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The Cullen Bunn Role-Playing Game

WhAT YOU NEED TO plAY

T o play this game, you will need a few things. •This rulebook – This book has all the information you need to play. It’s simple enough, though, that eventually you’ll have all the rules locked away in your head. •Gamers – You’ll need at least a couple to play the game. One Gamer will take the role of the Game Master. The others will take the roles of Adventurers. •Dice – You will need a set of multi–sided dice to place the game. A D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, and D20. You’ll actually need two ten–sided dice. These are used together to represent a D100. You might want to have a few extra

on hand for when another Player forgets theirs. • Paper – You’ll need this to track the adventure, monitor initia tive in combat, and keep your Adventurer in order. You might also want to take notes during the adventure. A sample Adven turer Sheet is provided at the end of this book, but you could also write your Adventurer’s stats on a blank piece of paper and it would work just fine. • Writing Utensils – Pencils, Pens, Markers • A Place to Play – This might be the home of one of the Players, a library or community center, a bar or coffee house, or even on line.

ThE GOlDEN rUlE… Or ThE GOlDEN rUlES

T he “Golden Rule” of most Role-Playing games is often considered to be “the Player’s enjoyment comes first,” meaning that the game should be tailored to provide the most fun experience for everyone participating, even if it sometimes means breaking the rules.

QUILL & CODEX embraces this concept. In fact, only one other rule is as important.

“Do not call up what you can’t put down.”

rUlES ArE FOr SUCKErS!

r ules Lawyers will probably not like this game. To them, I say, chillllllllll laaaaaaax . If this game had NO RULES AT ALL, it would have met the criteria I had in mind when I started put

ting it together. Quick to learn. Easy to play. No need to dig through page–after–page and appendices– after–appendices to uncover some vague ruling. The vague rulings are in your head.

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