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Basic Role-Playing

Basic Role-Playing (BRP) is a tabletop role-playing game derived from the RuneQuest fantasy role-playing game. Chaosium released the BRP standalone booklet in 1980 in the boxed set release of the second edition of RuneQuest. Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis are credited as the authors. Chaosium used the percentile skill-based system as the basis for most of…

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Designers
Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis
Genres
Universal
Publication
1980, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2023
Publishers
Chaosium

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Basic Role-Playing

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related to Reception · 16
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Basic Role-Playing → Basic Roleplaying, Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing Product, Line PageBasic Roleplaying Central, The
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Basic Role-Playing → Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis
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Basic Role-Playing → Universal
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Basic Role-Playing → 1980, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2023
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Basic Role-Playing → Chaosium
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Basic Role-Playing → truly universal introduction to the hobby

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Basic Role-PlayingDesignersGreg Stafford and Lynn Willis1.00infobox
Basic Role-PlayingGenresUniversal1.00infobox
Basic Role-PlayingPublication1980, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2008, 20231.00infobox
Basic Role-PlayingPublishersChaosium1.00infobox
Basic Role-Playingis atruly universal introduction to the hobby0.90text
GURPSinstance ofRules systemBRP is similar to other generic systems0.80text
Hero Systeminstance ofRules systemBRP is similar to other generic systems0.80text
or Savage Worlds in that it uses a simple resolution method which can be broadly appliedinstance ofRules systemBRP is similar to other generic systems0.80text
Basic Role-Playingrelated to External linksChaosium's Basic Role-Playing Product0.60section
Basic Role-Playingrelated to External linksLine PageBasic Roleplaying Central0.60section
Basic Role-Playingrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Basic Role-Playingrelated to External linksBasic Roleplaying0.60section

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