Forgotten Ballad is a minimalist Adventure Game - TTRPG if you prefer - heavily inspired by The Legend Of Zelda series and NSR RPGs. This is an expanded version of the one page game pamphlet, with optional rules, little more detail and more content to build your games.
You and your friends explore ancient ruins as you search for magical songs, powerful relics, and free wondrous guardians. The game's simple rules focus on managing inventory and solving problems, using only a dice pool of d6.
The zine:
- 52 pages, in A5 recycled paper and soft touch cover
- Expanded - but still simple - rules
- 14 monsters
- 1 sample dungeon
- 24 tables to generate your own scenario
- Even more with stretch goals
Interview with Deiku Games about the project
The funding
With the book now released, I'm planing to iterate it regardless of how this funding goes, but with your help I'll manage to increase the speed and quality of those deliveries. With this help I'll be able to dedicate more time to the project, but also pay my editor and invite other artists to contribute.
Shipping and Print
Print and distribution cost are covered by the price you pay for the print reward. The quotations were made on Maxim UK and Peregrine Coast for printing and shipping.
Goals
If we manage to fund the project we have plans for its minimum and extras. Check it out:
🔓 1k - Character Sheet
How don't we have it already?
🔓 1k - Game procedures
A new chapter describing a way to play this minimalist game keeping it transparent and health for all the players involved.
🔓 1k - NPC generators
New tables to complement and give more personality to your world.
🔓 1k - Sidequest generator
Tables to help you create what the survivors of this world need to make they life better.
🔓 1k - Landmark generator
Tables to create mesmerizing places to attract adventures by distance
🔓 1,2k - New illustrations
Besides the illustrations that came from the pamphlet version, I'll draw new ones for each chapter and the inside pages.
🔓 1,4k - Monster variations
All monsters will gain some variations to get them even more customizable.
🔓1,6k New monsters
New enemies and illustrations for them. Some of the monsters that might join the book: Lizard folk, Skull heads, Slimes, Ninjas, Ghosts, Mimics.
🔓1,8k Music mini game
New rules to play magic music with your adventure band.
2k Music samples
Not really samples, but examples of magic music to inspire your jams.
2,3k New Cover by Alex Damaceno
I'll work with this amazing artist to deliver an awesome new cover.
2,5k New dungeon by Lucas Rolim
Want more to start your game right away? A new one page dungeon is coming by the hand of [invited]
About me
Olá! I'm Fellipe, Brazilian, Calvin's dad, designer, illustrator and author of Forgotten Ballad RPG. I've collected many projects in my career and life, I've had many bands, comic projects, tons of design gigs, and also game design stuff.
But tabletop is pretty new to me, but nothing gave me so much joy as when I read play reports about my games. I hope this project give me a lot of new stories.
