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Ashok Desai



Sane Studios was formed for one simple reason: we want to make RPG gamers happy. We want to produce games that are interesting, different and fun to play. But above all, we want to insert a little more variety and innovation into the hobby. How many times have you opened up a role-playing book and thought “Oh no, not elves, dwarves and orcs again”? There are a lot of arguments for using creatures based on existing myth and literature repeatedly, the most common being “gamers can relate to them.” It seems that a great many RPG creators are wary of straying too far from tried-and-tested formulae, and often with sound financial reasons. But what about the people who want to try something different? That’s where we come in.

Sane Studios are here to have fun, and hopefully to help other people have fun too, not to make huge amounts of money. We are also committed to producing quality products that look good and play well. Because we are unbound by the need to make cash, we can really let rip with the creativity too. That’s why we are striving to bring you the best in Role Playing from the far side of the imagination. Some will probably call us mad. But we’re Sane. It says so right there at the top of the page.

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Web Site: www.sanestudios.co.uk
  United Kingdom

Myriad RPG System
Ever wanted to write your own RPG but not known how to start? Myriad is a rules-light modular role-playing system that can be adapted to any genre and setting. Myriad is not an RPG in its own right, moreover it is a toolbox with which to construct the game of your dreams. Inside you will find a complete simple system that, in its purest form, can be picked up and played in a matter of minutes and a whole host of tips and tricks to help you twist it to your own evil schemes. You will also find a veritable cornucopia of optional rules, resources and modules to slot in as you require them. Just select the ingredients you like and discard the ones you don’t. Best of all, you can use Myriad in your own projects free of charge!

An extended print edition with even more great material is also available HERE. If you read and enjoy Myriad, please consider supporting Sane Studios by buying the extended edition.

Download: FREE

  Myriad (Extended Edition)
This special extended edition of the Myriad system is available only in printed format, and contains a huge amount of additional bonus material from the brand new rules for using stealth as a form of conflict to the mass battle rules, not to mention a large selection of new SFX and an additional chapter on designing your own game setting. No budding Myriad System author should be without it!

Click the preview button to see a selection of pages from the book, including a run-down of the new bonus material and a human-readable version of the license. Alternatively the original version (without the additional material) is also available on Lulu Right Here. Feel free to try before you buy!

Print: $14.50

 
Liquid Crystal
The robot wars wiped the earth clean over a hundred years ago, and still humanity is struggling to rebuild. With few machines or technology and little electricity to power what they do have, the fledgeling city of New Olympus must find help. Now, in their hour of need they turn once again to the machines that nearly destroyed them.

You are such a robot, your mind wiped clean so that you are no longer a danger to yourself or to others. Emotionless, a blank slate to write upon, you must rediscover the emotions that you have forgotten, relearn the skills you have lost, and help put humanity back on the right track again. But will your emotions develop in a more balanced manner this time, or will you again succumb to insanity and violence?

Liquid Crystal was written for the Game Chef (2006) Competition, and took a very respectable second place. A printed edition is available Here.

Download: $5.00

  DreamCatcher
Enter the surreal and fantastical land of dreams in this inventively surreal mini-RPG. Will you join with the noble DreamCatcher society to protect the sleeping minds of humanity, or will you snatch the ingenuity clean out of the heads of your fellow humans as a cunning Dream Thief? Will you create blissful dreams with the gentle, bird-like Anothen or plunge mortal minds into hideous nightmares with their opposites the wicked Katothen? Bring your past lives to mind, take control of the dream by sheer force of will and prepare for a wonderfully imaginative ride!

Created initially for the Reversed Engineer competition (2006) in which it was a joint winner, this new updated version of the game has been revised and expanded. Perfect for use as it stands, or for inserting into other RPGs. A printed edition is available Here.

Download: $6.00

 
Linguifier
Linguifier is a simple inspiration tool for writers, especially Fantasy and Science-Fiction writers, who have difficulty in creating exotic names and languages from scratch. At the click of a button, Linguifier can randomly produce words of varying lengths that are totally random, not based upon repetitive tables of syllables and yet follow strict rules of pronunciation that ensure that the results can be said without too much tongue-twisting by most native English speakers.
The program is easily customisable to suit your preference, and includes both simple and advanced settings for you to play with to your heart's content.

Download: $1.00

  Fearmonger
Since the earliest days of prehistory humanity has feared the unknown, the alien, the inscrutable. There are things out there in the darkness that would make the staunchest man tremble, creatures foul and cunning who thirst for blood and death. Ancient spirits known as fear eaters, servants of Death the Reaper, lurk in the remote corners of the world, drawing power from the mortal terror they inflict upon their victims. Called by the fear eaters to defend their human flocks from the predations of more deadly creatures still, you will take on the mantle of Fearmonger and provide what sustenance you can to the creatures. Who can say if they are to be trusted, but the power they harness can mean the difference between life and death in the battle against the night. There are things to fear in this world. One of them is You!
Print: $25.39

 
DreamCatcher / Liquid Crystal (B2B)
This special printed edition brings together both competition pieces, DreamCatcher and Liquid Crystal, into a 60-page softcover book. These innovative and quirky role-playing games have been printed back-to-back with the indexes right at the centre for ease of reference. Just flip the whole book over to read the other title.

Click Here for Information on DreamCatcher
Click Here for Information on Liquid Crystal

(Both links lead to independent downloads, so that you may buy the two games as seperate PDF documents instead if you prefer. Please return here if you want the printed edition.)

Print: $12.01

 
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