Doppelsold

The ruleset we are currently develop and plan to publish for free! It is a medieval NSR/OSR game in which two player each control 3 characters. The tactical game aims to simulate mercenary like squad based combat combined with the roleplaying aspect of OSR games. Some core features of our game are.

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What will the ruleset be about?

• Two Players: Less scheduling conflicts, the game is designed to be played by two players and one dungeon master. 
• 3 Characters per Player: Each player controls 3 characters called retainers. Each retainer has its own turn in combat. No more sitting around waiting 30 minutes for your turn or longer if you get stunned. With 3 characters you get multiple turns in combat and can do even things together like one character loads a cannon and another fires it.
  

• Fast Retainer Creation: Retainer in Doppelsold die fast and are created fast, each retainer consists of a background which can be anything from a poor farmer to a heavy armored hedge knight. Stats from the background are rolled, then some random traits are added and the retainer is ready to die against the next goblin. 
• No Classes, Gear defines you: Doppelsold is a class less game and the gear of the retainer decides the role of the retainer. Weapons, Equipment and Spell items are represented through gear cards. Each gear has different skills or spells to use.

• Player focused rolls: Most rolls are designed to be rolled by the players. No more waiting through 10 enemies turns because they need to make 10 attack rolls, YOU need to defend against each attack by rolling against it! Hope you wear good armor! Players are constantly involved in the combat and never sit around and wait.

• Increasing/Decreasing Die Size: Doppelsold uses the dice chain from Dungeon Crawl Classic. Getting advantage or disadvantage increases or decreases the dice that gets rolled. This means if you get knocked down or restrained and want to attack, you must roll a smaller dice (instead of a D20 you need to roll a D14).

• Stories of ordinary people: Doppelsold is designed for a low fantasy, dark medieval world. You play towns fools, beggar, disgraced nobles and miller who hope to make enough coin to survive until their retirement. Maybe even one of the mighty hedge knights will join our troupe.

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Art
Title Image is Five German Soldiers - Daniel Hopfer & Erhard Schön