Chronicles System

User summary: Chronicles System is a major implementation of a generic, universal tabletop role-playing game. It was published as an extensive series of well-developed web pages that were freely available online. The core system was presented as major web pages, each with sub-pages, including: 01.0: Character Creation 02.0: Traits: Merits and Flaws 03.0: Skills 03.1: Skills: Combat Masteries 04.0: Basic Rules: Definitions 05.0: Arms and Equipment 05.1: Melee Weapons 05.2: Ranged Weapons 05.3: Armor 06.0: Basic Rules: The Chronicles System 07.0: Combat Rules: Basics 07.1: Combat Rules: Defense 07.2: Combat Rules: Offense 07.3: Combat Rules: Unarmed 07.4: Combat Rules: Advanced 07.5: Combat Rules: Firearms 08.0: Health and Damage 09.0: Experience 09.1: Downtime Character Growth 10.0: Heroic Characteristics The game is surprisingly robust and balanced for a free product. Version 1 was developed for in-house play through about 2000. In 2002 the author copyrighted Version 2 of the system. In 2005 the author published Version 3 (the only published Version) on the internet as HTML pages. This version went through continuous minor development until 2008 when the game unfortunately went offline.