Looking for the Free Microlite20/7x/8x/2020 Rules Downloads?

There are well over 100 free downloads of rules (and more) for Microlite20, Microlite2020, Microlite7x, Microlite 81, and their many variants in the Game Download Library area below. These files can be downloaded without creating a membership on this site.

 

 

 

Update (19 Jun 23):

As I mentioned many weeks ago, maintaining the seldom used Wordpress side of this site became too much of a bother, especially as parts of Wordpress are constantly updating and some those updates break things -- like access to this forum. I'm finally had time to remove it. The forum should stop disappearing from view now.

As many of you know, my wife has had MS for about 20 years now. It has gotten to the stage where helping her takes a lot more of my time that it used to. This means visits to this board have become few and far between. I'm looking for a couple of members willing to help moderate this board. Note that if your idea of good moderation is anything similar the way boards like RPG.net are moderated, do not bother volunteering. Good moderation isn't about forcing your opinions, ideological positions, or biases on members via your power to gag and ban, it is about being helpful to all members (even those you don't like/disagree with), cleaning up after spammers, and enforcing the rules with the lightest hand possible and only doing so when the rules are actually broken. If you are interested in any message board moderation position on any board because of the supposed "power" it will give you, you are (IMHO) the wrong person for the job. If you are interested, PM me. It may taken quite a while to reply, unfortunately.

Search found 81 matches

by quaffeine
Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Flexible magic/spell systems (for m20 variant)
Replies: 17
Views: 16335
United States of America

Re: Flexible magic/spell systems (for m20 variant)

I did, and I like it as an option to use outside of "encounters" (i.e. combat or other things tracked in rounds). Maybe as an option for Advantage/automatic success if some sort of roll is required, or something that would prevent whatever cost might otherwise be needed.

by quaffeine
Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:32 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Flexible magic/spell systems (for m20 variant)
Replies: 17
Views: 16335
United States of America

Re: Flexible magic/spell systems (for m20 variant)

So here's a couple of interesting ones I came across, notably (but perhaps not surprisingly) both from Black Hack hacks: 1) Usage die Magic gets a usage die from d12 all the way down to zero and beyond (more on this in a moment). Roll the usage die for each level of the spell cast. Casting beyond a ...
by quaffeine
Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:12 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Flexible magic/spell systems (for m20 variant)
Replies: 17
Views: 16335
United States of America

Flexible magic/spell systems (for m20 variant)

Does anyone have a favorite magic system from other games that either uses flexible spells (i.e. set effects you can dial up or down as needed) or is completely freeform? I want to offer an alternative to the typical Vancian-style "spells," whether they run off of spell slots or HP (as in ...
by quaffeine
Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:44 pm
Forum: Site and Community
Topic: Like the new site design!
Replies: 3
Views: 6932
United States of America

Like the new site design!

Hey @randalls, just wanted to give a quick shout-out on the new site... looks good!

by quaffeine
Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:04 am
Forum: Rules Lite RPGs
Topic: Microlite 20 Trademark, etc.
Replies: 7
Views: 9861
United States of America

Microlite 20 Trademark, etc.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know where the trademark/general ownership of Microlite 20 stands?

I know someone bought it from the original creator, but last I checked he hasn't been doing anything with the "brand" for some time now.

by quaffeine
Sat May 28, 2022 7:57 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Thoughts on Specializations
Replies: 4
Views: 8863
United States of America

Re: Thoughts on Specializations

If I'm understanding these right, that they stack with the PC's "base class," I'd say they're a really nice rules-light approach to sub-classes, though better because they're not dependent on the base class. I'm working on something a little crunchier for my game, but as the ideas are pret...
by quaffeine
Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?
Replies: 10
Views: 43223
United States of America

Re: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?

So to provide a quick update on this topic... we just finished a campaign (or first chapter thereof, we'll see if the group wants to continue) based in a low-fantasy 1790s New Orleans. It started last July (dang!), once weekly for around 2 hours, and saw the party reach 6th level (this probably shou...
by quaffeine
Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:40 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Organizational Question
Replies: 4
Views: 24599
United States of America

Re: Organizational Question

Awesome, definitely let us (or at least me) know when it's available! I'm also interested in the balance it looks like you're trying to strike between simplicity (m20) and crunch (e.g. progressive Feats), as I have a project where I'm trying to do the same thing.

by quaffeine
Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:19 am
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Crafting
Replies: 4
Views: 9939
United States of America

Re: Crafting

I've been thinking on this as I'm doing some work on skill related things, and actually separating "Crafting," i.e. making something quality the right way, and "jury-rigging" makes a lot of sense. KNOW + STR for proper Crafting, KNOW + DEX for MacGuyver-style improvisation. The i...
by quaffeine
Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Organizational Question
Replies: 4
Views: 24599
United States of America

Re: Organizational Question

First off, if the presence of "Esper" implies this is an m20 Final Fantasy-inspired game, I can't wait to see it. Second, I'm struggling with some questions of presentation myself at the moment, so I'm curious to see how this shakes out. But asked for a preference, I'd go for either 3 or 4...