IMAGINES is free to read and use non-commercially. It is a roleplaying game system designed over thirty years plus, by role-players for role-players—er, well, largely by two role-players, for everyone else. It’s not perfect—no game system is. It’s not an industry changer—generic fantasy game systems are dime-a-dozen, and they were dime-a-dozen in 1990 too. It’s a work in progress—and always will be, because we’re never going to stop tweaking, fiddling with, and adding to it. It’s an on-going party, and you’re invited.
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Basic Rules
The skeleton upon which everything else is built. The Basic Rules cover character creation, combat, magic, skills, and a few other bits.
Creepy Crawlies
The monster manual of the IMAGINES game system. What’s a game without things that creep, crawl, and go bump in the night? Let’s get started with a few of the classics: Let loose the vampires, bring in the alternate reality explanars, and let your sorcerers summon familiars—and that’s just the beginning.