Story Game:Version 0

From The Fifth World

Version 0 indicates a pre-release version of the Story Game. As an open source project, we have released versions of the Fifth World Storytelling Game prior to its actual completion.

Minor version numbers (indicated after the period) indicate the stability of a release. You can't consider any pre-release version complete (otherwise, it would have reached version 1, the first release version), but even-numbered minor versions indicate a greater level of stability, while odd-numbered minor versions indicate relatively unstable, experimental versions released for testing.

Contents 1 Version 0.1 2 Version 0.2 3 Version 0.3 3.1 0.3.1 3.2 0.3.2 3.3 0.3.3 4 Version 0.4 4.1 0.4.1 5 Version 0.5 5.1 0.5.1 5.2 0.5.2 6 Version 0.6 7 Version 0.7

Version 0.1

The original beta version.

Version 0.2

• Released:' 21 December 2006.
• Download: Rulebook, Character sheet
• RPG.net review by Wil

Version 0.3

0.3.1

• Released: 20 September 2008
• Download: File:5W0.3.1.pdf
• Notes: The first iteration of the new rules. Some major changes already made.

0.3.2

• Released: 30 September 2008
• Notes: Playtest report
  • Overhaul of oracle system
  • Tightening of riddle mechanics
  • Improved examples for setting Hopes and Fears
  • Major revisions to blessings and curses
  • Changes to place and path rules
  • Improved material for the Land of the Three Rivers

0.3.3

• Released: 25 October 2008
• Download:
• Notes: Playtest reports one and two.
  • Overhaul of oracle
  • Riddle mechanics replaced with questions
  • Stakes specified as questions
  • Whole new setting information for the Land of the Three Rivers
  • First complete spirit catalog

Version 0.4

0.4.1

• Released: 1 November 2008
• Download: File:5W 0 4 1.pdf
• Notes: Playtest report
  • First public, beta playtest draft, debuted at GASPcon 9 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Version 0.5

0.5.1

• Released: N/A
• Notes:
  • Eliminates the "Questions" mechanic entirely
  • Replace the "Questions" mechanic with relationships shared by all players
  • Provide rules for three different modes of play:
    • Story: one-shot play
    • Epic: campaign play
    • Cycle: campaign with inconsistent players
  • Consolidate "blessings" and "curses" into "boons"

0.5.2

• Released: 8 February, 2009
• Download:
  • Rules: File:5W Rules 0 5 2.pdf
  • Setting: File:5W Land of the Three Rivers 0 5 2.pdf
• Notes:
  • First public appearance of changes made in v0.5.1
  • Added mechanics with respect to "second-hand" relationships
  • First mechanics with respect to tone
  • Introduced "Quick Start" character creation
  • Introduced well-defined deep/shallow relationship terms
  • Used at Dreamation as part of the Indie Games Explosion in February 2009

Version 0.6

Version 0.6.0 has not yet had a public release, but it has had public playtests at GASP Games Day in Pittsburgh and Dreamation 2009, 19 - 22 February, 2009.

Version 0.7

While playtesting continues with v0.6.0, discussions at Dreamation have prompted early work on v0.7.0.