Fantasy
The Big Brown Book
A d6-based fantasy retroclone emphasizing dungeon exploration and wargame roots.
Directory entry · Justen M. Brown
Third-party modules welcome- Entry type
- Roleplaying game
- Rules family
- Generic
- Edition
- 1 · 2010
- Rules licence
- OGL 1.0a
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What is it about?
Justen M. Brown’s first edition is dated November 2010. The working public Box download contains 214 PDF pages, including the complete OGL 1.0a, Open Game Content designation and copyright notices.
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At the table
Roll at or below a target number. Unspecified ability actions use 3d6 against the ability; d66 treats two d6 as digits. Explore dungeons, hire retainers and grow toward strongholds.
For module creators
Publishing modules
Independent sales
The author explicitly designates the book’s material Open Game Content under OGL 1.0a.
Conditions
Commercial copying/adaptation of covered Open Game Content requires the complete OGL, accurate section 15 copyright notices, your additions’ notices and clear identification of open portions. The Big Brown Book/TBBB are explicitly trademarks; OGL does not grant their branding or compatibility claims. Preserve upstream notices and avoid suggesting endorsement.