DramaSystem Resources

Articles

• The DramaSystem SRD – A reference document for writers and game designers to create their own products derived from DramaSystem
• Supporting Characters as Foils – Robin D. Laws uses GMCs to manipulate a PC’s dramatic poles
• The No-Response Response – Robin D. Laws on pacing scenes to maintain suspense
• Going Full Caliban – Robin D. Laws steals some dramatic pole ideas from iconic fictional characters
• Graybeard –  Robin D. Laws details the GM character he keeps coming back to in Hillfolk one-shots
• Alternate Procedural Resolutions for One-Shot DramaSystem – Robin D. Laws looks at ways of resolving procedural scenes for shorter game sessions
• How Documentaries Show Us DramaSystem Scene Structure in Real Life – Robin D. Laws breaks down Yung Chang’s documentary China Heavyweight
• Chuffa In Hillfolk – Robin D. Laws focuses on the good kind of blathering in DramaSystem
• If Game of Thrones was Your DramaSystem Game – Robin D. Laws looks at who gets the drama tokens in S5 E1 Game of Thrones
• Problem Solving vs Problem Protecting – Robin D. Laws on resolving the tension between being a character’s player and a game’s co-author
• The Rhythm of Ensemble – Robin D. Laws looks at how GMs can work with groups of players to create better story
• Join the Fantasy Confrontation League – Robin D. Laws suggests a Hillfolk series as a vacation from emotional reticence
• Can We Have the Room Please – Robin D. Laws sends GMCs out of the room as a power move
• How to be the Teller at the Hillfolk Memory Bank Robin D. Laws looks at making note taking and judicious stage whispers part of the DramaSystem GM’s toolkit
• Dramatic Poles of Better Call Saul – Robin D. Laws looks at how dramatic poles are played out in one of the best shows going

 Series Pitches

• All DramaSystem Series Pitches – A Complete List by Jean-Christophe Cubertafon
• Alignment, by Michael Duxbury, illustrated by Melissa Trender – a fantasy setting of caste-based oppression, based on the Good-Evil/Lawful-Chaos alignment system from classic fantasy games.
• Perveniet Calix, a Dracula Dossier Series Pitch by Ryan Macklin
• A War on Christmas, a Series Pitch by Lowell Francis
• Bloodbag Command, a Night’s Black Agents Series Pitch by Robin D. Laws
• RPG Geek DramaSystem Contest 2015 – 20+ Series Pitches from various authors

 Forms

• Download the Scene Breakdown Tracker
• Download the Relationship Map
• Download a Recurring Characters Tracker
• Download the Main Cast Tracker
• Download a list of Common Intentions
• Download the Character Sheet
• Download a form-fillable version of the Character Sheet
• Download a French language one-sided DramaSystem character sheet by Jean-Christophe Cubertafon
• Download an English language one-sided DramaSystem character sheet by Jean-Christophe Cubertafon
• Download a 2-sided, landscape orientation, with player reference (procedural rules references are to the advanced system from Blood on the Snow) by Jon Cole
• Download a GM reference sheet (procedural rules references are to the advanced system from Blood on the Snow) by Jon Cole
• Download 9 quick-start character playbooks for Hillfolk (including GM instructions on how to use) as 2-sided, landscape orientation, folded into booklets by Jon Cole.
• Download 6 quick-start character playbooks using material from the RPG Dream Askew (playbooks by Wade Rockett; Dream Askew by Avery Alder, material used with permission)
• Download 9 quick-start character playbooks for Hillfolk (including GM instructions on how to use) as 2-sided, landscape orientation, folded into booklets by Jon Cole.
• Download an Excel spreadsheet bennie calculator, which automatically calculates who should get bennies at the end of a session, by Jon Cole
• Download resources for Darke and Stormy Nights (Scott Bennie) from Blood on the Snow – including a form-fillable player character sheet with setting information and instructions on how to get and spend drama tokens, and a GM version with a rules quick-reference for convention play, plus suggestions for “tightening the screws” on the PCs during the session, created by Wade Rockett

Reviews

• A review of Hillfolk by gnomestew.com
• A review of Hillfolk by ageofravens.blogspot.com