#tricube

[libidomechanica]

Through loues misgouernaunce

Nor be afraid, for what they shall scorch

and beate their wings. Ground, dark valley and

would call him, what cash he got or blood.

[kwaderno84]

muli na namang bumabara ang daluyan ng aking pagkatha...

[literalgrill]

Mystery~

Heart pounding Face flushing Breath catching

Her glasses That small look Familiar

Yet this time It's just so Different

Femslash February day 5: mystery 🔍

I drew this with crayons X3

[dungeonofthedragon]

New PWYW Title: Mutant Beach Episode

Play as a supervillain's mutated mooks as they try to enjoy their summer vacation in spite of constant interruptions.

[mkaugust]

Blue is the

moon rising

above me.

-

Blue is the 

sea rushing

towards me.

-

Blue is the

sky, still now,

over me.

[chronivore]

Academy of Monstrous Secrets (Tricube Tales One-Page RPG) - Zadmar Games | Tricube Tales | DriveThruRPG

[toadwithbooks]

National Poetry Month: Explore Tricubes

Tricube poems are a form of poetry that consist of three stanzas, each containing three lines. The name “tricube” comes from the fact that each line of the poem has exactly three syllables. The first stanza sets the tone or theme of the poem, the second develops it further, and the third brings the poem to a conclusion. Each stanza should be a complete thought or idea, and the poem should flow…

[theresattrpgforthat]

Hiya! Do you know of any good rpgs for fiction in the Sword and Sandal genre, or really anything that would fit a largely-historical game set in the ancient to late antique Middle East?

Thanks for everything you do!

THEME: Sword and Sandal

Hello Friend, I don’t think I found anything here that meets what you’re looking for exactly, but I think there are a few things here that are in the same neighbourhood of what you’re looking for. I’ve found a few Bronze-Age and Mesopotamian games that might interest you, as well as a setting in Ancient Egypt!

I know that there’s not a lot here that is likely to hit the mark that you were looking for, so I’m also hoping that folks who see this will add their own suggestions in the comments and reblogs!

Champions of Osiris, by Zadmar Games.

“King Osiris and Queen Isis once ruled ancient Egypt—until Set murdered his brother and usurped the throne. Isis was a powerful sorceress who used her powers to escape, but Set chopped his rival into dozens of pieces and scattered them across the land, preventing his resurrection.

With the aid of her sister Nephthys, Isis recovered the remains of her husband’s loyal bodyguards and retainers, imbuing their spirits with potent sorcery and granting them immortality. These fierce heroes began the formidable task of seeking out and gathering the lost pieces of their king’s corpse.

You are the “immortal champions.” You once swore to guard your king’s life with your own—and you did! Now you’ve sworn another oath: to destroy Set’s legacy and restore Osiris to the throne.”

The Tricube Tales System is a genre-neutral rules set that is meant to be easy to learn and great for short games. The designer has created countless scenarios for this system, with Champions of Osiris being one of them. Players receive karma tokens, which they can use to increase their chances of success, and gain by increasing their chances of failure. They also have a resolve track, which erodes with each failure, potentially removing a player from the scene if they aren’t careful.

This is definitely not a historical game, but it’s probably the closest to the “Middle East” inspiration that I was able to find during my search.

Into the Bronze, by Lantern’s Faun.

Into the Bronze is a RPG of sword, sorcery and sandals in Mesopotamia from the Bronze era.

The plains between the Tigris and Ephrates rivers hide silent, gloomy valleys where demons and lesser gods devise their evil plans. Defy the gods of Sumeria, behold the beginning of civilization.

This is a rule-set, but it doesn’t have much in terms of lore, which may be good if you have the kind of world you want to play in already in your head, but just need a framework in terms of player skills and dice resolution. Into the Bronze is inspired by Into the Odd, by Chris McDowell, renowned for its flexibility and simplicity. I think it would be very easy to take characters built in this world and then put them into a world like that of Undying Sands, which isn’t a game in itself but provides you with plenty of locations, encounters, and characters to fight, barter, and conspire with.

Fragments of the Past, by Dev9k.

Fragments of the Past is a rules-light roleplaying game set in a Bronze-Age world evoking the atmosphere of ancient tales and poems of the archaic Mediterranean, where conflicts are resolved on a roll of a d10 or a d100. 

Experience the great tragedies, deeds, and ambitions of larger-than-life characters, dwelling in a world of sacred places and untamed wilderness. Pray and live according to the ancient customs of long-forgotten civilizations, if you dare. 

Fragments of the Past is meant to emulate mythic and tragic stories from a world that could have been, a world with references to ancient mediterranean cultures, but its locations and peoples are uniquely named. This is a world where the Gods’ wills have visible effects on the world around them: this is most visible in Talismans - relics that became powerful because of their place in great stories and actions of heroes.

This is a game designed for long-form play. Your characters are built from a mix of quantifiable stats and descriptive abilities that point to the personality and narrative arc desired by the player. As the characters grow, they will primarily manifest new Epithets, which are specific areas of knowledge born from the characters’ experiences. When rolling to actively do something using an attribute, players pick up a d100. When doing something that involves luck, hubris or willpower, the player will instead pick up a d10.

If you want to check out this game before buying it, you can check out the free Quickstart, which has over 100 pages of lore and guidance to introduce you to the basics of this game.

AZAG, by Dank Dungeons.

"You must travel far, beyond the spider-haunted towers of Byzaron and the red mists of The Yielding Plain. The Sleeping Augur awaits, through azure pylons inscribed with sigils both beneficent and doomed.”

AZAG is a combination tabletop role playing game and five track instrumental album.  Featuring a rule system inspired by the likes of Fighting Fantasy and Troika! in a setting inspired by Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, Howard's Conan, and Smith's Hyperborea. 

Treat with strange entities, battle against weird magics, and explore a world of mystery and wonder!

Looking at the inspiration and references for this game, as well as the rule system it draws from (Troika), I have a feeling AZAG is going to be extremely un-serious. This is not a game of historical realism, but of sorcery, action, and storage gods. Based on its source material, I”m also guessing that character creation is going to be rather simple, and survival is going to depend on your creativity more-so than the luck of your rolls. If you like your games dangerous and a little over-the-top, you might want to try AZAG.

2400 BC, by ozmodeuz.

"…at dawn a black cloud came from the horizon; thunderous with wrath. The seven judges of hell raised their torches, lighting the land with their livid flame. The earth cried despair to the heavens as daylight turned to darkness and the land was shattered like glass. For six days and six nights the tempest raged and gathered fury, and poured over the people like the tides of war. All sense and hope was lost, and the gods cowered in heaven…"

2400 BC is a hack of Jason Tocci's 24XX about rebuilding community in the aftermath of an environmental catastrophe, thousands of years in the past. It was inspired by Mesopotamian myth, particularly the Epic of Gilgamesh.

2400 BC explores a recent tragedy, devastating your homeland and driving you to fight for survival. It’s a small game that makes extensive use of roll tables to help generate characters quickly as well as provide a GM with quick ideas as to what kinds of opportunities and problems your characters will face. The character generation tables have plenty of options for making characters that aren’t necessarily good people, so I have a feeling survivability is a bit low.

All in all, if you want a quick to pick up game about catastrophe hitting the ancient world, this might be the game for you.

[mylittleredgirl]

So D&D(tm) does have a lot of reading, to be fair, and groups where you play d&d without reading basically offload the reading to the GM which does mean you need a GM who is very familiar with the game.

SO if you want a gateway drug, you could try Tricube Tales. The system is free, simple, functional, and only needs three 6 sided dice (so no need to buy a dice set before you’re sure you wanna commit). If you can gather up a bunch of friends who also wanna try, GMing tricube tales is pretty easy if you are good at improv.

If you aren’t good at improv, don’t want to Gm, or can’t get 2-4 friends (do not try to GM for more your first time btw) you could try finding a local group, ideally one that does oneshots to get a sense of how games work before you jump into a campaign.

If all the above are infeasible there are solo games that randomly generate scenarios for you to RP in. I don’t know much about them but they exist.

Go forth and adventure!

i missed this in my inbox from ages ago, which is sad because more people should see this! the next time the invitation crosses my path, i will now be braver about accepting :)

[fictionadventurer]

NaPoWriMo #34: A tricube

A poem of three stanzas with three lines of three syllables each.

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spring

she rises from damp earth and dances

with sunshine and rain as her suitors

leaving gifts of flowers at her feet

[theblazingpoetess]

Poetic Reveries Saturday Specials: Tricube

Trilling birds

At dawn's rise

Wake me from

Tranquil sleep

Witnessing

The first light

Here is our

Tomorrow

Watch night fade

[libidomechanica]

Untitled (“Should I seek,— for both shall we away”)

But didn’t know of, that hath been there had

long be-nightmar’d. Should I seek,—for both

shall we away? That convey its grief.

[kwaderno84]

(image:

©LittleLotte @ Night Café)

[nightshadesmusings]

Tricube Poems

The Present Time passes It drips down Endlessly

I can’t change What’s in the Past, it’s gone

But I can Control the Here and now

Who am I I used to Be someone I didn’t know

Until I  Learned to Love myself

And now I Think I know Who I am

[bergeremporium]

Tricubes... 1

This bullshit makes me sick: vomiting. Healthier, morning rise perks me up. Today is better than yesterday.

[thelittlepoetworld]

#65 Losing Our Mother

(Poem Submitted to: Everlasting Literature's Makata Got Talent S02) (Theme/Topic: Sorrows from Yesterday) (Tricube- for Grand Round) she has been diagnosed that her breast has tumor and it is cancerous she survive but years passed our mom died Copyright 2021 © BALOCSIN *A Tricube comprises of three stanzas, each stanza is three lines, and each line is three syllables. No rules for rhymes, meter, etc.