The BURST System
A downloadable Roleplaying System
BURST is a Genre and Settings Agnostic, Fast-Paced, Easy to Learn, Narration Focused, Rules-Light, Tabletop Role-playing System. Specifically made for those of us with too much to do and not enough time but still would like to be able to squeeze in a game from time to time. BURST's main focus is Speed.
Why BURST?
BURST is a unique rule system that's fast and easy. The GM roll no dice to speed things up even further, using a TN system to determine any difficulty that needs to be passed to succeed helps things flow. Combat, that can be a real time sink in most games can be finished as quickly, but not limited to, a single dice roll. The rules includes 3 different combat modes, optimised for what ever the Narration calls for. And you get to make you very own and unique Gadget in thy game!
BURST also includes sections for world building, NPC generation and a bunch of Random Tables.
Solo!
BURST can also be played SOLO and includes everything you need to get a solo RPG campaign off the ground!
This includes:
2 oracle's, several Random Tables for different genres, NPC generator, and a World Builder
And one more thing!
Did we mention that BURST is licensed under CC-BY-SA (Common Creatives - Attribution - ShareAlike). That's right, you are free to remix, transform, and build upon the material in any way, shape, or form you please. AND, you are even free to do this commercially! Press THIS for more information!
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Purchase
In order to download this Roleplaying System you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $10 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Community Copy
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The BURST System
If you are in need and can't afford a copy of the game, help yourself to a community copy. They will replenish from time to time.
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I have read the rules and from what I see, the reminds of Tricube Tales. Did you have any inspiration from that?
Generally, looks like a cool thing, I am going to try it when we finish our current adventure
Hello there!
I have in fact never played or read Tricube Tales. So any similarity is just coincidence.
But now I need to have a look at Tricube Tales cause that sounds interesting.
I appreciate you taking a look at my little rulebook and hope you enjoy many adventures with it.
If you ever do play a game I would be most interested in knowing what you think of BURST, how the game went and if there is anything you found confusing, or think needs changing/modifying.
I'm actually working on BURST 2.5, just a small update with some adjustments and it may, or may not, change the basic dice mechanic, I have yet to decide.
So any feedback would be very much appreciated 😁
I have never noticed your reply.
I did play it from time to time, mostly solo, or casual oneshots with a group.
I want to say, I really like how clear and understandable the book is. Indie TTRPGs often have problems with explaining the rules clearly, but this one leaves no space for confusion, both when I play solo or DM for somebody. The combat system is also pure gold. Simple and beautiful.
Generally, I don't feel like I understand BURST deep enough to make serious suggestions, but one thing that I was missing all along was a way to reward the players between level ups. There is no currency, nor shops to spend it on, no consumables, no stats to be modified...
Purely narrative reward doesn't give players brains enough happy juice and rewarding them with tokens quickly gets out of hand.
Also, i'd say that the game RAW fits very poorly for horror adventures, but it can be dealt with. Besides, Horror doesn't seem to be the main focus of the product
Hey, it's me.
Yes, it's me. I'm the kind of person to ask for community copies.
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May I ask for some community copies?
You may indeed ask. Not that it changes anything. But you may ask.
Now, it so happens that you are in luck. Cause there will be new community copies available sometime during this week. Keep your eyes open so you don't miss it.
Hi, is there any chance of getting a community copy?
Well, you are in luck. New community copies will be available sometime during this week.
Keep your eyes open so you don't miss it.
That's so cool, thank you! I will be looking out for them
Hi, is there some security on this pdf which doesn't allow it to be printed?
Not to my knowledge. What happens when you try to print it?
adobe lists the pdf as "secured" and my printer refuses to print in other pdf readers saying "cannot print this file"
Very strange indeed. I have not heard anyone else have this issue, I have downloaded the file at work and tried to print parts of it and that worked just fine. I have no idea what might cause this for you. Try another computer or another printer, if the issue continues to be a problem the only thing I can think of to get a physical copy is to purchase a physical copy. But I can see how that option might not be as appealing.
Ill try converting the files. Yeah Im not gonna buy it again.
Makes perfect sense to me, double purchases are never fun. If you can't get it to print the only thing I can think of is for me to make another pdf from the original file and send ya and see if that makes a difference 🤔
Did you manage to print it friend?
Is there a reason there's no credit card option? PayPal is politically toxic.
Mostly because it's a real pain to set up from my country and the fees are higher. I don't know about any of PayPal politics tho, it's just a simple way for payment.
I'm currently trying to set up credit card payment options if I can figure it out. Check back in a couple of hours and it might be sorted.
Thanks. I'd like to buy to this game.
PayPal keeps cancelling accounts of independent journalists and even threatens to confiscate donor money. Most recently it was Consortium News.I stopped using PayPal about a year for this reason.
Oh, I see, Also sorry for the late reply. I did not know PayPal did such things. I agree that does not sound great. But purchase through Credit Card should work now if I did everything right. If you try it, please let me know if it worked (or didn't)
Thanks! The card set up works fine. I picked up a copy of BURST and I'm looking forward to testing it.
Thank you so much. I hope you will enjoy it and have many great adventures!
I can not download my community copy Burst System SRD PDF. It is no longer available!
Please try again. It seems like I accidently moved it's location. It should be all nice and fixed now!
Have a great day and I hope you will enjoy the system!
It worked!
Awesome! Hope you have many great adventures!