So, is anyone here familiar with Risus? It's quite possibly the simplest RPG there is, with the shortest rules book to match. Naturally, it can be downloaded for free here: http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/downloads.htm#Risus

Would anyone be up for a quick game with that system to kick some extra life into this forum?

And if so, what are your preferences? Serious or less so? Science fiction, fantasy or post-apocalyptic? Dungeon-crawling adventures or urban noir or what have you? I can't promise that I can run absolutely anything (I doubt I can do modern stuff or full silly stuff too well), but if I had some idea of the local Risus-ites' preferences, I'm sure I could come up with a more specific pitch.

I want to learn more about this table top game, but I don't feel comfortable downloading something just to understand the game.

Can you simply give more details of what your preference is, because I'm guessing you have one.

But I will give you my preference, I'm big into fantasy and medieval. So anything with that kind of setting, timeline and stuff would be great.

Nevermind. Dropping interest. Later.

I'm Game for it.

I read the rules before, but I never actually played a game. Tentatively interested.

I'm not sure if I can handle Full Silly, sadly. On the other hand, it is true that a dark and serious game would be pretty off for this system.

Gareth, it's your prerogative, but it's just 6 pages. It's a very simple, very flexible system.

Is anyone here familiar with the North World webcomic? I advise you to track it down if you are. Some half-serious adventure fantasy+modern life setting in that vein might be a plausible option. Then again, the only preferences I heard so far are "fantasy" from Gareth and "silly" from Bunnita - if anyone else cares to weigh in, it would be appreciated.

I'll get back to you on the subject of dice and game mechanics later, if you don't mind. But yes, I was thinking of leaving the rolls up to the players. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm can be used for rolls. I trust people enough not to lie about their results here.

Interested.

im getting ready to run a risus game here. making the post now.