look at the first post and tell me if that is what you mean?

[Sorloc]

Yes, thanks! I thought that there were a lot more... it certainly seemed that way, but still, that is rather a lot.

[Steffworthington]

I had no idea there was any similarity there... hmmm... I was mighty tempted by that game, back in the day

It has recognisable percentile skills, CUF (or coolness under fire) which is quite like sanity, and a point allocation system for generation.

If you managed to track down 'Twilight Nightmares' (like I did) which had adventures with monsters, ufo's, and zombies it was essentially 'Cthulhu At War'.

[drohem]

Another d100 game system is TSR's generic system called Amazing Engines. This came out in the early 1990s and had several worldbook/campaign settings published in the line. I rather like the system, but could not convince my D&D fanboy gaming circle to try it out even though it was published by TSR, lol.

[The Tweaker]

In Spain percentile-based games were quite popular years ago and several games were locally published, though only one of them remains in print nowadays:

- Aquelarre. The first professionally-published Spanish rpg, back in 1990, by Joc Internacional. Created by Ricard Ibañez, who would later design the Capitán Alatriste rpg, it was (and is, as a third edition is planned) a very gritty game set in the Spanish middle ages (13-14th centuries), during the Reconquista period. Quite deadly combat system. Magic and spells were taken from real grimoires of the time and Spanish, Arab and Jew folklore provide all supernatural creatures and monsters in the book.

Second edition was known for featuring terrible cartoony art which did not fit at all with the setting, but it is very complete and had all the background material (including several essays on medieval theology!) and info that you might need for years of playing with only the main rulebook (and maybe a good history book). It also included the background and rules changes necessary for playing in 17th century Spain as an alternate setting, previously published as a separate suppliment.

- Far West. A Western-themed rpg published by M+D Editores in 1994. Simple but fun. It used just three attributes (STR, DEX & CON) and percentile skills. Enough background information for having a good time gun-slinging and bank robbin' in the American Frontier.

- Superheroes, Inc. Out of print superhero game which also used percentile skills, published in 1994 by Ediciones Cronópolis. The rules were a greatly expanded and pulished version of those used in their generic rpg, Universo (see below).

- Universo (1993). Simple generic rpg, also published by Ediciones Cronópolis. Quite weak as far as rules go, and both the layout and the illustrations of the core manual were simply ugly.