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.