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Open RPG Rules Submission Guidelines


Open RPG Rules’ goal is to provide the roleplaying game community with quality products that are applicable to any genre or game system. Below are guidelines you should follow when submitting items for publication on our website. There are two categories for submissions: Open RPG Worlds, and Open RPG Rules. The Open RPG Worlds category is reserved for scenarios, plot hooks, world descriptions, settings, campaign ideas, and general fiction. The Open RPG Rules section is reserved for rules and rule modifications. For more details on Submitting to Open RPG Worlds visit this link.



  1. All submissions must adhere to and follow the guidelines as described in the GNU Free Documentation License (click here to view the license).
    1. Submissions must include a copyright notice as detailed in the license.
    2. Submissions must include a copy of the License. If you do not include one with your submission it will be added.
    3. You must be willing to allow your work to be freely modified and distributed as per the license.
    4. You do not need to include a copy of the original Open RPG Rules with your submission.
  2. The work you submit must be your own and be an original work to which you own the copyright. If this is a rules modification or addition, it must be significant and add value to the current rules system. For example, rewriting the Open RPG Rules would not be acceptable unless the rewrite is major (80% or better). However, creating new Magic, Psionic, or even alternative combat rules are all acceptable.
  3. Give use an idea of what genre you would like the item to fall under. For example, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.
  4. Include a brief (30 words or less) summary or description of your work. This may be used to describe your submission on our website.
  5. All submissions must be in either RTF (Rich Text Format) or Plain Ascii Text (Txt). Submissions may be made in PDF or HTML formats as well, but must also include a submission in one of the Transparent formats mentioned above.
  6. All submissions must include your name, and contact information (email address at the very least).
  7. No payment of any kind is made for submissions to this website.
  8. Submissions should be sent to: OpenRPGWorlds@yahoo.com with “RULES SUBMISSION” in the subject line

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