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6/07/2021

Big Dice Games Acquires Risus: The Anything RPG, Charts Course for
the Future of Joyful RPGs!

A joint press release from Cumberland Games & Diversions and the new
home of Risus: Big Dice Games.

Dave LeCompte, of Big Dice Games, has purchased the Risus RPG line
from S. John Ross of Cumberland Games and Diversions.

S. John Ross designed, authored, and published the groundbreaking
roleplaying game system, subtitled "The Anything RPG," in a time
where individual role playing manuals were hundreds of pages, and a
well-prepared gaming group would have dozens of books. Risus is a
different sort of game system, with a set of rules that can fit on a
single sheet of paper.

Dave LeCompte has been a friend of Risus for years, and looks forward
to carrying it forward as a game where there's "No Wrong Way to Play!
"

Big Dice Games has agreed to complete the outstanding Kickstarter
campaign to publish more free adventures, and intends to publish
all-new Risus worldbooks as well.

S. John, who has shepherded his creation for 28 years, has overseen
its changes from a plain-jane document of the early 90s to a
stick-figure festooned one in the 21st century, is proud to see Big
Dice Games carrying the torch forward to see the Risus line expand to
include entire worlds, more adventures, and more voices from around
the world. The Risus community has always been international (the
game has been translated into 18 languages besides S. John's attempts
at English), and S. John hopes to see something from everyone. He's
also happy he won't have to edit them.

Dave LeCompte notes: "S. John is one of those creators who do so many
things well, it will require many people to fill his shoes. Big Dice
Games welcomes the best stick figure art submissions, as well as
writing submissions from adventure- and worldbook-authors to provide
a breadth of perspectives while staying true to the open-hearted,
creative gameplay that Risus gamers expect." Contact
dave@risusrpg.com for freelancing opportunities.

The Risus library will continue to be available at DriveThruRPG, with
all previous customers transferred painlessly behind the scenes
thanks to the efforts of the OBS management. Risus will soon have a
new home on the Web as well, at www.RisusRPG.com

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