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 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
[…] Pelgrane Press, the creators of Hillfolk (along with Trail of Cthulhu, Night’s Black Agents and many other games), have been regularly producing new Series Pitches for Drama System since the successful release of the game last year. My latest contribution, Alignment, is now also available to download for free from the Drama System Resources page. […]