ChroniclesRPG

Our Philosophy

ChroniclesRPG rejects the traditional model of closed, corporate-controlled game systems. We believe the best games emerge when the community can see, edit, and extend every part of the rules. This is what we mean by Community Native design — the game belongs to the people who play it (the ChroniclesRPG project is property of the Public Domain).

Our Meta Native design positions our Core Instructions in a fiction agnostic starting point, so that it can be refined to suit any specific fiction for unique gameplay. The Players have "Primary Resources" (Chapters, Legendary Deeds, Spotlight and Familiarity) which exist outside of the fiction (Meta Resources). These are the primary resources for gameplay and progression. The Narrator as well has "Twists" (similar to Legendary Deeds) and "Surge" (similar to Spotlight) to spend in order to shape the unfolding story. This allows game mechanisms to use the same core resources, avoiding bloat, streamlining gameplay and making game balance easier to measure out.

Contact Us

You can reach us at contact@chroniclesrpg.com or text 205-239-0147 for quicker questions. You can also join our Discord

Other projects from the creators: G's Itch.io and N's Ko-fi