Barbarians Versus
Barbarians Versus is an easy to learn, fast-paced, action-oriented roleplaying game of bloodthirsty Notherners as they battle alien invaders from beyond the stars.
You and your friends will play barbarian heroes, far from their homelands in search of honor and treasure. Bring back riches and trophies, and you may just become a legend. One problem though - alien invaders from beyond the stars have their own ideas.
If you like to make up stories about savage barbarians and the creatures they smash to tiny bits, Barbarians Versus is for you.
You and your friends will play barbarian heroes, far from their homelands in search of honor and treasure. Bring back riches and trophies, and you may just become a legend. One problem though - alien invaders from beyond the stars have their own ideas.
If you like to make up stories about savage barbarians and the creatures they smash to tiny bits, Barbarians Versus is for you.
Barbarians Versus comes as a 32 page PDF with all the rules and ideas to get you started on your quest for glory, fame, and loot!
Read the Reviews
”Many games which pretend to make things simple to avoid roadblocks to role-playing fall prey to the trap of adding to many optional rules. Not Barbarians Vs. This is a lean, mean, barbarian ass-kicking machine. Its deceptively simple system, combined with an emphasis on simple but effective Game Mastering, provides for a quick and dirty, yet fun long term game.”
- GamingReport.com Review
"The writer makes no bones about the fact that the whole point of this game is to be a drunken violent lout that performs drunkenly violent acts of heroism, sort of in the vein of the Conan cartoon from the '90s. There are even green scaly lizard-creatures, though in Barbarian Versus they're aliens instead of demonic wossits from another dimension. This is one of the few games I can remember finding that flat-out says, "This is what this game is about, this is what the rules support, this is the theme that fits the rest of it." That sort of thing automatically gets support from me, since I'm a wee bit tired of games that claim to be about everything and nothing at the same time."
- Matthew, RPG.Net
Read more five star reviews at RPGNow's website.
- GamingReport.com Review
"The writer makes no bones about the fact that the whole point of this game is to be a drunken violent lout that performs drunkenly violent acts of heroism, sort of in the vein of the Conan cartoon from the '90s. There are even green scaly lizard-creatures, though in Barbarian Versus they're aliens instead of demonic wossits from another dimension. This is one of the few games I can remember finding that flat-out says, "This is what this game is about, this is what the rules support, this is the theme that fits the rest of it." That sort of thing automatically gets support from me, since I'm a wee bit tired of games that claim to be about everything and nothing at the same time."
- Matthew, RPG.Net
Read more five star reviews at RPGNow's website.
A Few Highlights:
- Fast-paced, easy-to-learn game mechanics (roll fistfuls of D10s)
- Fun barbarian creation (cool abilities, awesome items)
- Tons of opportunity for descriptive, brutal roleplaying (smash! punch! snap!)
- Complete drinking rules (barbarians like beer)
- Random looting table (shiny things!)
- The secrets of the alien invaders (foul stench?)
- Ancient barbarian wisdom (to smash or not to smash)
- Full color cover art by the fantastic Jeremy Mohler
- Two page starter adventure: "The Black Pit"
Bonus Loot
Alternate Settings
DWARF (PDF) - What happens when barbarians do battle with treasure lusty dwarves from the deep?
Mysterious Locales
Valley of the Bones (HTML) - A mysterious adventure location
Mechanical Bits
Alternate Action Resolution - Scrapped, broken action system
Stories
These stories were both written as early introductions to Barbarians Versus. They now rest here for your reading pleasure.
Old Introductory Story #1 (HTML)
Old Introductory Story #2 (HTML)
Other Links
Jeremy Mohler - Meet the BV Cover Artist
DWARF (PDF) - What happens when barbarians do battle with treasure lusty dwarves from the deep?
Mysterious Locales
Valley of the Bones (HTML) - A mysterious adventure location
Mechanical Bits
Alternate Action Resolution - Scrapped, broken action system
Stories
These stories were both written as early introductions to Barbarians Versus. They now rest here for your reading pleasure.
Old Introductory Story #1 (HTML)
Old Introductory Story #2 (HTML)
Other Links
Jeremy Mohler - Meet the BV Cover Artist
