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A fantasy heartbreaker is what you get when an enthusiastic amateur who has only ever played [[D&D]] tries to design an RPG. Ask your GM, they probably have one. | |||
Once upon a time, those might get self-published and spend the next few years drifting towards the back of the game store's shelf, then the bargain bin. These days you'll find them on home-made ungoogleable websites, as unrated pdfs in online stores, and on [[Kickstarter]]. | |||
They unquestioningly copy D&D in most things, but add in a handful of original (or independently reinvented) mechanics and/or a very peculiar setting. It's seeing those nuggets of creativity buried in unsalvageable D&D-flavored shit that causes the heartbreak. | |||
Term coined in 2002 by notorious [[Forgefag]] Ron Edwards. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/9/ | *[http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/9/ Ron Edwards's original essay.] | ||
*[http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/10/ A sequel essay.] | *[http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/10/ A sequel essay.] | ||
[[Category:Roleplaying]] | [[Category:Roleplaying]] | ||
Revision as of 14:52, 5 August 2015
A fantasy heartbreaker is what you get when an enthusiastic amateur who has only ever played D&D tries to design an RPG. Ask your GM, they probably have one.
Once upon a time, those might get self-published and spend the next few years drifting towards the back of the game store's shelf, then the bargain bin. These days you'll find them on home-made ungoogleable websites, as unrated pdfs in online stores, and on Kickstarter.
They unquestioningly copy D&D in most things, but add in a handful of original (or independently reinvented) mechanics and/or a very peculiar setting. It's seeing those nuggets of creativity buried in unsalvageable D&D-flavored shit that causes the heartbreak.
Term coined in 2002 by notorious Forgefag Ron Edwards.