The GUTS+ System

The GUTS+ character sheet has been updated to include space for Status Effects! Since there’s no “master list” of effects, I left a space for writing a description of the effect next to the effect name.

I also decreased the size of the Inventory boxes and added some more....

A little while ago, I learned about “conditions” in the Mouse Guard Role-Playing Game, and I fell in love with the concept. In addition to me loving them and how they are implemented, status effects are a pretty standard feature of many role-playing games that help players know how to...

I’m working on adding a new feature to the game, and I got hung up on the name, which led me to re-think some other elements of the GUTS+ System’s naming convention. From the get-go, the GUTS+ System has aimed to have a somewhat unique naming scheme, from using “Gumption” as...

This week, I sat down finally thought through and wrote some rules for using Essence. I’ve had the Essence page up since the beginning, the concept being something I came up with years ago, but beyond it being simply a concept for magic, I hadn’t put much thought into how to actually...

After thinking about what to include and how to structure it, I finally spent some time writing the Game Master’s Handbook. Right now, it’s not fully featured, but it has at least the basic information, much like the Player’s Handbook. If you want to get started as a Game Master,...