Weekly Free RPG
Week 1: Sufficiently Advanced - see for details.
Week 2: Archipelago - see below
Week 3: TBA (Fantasy)
Week 4: TBA
Week 5: ...


This week's free RPG is Archipelago, available here: http://norwegianstyle.wordpress.com/200 ... pelago-ii/
This is a very interesting GM-less RPG that is more like a collective storytelling game than anything else, but could play extremely well with the right group.

From the beginning of the PDF:

Archipelago is a story/role-playing game where each player controls a major character. Players take turns directing and playing out a part of their character's story, leading them towards their selected point of destiny, while other players interact with and influence that story.

Who is this game for?
If you like the story-telling part of games, and enjoy the creative challenge and inspiration that comes from working with others, this game is for you. If you like tactical mechanics, resource management, or player-vs-player competition, there are other games that might work better for you.

The vibe I'm aiming for:
I wrote this game trying to capture the feeling of Ursula K. LeGuin's «Earthsea» books. I wanted a game of grand destinies, that at the same time had time to dwell on the details of plants, words, everyday lives. I wanted a game that was about great conflicts, but at the same time treated its characters' stories with respect. I wanted not a steel framework, but a spider web of thin threads creating subtler stories.
This game works best if you play it slow. Sometimes, the best thing to do is wait a little and see how things unfold. Ged stayed with Ogion for years, learning about the old language, the names of flower petals and bugs. There's time to let the characters evolve. Breathe in. Breathe out. Take your time.

I've read through it and it's a very interesting concept! Haven't played yet, but hope to sometime this summer. Take a look, it's a very interesting concept!

So far we've had Sci Fi (Sufficiently Advanced) and Universal (Archipelago) for genres... With that in mind I have a Fantasy RPG planned for you next week.... And it's a complete system with a fantastic setting that can be used individually in any other system or with the game's default system... Stay tuned for that!

Comments are appreciated and welcome, as are suggestions!

Enjoy!

Being GMless hmm, being a GM I am not sure how well I would like this idea as I believe that the GM is integral for a successful RPG game. Just my .02.

Looks good!

I have a suggestion: can we request that some kindly mod merge this topic with the last one? Kinda keep it all in one thread? You can update the first post each week to add the current week's game in; then we'll have a single post at the top with all the games you've found so far.