That gourmet luxury blend...
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    Oh look, typical carnist cliché is getting offended because someone criticized the weird shit you do.

    I didn't see anyone else pointing out how bizarre it is to fetishize bee puke.

    And people hate vegans because most people want to believe they're at least "pretty good people", and the very presence of a vegan challenges that belief. If you're offended, maybe it's time to look in the mirror.

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    What's unhinged is people who think they have the right to confine, torture, exploit, rape, murder, and devour the flesh and/or secretions of other animals just because they're different.

    Yeah I get that bugs are easy to dismiss because they're tiny, often obnoxious and treated like a nuisance, and less intelligent than other animals. But we're still talking about living beings who have their own subjective experience of life, individuality, and their own agenda. Like all animals they came into this life with us, not for us.

    Commodifying living beings is unhinged. And even ignoring the moral side of things, having a preference for bee vomit is unhinged.

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    ITT: a bunch of stolen bee vomit fetishists. Why pay so much money for something weird, gross, and every bit as unhealthy as sugar and corn syrup? Maple syrup (while also unhealthy) tastes way better. And date sugar, whole blended dates, or molasses are healthier alternatives.

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  • CNN: Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’
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    Oh cute, the vegans don't shut up cliche. Maybe it wouldn't be an issue if y'all just stopped abusing animals.

    And don't forget to install Linux.

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    That's only true of institutions that are unwilling to change. Every major religion has sub-branches and other variant communities that have entirely different sets of doctrines, some more progressive than others.

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    Yeah to be honest I just didn't feel like digging into the nuances. There is atheism (nonreligious), and there is Atheism (religious). And to be clear, that's totally fine. I have nothing against a/Atheism, only anti-theism or any other form of religious exclusivism.

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    Somebody else already posted the Wikipedia link here about state atheism. Atheists are no more innocent than other people.

    Maybe it's radical, even unfathomable; but it's almost as if the only pathway with any chance of peace is one where enough people can come to recognize that every. single. person. has their own set of beliefs, and the only kind of accord that has any chance of working for everyone, is one that actively supports diversity of belief.

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    If you believe that your religion is the only valid one, and that the others need to go away, then you are as bad as an evangelical. Anti-theists are just the hypocritical mirror image of evangelicals.

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    As a quasi-religious person I do agree that public policy and moral imperatives should have a secular basis. For example, when people look back at this point in history they're going to see a particularly nasty stain in the way that 99% of the human population is responsible for a sort of perpetual holocaust of many other species of animal, all for nothing more than a little gluttonous sensory pleasure. That kind of morality is easily argued on a secular basis for all the substantial harms those lifestyles cause, and the sheer amount of tangible benefits for choosing a better way.

    But secular policy is dangerous if it does not also support religious plurality. When one or two belief systems dominate, they invariably oppress smaller groups. Diversity of belief is a natural buffer against that.

    That said, a religion does not necessarily need to base its exegesis on interpretation of arbitrarily chosen writings. One of the best things religious groups can do for themselves now days, if they want to adapt to the times and survive into the future, is embrace the scientific method in their own ways. Evolution shows us that the things that aren't willing to change and adapt die.

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    Maybe if atheists didn't abrasively proselytize so much, and denigrate every other faith, they'd feel more comfortable being in the open with their religion.

    ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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    Veganism without some kind of conceptual framework of speciesism is not veganism. Your assessment is backwards, not only is the concept of anti-speciesism not fascist; speciesism is foundational to racism, sexism, and ableism.

    "When you are laying down the groundwork for what it means to be human, that is what it means to actually create human as a political identity because scientifically what we actually know is that human is just one of many species of animal on this planet, but we don’t actually think of ourselves as animals. I’ve talked to countless people who actually balk at the idea, who actually say to me well, I’ve never heard of that; of course humans are not animals. I’m like wow, you definitely did not pass seventh-grade biology. It’s like, you know, but this is just — this just illustrates to me how deeply entrenched these ideologies are. Because of course humans are animals but when we create human as a political identity, what we simultaneously do is create animal as a political identity and not just a species classification.

    When we set up this binary, everyone who does not fall into the neat little perfect box of what’s considered human, they exist on the spectrum as an animal. You see the animalization of black people. You see the animalization of any marginalized group or any group that we desire to marginalize and that’s occurred several times throughout history. Yeah, you know, that’s one of the driving things that I want people to take away from these conversations or what I want people to understand. Human was actually never something that was meant to include — in particular — us as black people. Human was just a distinction that was meant to be — that was meant to include primarily people who were white, male, straight, land-owning, heterosexual, and had all of their abilities.

    That’s really what we are — that’s really what we’re talking about and if you don’t meet these qualifications, if you don’t meet these criteria, then you are somehow considered to be less-than. That’s when the animalization starts to creep in. Yeah, this sort of aspirational humanity is something that I see people working toward over and over again in black liberation movements. We’re always talking about I am a human being. You know what? I deserve these rights as a human without ever critically interrogating what it means to be human or why human was considered someone — a person who is deserving of rights and not all of these other citizens that we share the planet with. That is one of our fundamental problems. Until we actually include other persons in our frame of reference of who is a marginalized community, I think that is going to continue to keep us back. Instead of actually embracing solidarity with other marginalized species, we instead continue to perpetuate the perceived exceptionalism of human and why that’s so good."

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    So are you meaning to imply that it's racist to be vegan? Certainly like any other movement, veganism has a need for more intersectionality. And that outright nazi vegans exist is shitty. But to imply that the anomalous existence of a fringe nazi vegan community means that antispeciesism is in itself racist is completely false, and even misses the point of that very article you posted:

    "White nationalist veganism can sound somewhat absurd, but it also shows how complex and deeply rooted this ideology is, and how it can appeal to a variety of different audiences. To combat these racist movements, we must understand them, including how they can incorporate beliefs we usually associate with liberal or leftist politics. The diversity of this movement should not be underestimated."

    Emphasis added. It is important not to allow bigots to hijack otherwise important movements for justice. If that's something that matters to you, then you have even more reason to go vegan, because animal consumption is not only intrinsically racist, but it is demonstrably materially supporting the fascist institutions who are the largest threats to democracy.

    https://www.christophersebastian.info/post/2018/10/20/if-veganism-is-racist-and-classist-bad-news-for-nonveganism

    https://www.christophersebastian.info/post/they-want-to-take-away-your-hamburgers-animal-exploitation-and-white-nationalism

    https://www.christophersebastian.info/post/2018/07/29/sorry-conservative-vegans-animal-rights-is-political-e2-80-a6and-it-leans-left

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  • Microsoft wants to update your Windows 11 PC without forcing you to reboot
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    I remember some years ago there was a "malware" going around that would flash OpenWRT onto people's routers, and set them to have more secure default settings.

    There should be another thing like that, but one that upgrades Windows into a Linux distro.

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    People tend to have their preferred water drinking container, and normally fill and drink from that container once per day. I've seen recommendations for 96 oz for adult men, and 92 oz for adult women, or even some recommendations to aim as high as 128 oz (1 gallon). So you can use this one-glass per day to hack yourself into drinking more water by choosing a canteen/growler that holds the total amount of water you're aiming to drink every day. You might not always hit the mark unless you're making an earnest effort, but having a 1 gallon drinking vessel will cause you to drink more water.

    And even if that seems like an extreme amount, getting at or close to that mark every day does make a difference for your health and how you feel.

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    Or I could just continue using the perfectly serviceable shell I've got, because realistically it's more likely to outlast the rest of the device anyway, and I'm still producing less plastic waste by abstaining from getting something I know I don't need.

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    Vegan fascists? The people who are trying to put an end to the forced captivity, continuous torture, rape, exploitation, commodification, and perpetual holocaust-levels of slaughter of virtually every species of animal that is not human, are fascists?

    Here's the most commonly accepted definition of veganism:

    "Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.""

    Emphasis added. The vast majority of vegans do not believe that killing a mosquito is exactly equivalent to killing a human, and even of the people who do, it's intended to imply that all species lives are important, that the mosquito's life is seen as equally valuable to the human's. The only reason such a proposition seems abhorrent to you is because you're looking at the mosquito through the lens of your carnist supremacist mindset, which is to see the mosquito as something worthless and thus conclude that a human's life is considered by vegans to be equally worthless.

    But again, like everyone else vegans take anti-speciesism only as far as is practical. We just do it better. The mosquito bite is easy. If you know mosquitos are around, it's wise to wear repellent, and take other appropriate precautions depending on your circumstances. Maybe modify your environment if possible to be less of a breeding ground for them, if it's bad enough. If you're dealing with a particular mosquito, odds are they have already bitten you, so how is the lethal carnist reaction any more protective against a disease that may have already been transmitted, than simply blowing on the mosquito to get them to fly away?

    Locust infestations happen because of shitty agricultural practices. If you've got a plot of land that's full of nothing but copies of one tantalizing crop, then of course it's going to be an obvious buffet for a vast amount of insects. Are veganic farming or veganic permaculture methods extreme? Or is it more extreme that our most common monocultural methods of farming are causing so much pollution that it's bringing so many vital pollinators to the brink of extinction?

    You make the same erroneous argument that many other carnists make, which is the idea that because vegan values can't always be practiced perfectly, that somehow automatically means the entire ethical framework is without merit. But that's obviously nonsensical. To the individual mosquito or mouse, it makes all the difference in their entire little lives, whether they incidentally pestered a vegan or carnist. It's been estimated that a single vegan living their values results in about 200 fewer livestock animals being slaughtered every year. Is it extreme to live in a way that would end factory farms forever if we all embraced it, or what about the lifestyle that created them in the first place?

    Nearly every half-baked gotcha that carnists try to catch vegans in has a common-sense practical answer. The example of predation in wild areas is a point of contention in vegan communities, whether we should intervene or not and ultimately make rather significant changes to the natural world, but presently it doesn't really matter, because there are so many other obvious abuses that need to end.

    Veganism only looks extreme from the deluded perspective of carnism. But in reality going vegan is like becoming sober, and recognizing how disturbing it was to live the way that so many continue to.

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  • No one is free from criticism. Harmful ideas should be condemned, when they are demonstrably harmful. But theist beliefs are such a vast range and diversity of ideas, some harmful, some useful, some healing, some vivifying, and still others having served as potent drivers of movements for justice; that to lump all theist religious belief into one category and attack the whole of it, only demonstrates your ignorance of theology, and is in fact bigotry. By saying that religious and superstitious beliefs should be disrespected, or otherwise belittling, or stigmatizing religion and supernatural beliefs as a whole, you have already established the first level on the "Pyramid of Hate", as well as the first of the "10 Stages of Genocide." If your religion is atheism, that's perfectly valid. If someone is doing something harmful with a religious belief as justification, that *specific* belief should be challenged. But if you're crossing the line into bigotry, you're as bad as the very people you're condemning. Antitheism is a form of supremacy in and of itself. > "In other words, it is quite clear from the writings of the “four horsemen” that “new atheism” has little to do with atheism or any serious intellectual examination of the belief in God and everything to do with hatred and power. > Indeed, “new atheism” is the ideological foregrounding of liberal imperialism whose fanatical secularism extends the racist logic of white supremacy. It purports to be areligious, but it is not. It is, in fact, the twin brother of the rabid Christian conservatism which currently feeds the Trump administration’s destructive policies at home and abroad – minus all the biblical references." https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/5/4/the-resurrection-of-new-atheism/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/2/21/can-atheists-make-their-case-without-devolving-into-bigotry/

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    What is LibreRPG? July 16th, 2023 Intro LibreRPG is a project to bring together tabletop role-playing games that respect everyone’s rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute the games. It’s a Free Culture and Copyleft endeavor. Originally LibreRPG was started in response to a controversy by Wizards of the Coast, and their mishandling of the Open Gaming License. The hope was to cultivate a community based around the legacy and culture of things like Free Software, open-source, Free Culture, and Copyleft. The community was (and technically is) on reddit, on /r/librerpg. However with Reddit itself opting for greed over what’s better for their own communities, I’m taking this opportunity to re-launch LibreRPG in a way that more fully embraces software freedom and what’s called the “fediverse”. Presently I’m making WordPress the main home of LibreRPG. In addition to that, I’ll maintain a variety of communities on a several platforms, most of which are based on federated technologies. Communities LibreRPG Codeberg. This is the repository where materials will first be drafted. The home of the List of LibreRPGs. Reddit alternatives: new community homes will be on KBin and Lemmy. I’m still learning how these work, but if I understand correctly, it should be possible to interact with both communities simultaneously while only having an account on one of them. Matrix – chat space with all sorts of bells and whistles. Agenda LibreRPGs main contribution so far is a small list of known RPGs and rule systems that are known to respect libre values (libre equals freedom). That list will be republished here, and other projects will follow. I also intend to pull together all the systems I can find, and organize them into archives in order to help preserve them. One of the problems I ran into in the course of my research is that some systems have become unavailable due to their hosting sites no longer being around. Closing If you know of any RPGs that fit our criteria, please let us know. If you have any ideas that might help the project or otherwise want to be involved, you’re welcomed in the communities. If you maintain similar projects, feel free to get in touch on possible collaborations. And lastly, have fun playing some free RPGs.

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    Project Guidelines
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    Project Guidelines July 16th, 2023 Guiding Principles and Submission Guidelines Tl;dr: If you think an RPG should be in our project, go ahead and either file an Issue, or make a Discussions post. It is recommended that you continue reading, so that you can avoid wasting your time and ours. Doing so will also help you be able to discern good open/libre RPGs from ones that in actuality are not free or open at all. Don’t forget to check the list of RPGs itself, in case the game or system is already on it. RPGs that Fit Our Criteria As a kind of quickstart, any RPG that’s published under one of our approved licenses is most likely to be accepted. On the other hand, any game or system published under any variant of the Open Game License will be rejected. The OGL, regardless of version, has never been a real open license. You can post a game that’s under a license that’s not on our list, but it will have to be assessed on a case by case basis. Guiding Principles There are existing organizations who have held definitions for what is “free” or “open”. In the software world, the first and most well known is the Free Software Foundation, and their Four Freedoms. For general media, there’s the Free Culture definition. The one we’re primarily going to draw from is the Open Knowledge Foundation’s definition, since it has all the same principles as the other two, and is more comprehensive. Use The license must allow free use of the licensed work. Redistribution The license must allow redistribution of the licensed work, including sale, whether on its own or as part of a collection made from works from different sources. Modification The license must allow the creation of derivatives of the licensed work and allow the distribution of such derivatives under the same terms of the original licensed work. Separation The license must allow any part of the work to be freely used, distributed, or modified separately from any other part of the work or from any collection of works in which it was originally distributed. All parties who receive any distribution of any part of a work within the terms of the original license should have the same rights as those that are granted in conjunction with the original work. Compilation The license must allow the licensed work to be distributed along with other distinct works without placing restrictions on these other works. Non-discrimination The license must not discriminate against any person or group. Propagation The rights attached to the work must apply to all to whom it is redistributed without the need to agree to any additional legal terms. Application to Any Purpose The license must allow use, redistribution, modification, and compilation for any purpose. The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the work in a specific field of endeavor. No Charge The license must not impose any fee arrangement, royalty, or other compensation or monetary remuneration as part of its conditions. (A note about that last principle – it does not mean you’re not allowed to sell an open work. If you publish a book under the CC BY license for example, you can sell it. What it means is that once the sale is made or the work is otherwise conveyed to a user, that user must be allowed all of the aforementioned rights without incurring additional charges). In addition to these open definition principles, we’re adding additional requirements in light of the OGL 1.1 controversy as a safeguard. Professional Licenses Only The license must be written by an experienced professional in the field of intellectual property law, and maintained by such persons. Rights Protecting Institutions Only The license must be authored and maintained by a third party organization who 1. is not in a conflict of interest with a given work published. 2. has it as their stated mission to protect and preserve these same rights.

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    A List of Good RPG Licenses
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    A List of Good RPG Licenses July 16th, 2023 A List of Good RPG Licenses This page will document a list of licenses that we think are a good fit for an RPG author who wants to respect and support free/libre and open gaming. Please note this is not legal advice, and we are not lawyers. Defining Free, Libre, and Open Gaming To know what we’re even talking about, a little history matters. These all have their roots in two movements: The Free Software movement, and the Open-Source Initiative. They’re similar, but not the same. These two movements inspired others, such as the Free Culture movement which led to the creation of the Creative Commons project. Likewise the Open Gaming Movement, which is specific to tabletop gaming, grew out of the same millieu. It’s a good idea to learn more about all of those movements – they’ve all played important roles in shaping our lives today. But to keep this simple, the main takeaway is that there’s a bit of a split between movements calling themselves “open”, and those calling themselves “free” and/or “libre.” We’ll define our terms with these differences in mind, and maintain two separate lists – open licenses, and free/libre licenses. Free and Libre To get it out of the way right now, libre is free. These two words are entirely interchangeable, think libre as in liberty. People sometimes prefer libre because it makes it more clear that we’re talking specifically about freedom, not merely free of cost (gratis). These libre movements assert that regarding software and media in general, we should have the rights to use(for any purpose), study, make copies, make modifications, share, distribute, and even sell a given creative work. People who advocate for this libre way of life generally believe that there is no valid space for proprietary licenses anywhere. For this reason they will tend to prefer more strict licenses that grant all of the aforementioned freedoms, but which require all derivatives to be published with compatible licenses only. Collectively we call these licenses Copyleft licenses, because what they do is take copyright law and essentially turn it against itself. If you think that restrictive copyrights and licensing cannot coexist with these values of freedom, copyleft may be for you. Open Open movements are similar to libre ones – they generally want software and media to have all those same freedoms, but they permit circumstances where more restrictive copyright models may exist. Because of this, they’ll often use licenses that are even more permissive than copyleft ones, allowing all of those same freedoms, but also allowing anyone to sell derivatives that take those freedoms away. Licenses The licenses you choose for your own project depend on whether you’re making software, or some other form of media; and whether you think copyleft models or more permissive models are right for you. If you’re serious about your work, please also consider consulting with a lawyer before you commit to anything. We believe that a good license is one that is actively maintained by real legal experts who work in the specialty of intellectual property law, and are ones that come from nonprofit organizations whose very goals are to ensure the preservation of freedom and openness that we listed previously (use, study, copy, modify, distribute, sell). Open Licenses. Most Media: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). As an rpg creator, this is likely the choice you want for your license. If you’re looking to do things similar to other publishers, you can release your SRD with this license, and then publish your core rulebook and all other materials under whichever licenses you think are best for you. Software: Apache 2.0 license. A software license. This choice is a bit of a challenge. There are a lot of “lax” licenses out there. We went with this one because it’s recommended by the FSF. Libre Licenses Most Media: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). CC BY-SA is a copyleft license, like the GPL. It’s good for anything other than software – potentially rulebooks and System Reference Documents, for example. Creative Commons has a great history of protecting our information rights by ensuring that we have a robust media commons that we can all benefit from. It’s another well-established license. Software: GNU General Public License (GPL). This is a copyleft license specifically written for software, though you can use it for things other than software as long as you clearly define what “source code” is. If you’re making software and you want to make sure that both your version, and any modified versions will always be free, this is the license to use. The Free Software Foundation are the original protectors of software freedom. They’ve been doing it for a long time, and the GPL is well-tested. Why Not Other Licenses? This page is a currently a rough draft, and very much subject to change. More dialogue needs to happen, particularly from parties who are most informed on this subject matter. For now this list is being kept small, and we will try to be careful about additions, as well as establishing more detailed and precise criteria to base the list on. For instance, we know now that any worthwhile license must explicitly state that it’s irrevocable if we want to avoid another OGL mess in the future. What about product identity and Open Game License? Some people have expressed concerns or even an outright rejection of licenses like Creative Commons, because they want a license that’s more like the OGL in defining a separate “product identity” that the author can keep under more restrictive terms. The thing is, the Open Game License and all of it’s variants have never been real open licenses. The entire structure of the Product Identity is anti-open. When you look at one of these licenses, and compare the full text of everything that’s considered Product Identity to what’s supposed to be open – all that’s left is game mechanics, which (more or less) aren’t protected by Copyright in the first place. For any authors who want to publish with some content open, and other materials restricted: You can release the open content in one set of documents under either the CC BY license (lax), or the CC BY SA license if you want to make sure all derivatives are also kept on an open license. Then just publish your closed content in a different set of documents using whichever licenses you want to. Exemplars of this model include Ironsworn, FATE, and Dungeon World. It’s worth noting that open or libre content does not have to be given away for free. You can use an open license, even commit your work to the public domain, and still sell it. The OGL has never been a good option for both fans and authors alike, and it’s time to retire it and move on. What About a New License? If that’s what anyone wants to do, go for it. Understand though that there is an existing history of problems associated with new licenses, as well as proliferation of too many licenses. What the current OGL situation shows us is that we should be using tools that are well-tested, written by people who specialize in this, and whose primary goal is the protection and preservation of freedom and openness. If an expert in intellectual property law published a new kind of Open Game License Two Point Zero tomorrow, it might have promise, but as a precaution this project would still want to give that license time to be put to the test and see how it works out before recommending it. Closing If this project interests you, please get involved. Open discussions, file bug reports, make contributions, everything is appreciated.

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    A list of Libre and Open RPGs July 16th, 2023 This page will list existing RPGs and related systems that meet our criteria of freedom and openness. Like the Licenses page, this one will have separate lists for rpgs that are open or lax, and those that are strictly copyleft. Open rpgs are those published under the CC BY license, and copyleft are those published under the CC BY-SA license. If you know of a compatible rpg that’s not already on this list, please let us know! Open RPGs Games Using CC BY License 2400 and their SRD. AdventureLand. Aleph RPG – and non-facebook link. Baba Yaga’s Dancing Hut. Blades in the Dark – their SRD. C22 – playing card based srd. CAPERS. Carta – solo rpg. Commonsense. CORE Micro SRD. Crash! and Lanterns of the Dead. Cyberrats CC BY licensed, but it’s based on LUMEN, which I have not been able to find a definitive license for. It deserves a closer look because a lot of games are based on it. D10/0 – rules system and some games based around it. D6 Pool Modern, “Prep Fast, Play Fast.” Death Takes a Holiday. Department Nine. Devil, John Moulton, The. DramaSystem SRD. Dulse – author page. Dungeon World – Their Github Project, SRD, and a web-based copy of their book. Dungeons and Dragons SRD – this is the 5.1 SRD only. The Creative Commons one is better. Fari RPGs – Multiple resources and rules systems, all CC BY licensed. FATE is a great example on this list. Their open materials are easy to find, clear in their licensing, and they have a lot of free stuff to work with. Evil Hat’s approach should really be seen as the reference model that others should strive for. FATE Polyhedral, a modified version of FATE that uses polyhedral dice. Five by Five. Forge Engine. For the Queen. Freeform Universal. F-Sharp – simplified variant of FATE. GAME(PDF) Generic Action Mediation System. Ghosts. Go Fast, Turn Left. Gratitude – a horror game. Creator kit is here. GUMSHOE SRD. Gunwave. Harmony Drive. Heroes of Adventure. Heroes of Exploding Kingdoms. House of Masks. In the Dark of a Fallen Empire. Ironsworn – some of their materials are under a NonCommercial license only, but others are fully CC BY. Libre Card Game. Longshot. Maze Rats. Mist-Robed Gate. MULRAH – one version appears to be CC, and the other OGL. Myriad. Nameless Horror. Not-Too-Silly Stories. One Shot. Open Adventure git-hackable and everything. Powers for Good. Providence Junction LARP. Quest Resistance Toolbox, The Return to Maniac Mansion. Sad Press SRD Collection – several small games. Science Fiction Mystery LARP. Second String Superheroes LARP. So1um. So Now You’re a Time Traveler. STaMTaR. Sufficiently Advanced Technologies LARP. Super Repo. Trophy. Tunnel Goons. ORC – Organic Rules Components. Unsung Tales. Vaults of Vaarn. World of Fire and Sand, A. Worlds of Legacy SRD. Copyleft RPGs Games using CC BY-SA License 100/3 RPG. 1 Page Dungeon Contest. 6D6, and license. Adventures on Dungeon Planet – requires Dungeon World to play. Anima Prime. Aphelion Transit. As the Tea Leaves Grow. Artifact, The. Basic Fantasy – including them because even though their current materials are ogl, they are making every effort to shift to CC BY-SA as quickly as they can in response to the WotC controversy. Beast Hunters – Itch version, and SRD. BOLT RPG Engine. Brent P Newhall’s Musaeum – it doesn’t look like everything is under a libre license, but Dungeon Delvers, DD Deck, and Ability Score are all CC BY-SA. Cairn and SRD. Cap & Trade. Cardenio’s Daughter. Critical! Go Westerly – and author. Daring Adventures. Death of the Japanese Emperor. Donjon. Dreaming Crucible, The. Dungeoncaster – SRD only, it looks like. Eben Fantasy Essence – and their main website. Enter the Avenger. FAST. Fifth World, The. Fortune SRD. Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War. FUBAR – Director’s Cut. Geasa. Heroic Tales Hodge – RPG system in the form of a wiki. JAZZ. Kalos – both a superhero comic book project and ttrpg. Midgard. MurderHobos. Neon Skylines. Phantom 52. Primo Contatto. Quest-ions. RAWE – Red Ashe World Engine. Scrabblenauts – RPG played with Scrabble pieces. Shackled Self, The. Shadow of Yesterday. Shadows. Siren RPG Beta. Super Notecard Adventures Synergy. Tango. The Simple Game System. Tiny D10. TSGS. Turbo Dice. VERS. Uncharted Worlds. Warrior and Wizard. Weird World. Witless Minion. Wushu – also has a supplement, Wushu Open Reloaded. Games using GPL License BIND RPG. HYPeR. Osprey. Pirate Party Flyerbook which uses their 1d6 system. If you know German, they’re looking for translators. YAGS – Yet Another Game System, sounds something along the line of GURPS. Public Domain RPGs Amagi Games Archive – as much as possible, all these are public domain. Aurora RPG Engine, CC0. Awen. Codename Spandex. Enchanted Realms. Four Color System. Midian Dark Fantasy Core Set. – the DFCS is public domain, the rest of their content is under some weird homebrew license. Pantheon. Super Hero Fun. Not RPGs but… WTactics – a community hub for collaboratively creating card and boardgames. As of yet they don’t seem to have any RPGs, but all of their projects are under open and libre licenses, and it’s just that cool of a project. Sub-projects: Arcmage. gaia. saga. tinytactics. tinysquad. emata. Credits Zireael07’s list – The initial bulk of games populating this list comes from Zireael07’s Awesome ttrpg list. If you don’t care about what licenses the games are under, it’s an Awesome list to check out. E Chris Garrison’s list – unfortunately the majority of links were broken here, but I did find a few games to add, so I’m including it. Micro RPG Catalog. RPG Net Open Game List. FOSsil Bank – absolutely fantastic list(s).

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