Hillfolk

The DramaSystem SRD – A reference document for writers and game designers to create their own products derived from DramaSystem
Supporting Characters as Foils – Robin D. Laws uses GMCs to manipulate a PC’s dramatic poles
The No-Response Response – Robin D. Laws on pacing scenes to maintain suspense
Going Full Caliban – Robin D. Laws steals some dramatic pole ideas from iconic fictional characters
Graybeard – Robin D. Laws details the GM character he keeps coming back to in Hillfolk one-shots
Alternate Procedural Resolutions for One-Shot DramaSystem – Robin D. Laws looks at ways of resolving procedural scenes for shorter game sessions
How Documentaries Show Us DramaSystem Scene Structure in Real Life – Robin D. Laws breaks down Yung Chang’s documentary China Heavyweight
Chuffa In Hillfolk – Robin D. Laws focuses on the good kind of blathering in DramaSystem
If Game of Thrones was Your DramaSystem Game – Robin D. Laws looks at who gets the drama tokens in S5 E1 Game of Thrones
Problem Solving vs Problem Protecting – Robin D. Laws on resolving the tension between being a character’s player and a game’s co-author
The Rhythm of Ensemble – Robin D. Laws looks at how GMs can work with groups of players to create better story
Join the Fantasy Confrontation League – Robin D. Laws suggests a Hillfolk series as a vacation from emotional reticence
Can We Have the Room Please – Robin D. Laws sends GMCs out of the room as a power move
How to be the Teller at the Hillfolk Memory Bank Robin D. Laws looks at making note taking and judicious stage whispers part of the DramaSystem GM’s toolkit
Dramatic Poles of Better Call Saul – Robin D. Laws looks at how dramatic poles are played out in one of the best shows going

All DramaSystem Series Pitches – A Complete List by Jean-Christophe Cubertafon
Alignment, by Michael Duxbury, illustrated by Melissa Trender – a fantasy setting of caste-based oppression, based on the Good-Evil/Lawful-Chaos alignment system from classic fantasy games.
Perveniet Calix, a Dracula Dossier Series Pitch by Ryan Macklin
A War on Christmas, a Series Pitch by Lowell Francis
Bloodbag Command, a Night’s Black Agents Series Pitch by Robin D. Laws
RPG Geek DramaSystem Contest 2015 – 20+ Series Pitches from various authors

Download the Scene Breakdown Tracker
Download the Relationship Map
Download a Recurring Characters Tracker
Download the Main Cast Tracker
Download a list of Common Intentions
Download the Character Sheet
Download a form-fillable version of the Character Sheet
Download a French language one-sided DramaSystem character sheet by Jean-Christophe Cubertafon
Download an English language one-sided DramaSystem character sheet by Jean-Christophe Cubertafon
Download a 2-sided, landscape orientation, with player reference (procedural rules references are to the advanced system from Blood on the Snow) by Jon Cole
Download a GM reference sheet (procedural rules references are to the advanced system from Blood on the Snow) by Jon Cole
Download 9 quick-start character playbooks for Hillfolk (including GM instructions on how to use) as 2-sided, landscape orientation, folded into booklets by Jon Cole.
Download 6 quick-start character playbooks using material from the RPG Dream Askew (playbooks by Wade Rockett; Dream Askew by Avery Alder, material used with permission)
Download 9 quick-start character playbooks for Hillfolk (including GM instructions on how to use) as 2-sided, landscape orientation, folded into booklets by Jon Cole.
Download an Excel spreadsheet bennie calculator, which automatically calculates who should get bennies at the end of a session, by Jon Cole
Download resources for Darke and Stormy Nights (Scott Bennie) from Blood on the Snow – including a form-fillable player character sheet with setting information and instructions on how to get and spend drama tokens, and a GM version with a rules quick-reference for convention play, plus suggestions for “tightening