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The many members of the Basic Fantasy Project are believers in sharing. They have created a lot of material, and much of it is shared here on our website.

Our materials are broken up into three categories:

The Downloads Page
This page, right here. Our best stuff, complete, polished, and ready for action. The Core Rules, adventures, selected supplements, and handy forms and play aids. All items we have available in print should be on this page.

The Showcase
Click here! Our best authors, sharing their visions of the game. Items in the Showcase are generally complete, but may be less well tested, proofread, etc. Highly-rated Showcase items are chosen from time to time and moved to this Downloads page.

The Workshop
A section of our Forum. Any member of our forum may post his or her work in the Workshop. The Workshop has an "anything goes" atmosphere; materials shared there may be rough and/or incomplete, but if you aren't afraid to get your hands dirty, there's a lot of good stuff there. Want to contribute, but don't have a specific idea in mind? Check the Workshop... you are likely to find one or more projects of interest to you that would welcome your contribution.

Yes, there is a lot of stuff here; in some cases, we have more than one set of supplementary rules for a given situation. Don't panic. We recommend that beginning (or returning) Game Masters start with the core rules and one or more of the adventure series modules. Add supplementary materials and house rules later, after you and your players have experience with the game and know what you want from it.

In the spirit of Open Source development, wherever possible we use truly free programs such as LibreOffice to create our materials. Most items below are distributed in LibreOffice as well as in PDF (Adobe Reader) format. If you just want to print out and use the rules, the PDF is probably what you want, but if you'd like to make changes you'll want the LibreOffice version. Some items have been submitted in other formats; such items are noted below where they appear.

   
Rules
Adventure Modules
Supplements
Forms

Basic Fantasy RPG Core Rules
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Rulebook
2nd Edition (Release 75)
This is the Core Rules 2nd Edition print release. Currently available on Lulu.com.

 
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Core Rules 3rd Edition
3rd Edition (Release 77)
This is the Core Rules 3rd Edition, currently under development.

 
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Beginner's Essentials
Release 6
by Tom Hoyt
This is a stripped-down rules booklet for beginning players.

 
The Basic Fantasy Field Guide
The Basic Fantasy Field Guide to Creatures Malevolent and Benign
Release 2
Herein are compiled many new monsters for the Basic Fantasy RPG.

 
Adventure Modules
BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign
Release 21
An Adventure Series For 2-8 Beginning Characters
This is the print release, currently available on Lulu.com.

This campaign module combines: The Western Lands, a briefly sketched campaign area; Morgansfort, a detailed "home base" for an adventuring party; The Old Island Fortress, a two level dungeon suitable for beginning adventurers; The Nameless Dungeon, a tough three level dungeon; and The Cave of the Unknown, a dungeon controlled by an evil magic-user.

This campaign module is highly suitable for starting a new group, even a group of new players!

 
BF2 Fortress, Tomb, and Tower: The Glain Campaign
Release 15
An Adventure Series For 2-8 Characters, Levels 2-6
This is the print release, currently available on Lulu.com.

This adventure series from the World of Glain includes three distinct adventures, suitable for characters of various levels: Fortress of the Iron Duke, Tomb of Karsma Megalos, and Crooked Rock Tower.

 
JN1 The Chaotic Caves
Release 13
by J.D. Neal

This is a very generic adventure setting, consisting of a group of monster-infested caves and an abandoned manor-fort, for beginning player characters.
This is the print release, currently available on Lulu.com.

 
JN2 Monkey Isle
Release 12
by J.D. Neal

A "lost world" setting on a remote island, where dinosaurs and stranger things lurk...

 
SG1 Saga of the Giants - Hill Giant Hall
Release 6
by J.D. Neal

 
SG2 Saga of the Giants - Caverns of the Stone Giants
Release 7
by J.D. Neal

 
SG3 Saga of the Giants - Frost Giant Fortress
Release 6
by J.D. Neal

 
SG4 Saga of the Giants - Fire Giant Forge
Release 4
by J.D. Neal

 
DC1 Tales From the Laughing Dragon
Release 3
by David Gerard

 
AA1 Adventure Anthology One
Release 2
by Chris Gonnerman and Contributors

This multi-module work contains fourteen short adventures (over 80 pages of material!) for beginning to mid-level characters.

 
Aids for the Player and Game Master
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Charts and Tables
Release 2
by Simone Felli
Charts and tables for use with Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game.

 
Ultimate Character Charts
Release 1
by John Fredericks

Convenient, consolidated charts for the standard character races and classes.

 
Basic Fantasy Creature List Spreadsheet by Mike Roop
Release 2
This spreadsheet, presented in both OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Excel format, lists all the monsters from the current core rules in tabular form.

 
BFRPG Game Master's Screen by Scott Abraham
Version 1
Here's Scott's Game Master's Screen, in landscape orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.

 
Supplements: Additional Classes
Assassins: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
by Eric C. Medders and Chris Gonnerman
Supplementary Rules for the Assassin class in BFRPG.

 
Druids: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
Supplementary Rules for the Druid subclass, including the spells and powers of the class.

 
Illusionists: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
Supplementary Rules for the Illusionist subclass, including the spells and powers of the class.

 
Jesters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Brendan Falconer
Supplementary Rules for the Jester class in BFRPG.

 
Necromancers: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
Supplementary Rules for the Necromancer subclass, including the spells and powers of the class.

 
Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by R. Kevin Smoot

 
Sorcerers: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2006.0
by Ray Allen
Supplementary Rules for the Sorcerer subclass.

 
Scouts: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Jason Brentlinger

 
Rangers and Paladins: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Chris Gonnerman and Wynter Sturtevant III

 
Barbarians: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Luigi Castellani

 
Spellcrafters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Luigi Castellani

 
Great Way Adepts: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Luigi Castellani

 
Supplements: Additional Character Races
Gnomes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
by Chris Gonnerman
Supplementary Rules for Gnomes in BFRPG.

 
Half Humans: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Chris Gonnerman
Supplementary Rules for Half Humans in BFRPG.

 
New Races: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by R. Kevin Smoot

 
Old Monsters as New Races: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Sidney Parham, Omer Golan-Joel, R. Kevin Smoot, and steveman

 
Supplements: Additional and Alternate Rules
0 Level Spells: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Sidney Parham, Nazim Karaca, R. Kevin Smoot, Chris Kutalik, Steveman, Felipe Suárez, and Chris Gonnerman

 
Alignment: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2006.0
by Todd Roe
Supplementary Rules for Alignment in BFRPG.

 
Alignment Creator's Kit: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
Guidelines for creating alignment systems.

 
Armor and Shields: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
by Jeff Johnson

 
Backgrounds and Specialties: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by James Roberts and Shayne Power

This supplement provides options for fleshing out PCs (and NPCs) beyond their ability scores, race and class abilities.

 
Background Skills: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Omer Golan-Joel

This supplement provides an alternate approach to background skills.

 
Combat Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Chris Gonnerman
Additional optional combat rules for Basic Fantasy RPG.

 
Equipment Packs: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Shayne Power

An alternate, fast method of equipping new characters, replacing the standard roll for starting money and purchasing equipment with a few quick, simple choices and a little die rolling.

 
New Spells: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
New spells for Basic Fantasy RPG, including 7th level spells for Magic-Users and Clerics.

 
Quick Character Generation: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Chris Kutalik

This supplement combines abbreviated character generation rules and a random character backstory generator.

 
Secondary Skills: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Ray Allen
Secondary skills rules for Basic Fantasy RPG.

 
Sentient Weapons: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
This supplement provides rules for sentient (i.e. intelligent) magical weapons.

 
Spell Channeling Items: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by R. Kevin Smoot

 
The Fine Art of Monster Conversion: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2006.2
by Ray Allen
Rules and guidelines for converting monsters from other d20 based games to BFRPG.

 
Thief Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Luigi Castellani

This supplement adds many variations to the abilities of the standard Thief-class character.

 
Magic-User Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
by Tom Hoyt

 
Equipment Emporium: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2

 
Character Sheets and Other Forms
BFRPG Standard Character Sheet
Release 2006.0
This is the "regular" character sheet, designed for US standard Letter paper (8.5" x 11"), though the PDF will probably fit on A4 paper just fine (let Acrobat do the "shrink to fit" thing). This character sheet is available in a large number of translations.

 
BFRPG 8"x10.5" Notebook Paper Character Sheet
Release 2006.0
This sheet is designed to print out on ordinary notebook paper having 0.285" (or similar) rule widths. Probably it won't work for just any printer and just any paper... but you can probably tweak it to fit your paper and printer. In other words, some assembly required.

 
BFRPG Landscape Character Sheet by Steve Zieser
Version 1
Here's a nice ready-to-use character sheet by Steve Zieser, which prints out in landscape (sideways) orientation on standard letter-sized paper. Sorry, this is only available in PDF format at this time.

 
BFRPG Landscape Character Sheet by Ray Allen
Version 2
Here's another ready-to-use character sheet, this one by Ray Allen, which prints out in landscape (sideways) orientation on standard letter-sized paper.

 
BFRPG Landscape Cleric Spell Sheet by Ray Allen
Version 2.1
This sheet, provided by Ray Allen, lists all the BFRPG Cleric spells with checkboxes.

 
BFRPG Landscape Magic-User Spell Sheet by Ray Allen
Version 2.1
This sheet, provided by Ray Allen, lists all the BFRPG Magic-User spells with checkboxes.

 
BFRPG Character Sheet by Mike Hill
Version 4
Mike Hill submitted this nice character sheet, in portrait orientation for A4 paper (though it will shrink-to-fit on US letter paper also). This one is only available in PDF format.

 
BFRPG Character Sheet by James D. Jarvis
Version 2
Here's James D. Jarvis' character sheet, in portrait orientation for U.S. letter paper. This is a really handy sheet for play with kids, because the author has included page number references for each item. The page numbers are consistent with the 2nd Edition print release; also available below is the original version 1, consistent with the 1st Edition print release. This one is only available in PDF format.

 
BFRPG Character Sheet by Phil Morris
Version 1
This is a really nice old-school sheet, in portrait orientation for U.S. letter paper. This one is only available in PDF format.

 
BFRPG Character Sheet by Simone Felli
Version 1
This is a very nice (and attractively decorated) landscape format sheet for letter-sized paper. Simone has graciously provided this sheet as an OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw file as well as in PDF format.

 
BFRPG Character Sheet by Jason Brentlinger
Version 1
This sheet is very similar to Mike Hill's sheet. However, it is laid out in US Letter format, and is available in OpenOffice.org Draw format as well as in PDF.

 
BFRPG Adventure Log by Scott Abraham
Version 1
Scott Abraham has provided this Adventure Log form, in landscape orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.

 
BFRPG Adventure Sheet by Scott Abraham
Version 1
Scott Abraham has provided this Adventure Sheet form, in portrait orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.

 
BFRPG Creature Sheet by Scott Abraham
Version 2
Here's Scott's Creature Sheet form, in portrait orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.

 
Hex Paper by Harry Schurr
Release 1
Harry has kindly provided this blank hex paper sheet, with numbered hexes. This one is only available in PDF format.

 

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