Over the Edge’s rules have been released as the WaRP System under the Open Game License, as part of our year-long celebration of Over the Edge's 20th anniversary. This means that you, our passionate community, have the freedom to create and share your own content with the world!
I've created this thread as a place for you to post your own Open License announcements. Let us know about any Open License material you've created as it becomes available.
You're welcome to post a link here to your material, but please put conversations into another thread to keep this one clutter-free. Also note that Atlas Games doesn’t endorse any of the material announced here.
We’re all looking forward to seeing the amazing directions you'll take the WaRP System!
IMPORTANT NOTE: START A SEPARATE CONVERSATION THREAD FOR YOUR NEW RELEASE BEFORE YOU POST HERE, AND INCLUDE THAT LINK AT THE END OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT.
I’ll start with Atlas Games’ line of Warped Adventures released shortly after the WaRP System open license announcement went out:
Warped Adventures: Invasion
A complete scenario for the open license WaRP System. A perfect opportunity to try out the system with low commitment!
Play energy beings fighting an alien interloper in this unique plot that will keep players guessing.
Uses the same streamlined system as popular RPG Over the Edge.
Welcome to WaRPed Adventures! This series of short OGL scenarios provide an intro to the free-to-downloadWaRP system. With a variety of places, times, and genres available, your group is sure to find something to suit your gaming style.
In this adventure, play quasi-corporeal beings of pulsing energy. You must invade the command center of a destructive alien culture and keep them from ever reaching the stars and wrecking havoc.
Invasion was written by award-winning game designer Robin D. Laws.
This sourcebook is available in PDF only.
Invasion: Contents
An introduction to help GMs set the scene.
A simple, swift character generation system to get you playing quickly.
NPCs with stats and suggestions for encounters.
A full map of the command center.
Six trait cards to help players keep track of their alien abilities.
A ready-to-play scenario for the open license WaRP System. Fill in a gap in your gaming schedule and try out something new!
Play immigration watchdogs fighting an unknown threat to their town in this twisty plot.
Uses the same simple dice pool system as popular RPG Over the Edge.
WaRPed Adventures is a series of short OGL scenarios. Use them as an introduction to the free-to-downloadWaRP system or as a no-prep filler game. With a variety of places, times, and genres available in the series, you're sure to find something to suit your preferences.
In this adventure, members of an immigration watchdog group in Arizona return from a routine patrol to find that something horrific has crossed the border. It isn't friendly. They must fight off the threat — whatever it is — before the government intervenes, to the detriment of everyone in town.
This sourcebook is available in PDF only.
Infection: Contents
A rough schedule of events.
Full information about the threat and how to combat it.
Locations, inhabitants, and map resources for the real world town of Ajo.
A gripping new scenario for the open license WaRP System for Over the Edge.
Play amnesiac abduction victims searching for answers in this conspiracy-laden story.
Looking to add material to your current campaign? This adventure can be adapted to another location.
Collision is a WaRPed Adventure, a short OGL scenario built to be played with the free WaRP system or the Over the Edge RPG. This series offers a variety of locations and genres to suit your table.
In this adventure, the characters awaken in a locked room with injection marks on their arms and no memory of how they got there. Together, they'll set off on an adventure full of fringe science, fruitless revenge, and fateful interactions as they try to figure out what's going on.
This sourcebook is available in PDF only.
Collision: Contents
A map of Al Amarja.
A full plot summary with location descriptions and options to expand the session as desired.
Full stats and descriptions for enemies and bystanders.
‘Atomic Mutants from Out of Space’ is a re-usable WaRP adventure set in the golden age of the 1950s monster movies. It is designed to be picked up and played with minimal preparation or effort, and replayed again and again with a different story each time. It is based on the 1950's genre of monster movie, and is inspired by classic schlock horrors such as The Thing from another World, Them, The Fly, It Came From Out of Space, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Tarantula, among many others. Try and watch a few of these for inspiration before you play.
‘Dead Shambles’ is a re-usable WaRP adventure based on the Musical Comedy-Horror Stage-Play by Chris Raven. It is designed to be picked up and played with minimal preparation or effort and replayed again and again with a different story each time.
‘Monster Movie Mayhem’ is the third in a series of ‘Pocket Sized Adventures’, a set of quick and easy to learn role-playing games that are designed to be picked up and played with minimal preparation, effort or fuss.
The Terran Star Empire is a vast and decaying interstellar empire based on the classic science fiction space operas of the 1950s and 60s.
‘Adventures in the Terran Star Empire’ is the second in a series of ‘Pocket Sized Adventures’, a set of paperback sized, quick to learn and easy to play role-playing games. They are designed to be picked up and played with minimal preparation, effort or fuss.
The Land of Albernia is a standard fantasy campaign world designed for quick and easy table-top role-play using Atlas Games’ Wanton Role-Playing system.
‘An Adventurer’s Guide to Albernia’ is the third in a series of ‘Pocket Sized Adventures’, a set of quick to learn and easy to play role-playing games. They are designed to be picked up and played with minimal preparation, effort or fuss..
Need some interesting items to spark up your modern day games? Something a little magical and unexpected? Well this may be what you are looking for. This is a collection of magic items for use in modern day settings. All game stats are given using the WaRP OGL from Atlas Games. Hopefully you will find an item or two to spice up your games with.
This is role-playing game set after the apocalypse. In 2050 the worst symptoms of environmental collapse began to be seen. The fall of civilization did not come suddenly, it came slowly and inexorably. Dust came in a swirling blanket, carried by wind storms, gradually spreading across the whole globe, and blocking out direct sunlight. Even as the skies dimmed, temperatures climbed and then there came a time of destruction.
Crops failed without sunlight, wars over scarce resources spread across the surface of the planet. Wars fought by people and by newly designed robots. And, without direct sunlight, an ancient scourge was able to emerge from the shadows. Vampires began to stalk the land.
Some small pockets of civilization have survived the cataclysm that destroyed their world. These tiny communities are sometimes built in the remains of once glorious cities, sometimes they are isolated outposts in the desert. At the helm of each compound is a warlord, cult leader or other form of dictator. Living in the compound means you don't starve to death and aren't ripped to shreds by desert crazies. People will give up many freedoms in order to be safe, and most warlords run their compound with an iron hand.
For activities that are risky and benefit the compound, there are incentives. The brave warriors and scavengers who go out on raids, and who bring back the supplies needed for the compound to survive, are the nobility of the community. Join them, climb into your customized battle car and compete for the scarce resources of a blasted world, stalked by horror, with glory the only reward.
In the modern era occultists use painted street art to channel magic into reality altering spells. But with after effects that could tear apart the streets around them. Tagger Magic is set using the WaRP OGL from Atlas Games but is simple enough that it could be transferred over to others systems with ease. So grab some spray cans and change the city around you.
by Scott Beattie & Tonia Walden, Society of Interactive Drama
Sad Mary's Bar and Girl. Located off the Plaza of Flowers, this is a popular hang-out on The Edge. The stone building has two stories and overlooks the plaza. Above the door is a statue of Mary, pregnant and weeping into her hands. Only the words "Bar and Girl" appear on the face of the building. Most nights this seedy dive is crammed with cutthroats, scumbags and lowlifes - drinking, dealing and jostling for the best place to view the fights. The venue features a stage on which the management hosts fights, exotic dancers and performance art (such as Francesca and her Leather Friends, Volt-Eater, the Masked Maniac, Antonio and the Power Drill of Love and Cooking with Hans and Ivan - only for those with the strongest of stomachs). Tonight, however, it is New Years Eve and the majority of the Al Amarjan citizens are on the streets, celebrating, thieving or cutting throats. The bar is quiet with just ten customers, enjoying the quiet away from the carnival. There are no fights tonight and Joe and Evangeline are the only staff present. It looks like it is going to be a quiet night.
GOTE is a role-playing game written by Jose Garcia (I) and published in Alarums & Excursions (Issue 214 - Jun 1993). The system is a variant of Over the Edge (1st & 2nd Editions), with the setting removed and variations in character creation.
The title is derived from the acronym "Generic Over The Edge".
