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Thanks for all the comments! I am resolved next ye...

2009-07-23T08:38:46.190+01:00

Thanks for all the comments! I am resolved next year to get on the cases of free RPG authors to release updates to their games and get them submitted.

I must say this is a great article i enjoyed readi...

2009-07-23T06:34:34.887+01:00

I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work.

They didn't enter. It's too bad really, B...

2009-07-16T00:09:19.882+01:00

They didn't enter. It's too bad really, BRP is one of my absolute favorite RPGs. Jason Durrall said once that he thought it wasn't worth entering in a year with D&D 4e, which saddens me greatly :(

Well, Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying Quick Start...

2009-07-15T22:21:00.733+01:00

Well, Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying Quick Start rules are very well done, and I'm quite surprised they haven't made the Ennies ( came out too late maybe?). Even if there are no magic rules, the PDF is fairly complete and it comes along a few simple adventures to get started.

You have to log in the site before being able the download the free quickstart PDF
http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=3700

I don't disagree. There actually i a category...

2009-07-14T20:39:43.971+01:00

I don't disagree. There actually i a category so stuff like this doesn't happen (fan products), but it was cut this year because of a lack of entries. These games were considered in Free Products so they could have some sort of home.

Personally I was hoping for a smaller category or something at least, but there was some disagreement on how to handle it, so we went with the precedent, no category if there aren't at least 10 products.

It's awful because I can think of several products that really deserved recognition that didn't get any nod at all.

"Best Ad" is about right. I'll vote ...

2009-07-14T18:14:18.225+01:00

"Best Ad" is about right. I'll vote for one of the genuine articles.

As for commercial quick-star rules, I'd like to plug indie game designer Greg Porter's EABAlite. Not a free game as such, but apropos of the topic.

Well, I disagree that Quick Starts don't rate ...

2009-07-14T16:40:45.704+01:00

Well, I disagree that Quick Starts don't rate as "free" as other free RPGs, but that's just my opinion. ;)

One thing I will say is that people seem to forget that if folks don't submit their goods, then they can't be nominated. If you want to see which other free rpgs were nominated, check out Jeramy Ware's list on his blog. Jeramy was a judge this year.

http://enniejudge.blogspot.com/2009/05/updated-list.html

Trial & Terror, yeah, that's it...t...

2009-07-14T15:35:25.486+01:00

Trial & Terror, yeah, that's it...totally what I meant...

As long as it's a generic banner, I'm good to go with it.

Thank you for the support chaps, you can expect an...

2009-07-14T15:31:57.350+01:00

Thank you for the support chaps, you can expect another post with some campaign banners and images coming soon.

As long as people don't vote for a Quick Start, I'm happy. I like S&W and I like Trial and Terror (T&T is queued for review).

Interesting re: Trial & Error. I'll defin...

2009-07-14T15:29:10.408+01:00

Interesting re: Trial & Error. I'll definitely have to give it a look, cuz I'm in a similar boat - not really that interested in voting for a retro-clone spearheading a movement I already am ambivalent about in the first place.

I agree, but instead of voting for Swords & Wi...

2009-07-14T15:27:12.276+01:00

I agree, but instead of voting for Swords & Wizardry I will vote for Trial & Terror. Swords & Wizardry is great - but its fantasy and I've seen a thousand fantasy games. Trial & Terror is the first cop procedural / court room drama / supernatural horror game I've seen, and I like it!

I'm there - you sort out a banner and I'll...

2009-07-14T15:10:58.191+01:00

I'm there - you sort out a banner and I'll flock to it. 'Free' should mean 'Free', and not 'Free Advertising Campaign'.

A lot of people put a lot of energy and time into their games, most of which rival professional publications. I don't think it's fair at all.

Word. A cut-down version of an RPG is not a &qu...

2009-07-14T14:30:28.555+01:00

Word.

A cut-down version of an RPG is not a "free" RPG, it's just a "the first one's free" hook to get you to buy all their other cool expensive shit.

Setting aside that I really don't have love for S&W, I'd rather vote for that game a hundred times instead of some cut-down pseudo-game just meant to tempt you into buying a $40 or $50 hardcover.

If you make a banner, I'll be happy to put it up.

I am deadly serious too. I'll do a graphic ton...

2009-07-14T13:47:25.034+01:00

I am deadly serious too. I'll do a graphic tonight and begin passing it round. I don't mind which of the two truly free RPGs vote for, as long as it's not a quick start.

I will be thinking up some sort of campaign to ...

2009-07-14T13:41:49.561+01:00
I will be thinking up some sort of campaign to stop a commercial quick start from winning. All ideas and comments welcome!

Start the "Vote for a TRULY FREE RPG Game - vote for Swords & Wizardry!" campaign. We need a graphic for websites and forum signatures.

I'm actually deadly serious. If we get enough people, we'll have an army! :)