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[Skyrunner]

Welcome to the RtD Hall of Fame & Library! Roll to Dodge games are perhaps the most unique of Bay12's many forum games. Although other forums do have some RtDs, Bay12 has not only the most games, but also has the most players, most posts on average, and in fact may have perfected the art of the Roll to Dodge game.

In this Library, the Curator (which is me, for now) will store all Roll to Dodges that are submitted.
Roll to Dodges, when submitted, should have info about (a) status* (b) short summary.

All RtDs are placed on the Library list when first submitted. RtDs that have lasted for more than one month and have a reasonable amount of activity during that period will be eligible for votes**. When any RtD has received fivesix votes, it will be taken out of the Library and raised to the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame will be sorted by first votes, than alphabetically.

The voters for any RtD can be viewed by mousing-over the asterisk before the summary.

Before voting up an RtD to the Hall of Fame, please consider if that RtD is really worthy of being preserved and prominently displayed.
If you simply wish to record the RtD in the Library, check the current list before voting.

All submitted RtDs that are younger than one month will be marked with a red ?. All submitted RtDs which have their GM voting for recording are marked with an orange *.

What to do when voting
- Make sure to bold your vote.
- Provide a link to the OP.
- Provide a synopsis if you are the first voter.
- Mention if the game is a minimalist game.

What not to do when voting
- Do not vote for a Library game if you do not wish for it to be in the Hall of Fame.

Updates monthly!

Roll to Dodge Hall of Fame


Einsteinian Roulette / Shipboard thread (Out of Mission)
*The Hazardous Materials Requisition Corps sends criminals and unlucky people to search for shiny alien trinkets of dubious utility in every deathworld and hellhole they find in order to assist in the efforts of whichever war the dictatorial human government has gotten itself into. The unfortunate bastards whom the RtD center are based on a ship dominated by Steve, who may or may not be a complete reproduction of the GM's personality. The (most of times) unwilling volunteers then try to survive their first mission with a spacesuit which provides as much protection as a sweater and a fish bowl for their head. Then it gets worse.
Expect a) occasional death, b) loss of limbs and c) brains being put into robot bodies.

This awards-winning (or perhaps award-winning, seeing it has only won once 'til now) RTD also has a TVTropes page.
Active, 15 votes

Perplexicon
* A game in which the players are given only a book, and the clothes on their backs, and are tasked with the objective to killing all other players using the words in the magic book. But the meaning of every word in the book is unknown, and the players must also figure out the meanings of the words to conjure bizarre objects and creatures. Run by the well-known Piecewise, with his other game (Einsteinian Roulette) gracing the top of the Hall of Fame, right above.
Active, 12 votes

The Multiworld Madness games I
*Created by the pioneer of the RTD genre and may even be the first of their kind, the first Multiworld Madness game is a repository of top notch GMing, perhaps the best there ever was. Ground to a halt under its own sheer size after three years of struggling along, and then sprouted a sequel.
9 votes

The Magnificent Timelord
*"Hmmf Evil has reigned for too long, man," thought the Magnificent Timelord to himself. "Time for some ch-ch-changes... Time for Evil to face the pain... Or something..."
Four of humanity's finest join David Bowie's sequin-fuelled crusade through time, space, and an intricate plot to rid Earth of the greatest evils ever known. Featuring guest stars, guest speedos, dinoHITLER, and astounding acts of individual heroism!
Active, 8 votes

Mushroom Kingdom Wars
*A plot-heavy, illustrated game loosely based on the Mario series. Up to six heroes quest to free Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach from Bowser's clutches.
Active, 8 votes

Roll to Dodge Princess Celestia
*Ponies, historical figures, celebrities and cultural icons try to take down Princess Celestia's oppressive rule with a bloody revolution under General Luna. It features a multitude of rappers, dark lords, psychos, knights, gangsters, samurais, generals, aliens, wizards, B-ballers and much more brawling it out in an all-out interdimensional war.
Active, 7 votes


Deviation-22.
*Dystopian Sci-fi RTD set in both the Sol and Epsilion Eridani solar systems. Features include psionics, cybernetics, technocratic Arbiters, insane programs with delusions of grandeur, jump gates of unknown providence, really bad attempts at disguise, Tarran's obsession with friendly fire, and more! The longest RTD currently in existence. You have been warned.
Active, 7 votes

Roll to Roll to Dodge
* Created by Gatleos, the Roll to Roll to Dodge series was perhaps one of the few who could match Multiworld Madness for sheer (Technical) numbers of players and quality, and is where RTD legend Derm began his heinous career of terror among the RTD community. Also the only game to have a Trope Page.
Hiatus, 7 votes


Castlevania Roll to Dodge
*A long-running RTD based on the Castlevania game series.
Dropped/Dead, 6 votes

Looter's Delight
*
A perplexicon style deathmatch game where kills get rewarded with loot, ranging from a Lovecraftian glaive monster named Moretti to a hot cup of tea to Rick Astley, and most notoriously a pair of panties.
Active, 7 votes

Roll to Seek the Grail
*Four knights at a time quest for the Holy Grail as shenanigans and injuries ensue at their every move.
Done, 6 votes

Spoiler: Library (click to show/hide)

Ascend Sky Tower
* Cutting through the clouds, stands a thin, improbably high tower. It seems infinite, and it is said that at its top, the key to ultimate power lays waiting for an owner to claim it. The adventurers who seek the knowledge and power hidden within its depths range from naive to devious and smart to...not so bright. Follow the motley group as they climb each floor, winning over adversities.
Hiatus, 5 votes
(There's black licorice magic!)

The Arcanum Octet games I,II
*The premise of all these games is that the players are mages of some description, acquiring experience points in and leveling up various schools of magic. Being an RTD, it also features somewhat freeform and certainly unpredictable magic within that framework, leading to mass quantities of FUN!
Done, 3 votes

*ARRRRRRTDl
*Pirates.
Dropped, 1 vote

City of Madness
* Heavily Lovecraft influenced RTD set in 1930's Arkham. (Lovecraft's Arkham, not Batman's Arkham) Currently featuring an abused orphan, a college professor, a Bouncer with organized crime ties, and an immigrant detective on a twenty-four carat run of bad luck as the protagonists.
Hiatus

The Covenants of Arcane Steel
*A medieval fantasy RTD where duos of mages and knights do stuff.
Dropped, 1 vote

Crossing the Bright Void
*A game where the players are Space Pirates who have gained ships, and set out into the stars for fame, money, and other reasons that are shrouded in mystery. With the galaxy inhabited by a cruel slave federation, enslaved races, minor houses, dwindling galactic nations, and a mankind on the brink of extinction the players must struggle to survive. In their adventures they'll encounter lost people, bands of marauders, a race of deadly biological weapons, and foes far more dangerous then they ever thought.
Done, 3 votes

*Crossing the Bright Void 2 - A Space Pirate RTD
*A game following the journey of six wanna-be space pirates as they fight to travel to the stars. With a new era of civil wars, skirmishes, and entirely new (as well as old) beasts attempting to shred the balance that has been reached we will see which of the players rises to become a true space pirate!
Hiatus, 1 votes

Darkmoon
*A typical medieval fantasy RTD where wizards and others go places.
Dropped, 0 votes

Endless RTD
*Created by the community as a whole, join five unlucky heroes as they venture through the RTD that will never end, as GM's Switch leadership once the time is right.
Hiatus, 2 votes

For Science!
*A mad scientist RTD. The players are fledgling mad scientists who bend the laws of physics to their will and destroy enough public property to bankrupt several small nations.
Dropped, 2 votes

Fortress of Blood
*A dungeon-crawler RTD heavy on role-playing. Notable, because it shows that RTDs can have heavy roleplaying and still be smoothly run.
Dropped, 2 votes

Hero Caddies
*_{monk12's comment : The way the prologue is handled is work cataloguing.}
Hiatus, 1 vote

Hyrulian Hijinks
*The only RTD run by Dermonster (Scourge of RTD's) and highly recommended* despite it's (current) short length, join four schmucks as they traverse through Hyrule, and battle the GM's devious (if unknown) schemes.
Hiatus, 4 votes

Islands of Misery
* An Arena deathmatch style RTD with loot, but where kills are few, because people talk or get into rap battles instead.
Active, 2 votes


Life Begins at Death? An Undead RTD Adventure
* In a world where wizards roam free and cause trouble however they wish, one group of undead creatures must survive the demands of their master, the treacherous wilderness full of insidious threats, the unpredictable forces of magic, the machinations of demons, the wrath of the gods and random twists of fate as they loot, murder and sometimes avoid people on the road to power! Features cane magic, axe-craziness, horrible transformations, mass destruction and occasional good manners.
Active, 6 votes

Legends of the Hidden Temple
* Based on the old tv show of the same name. Six ten year olds explore an ancient Temple.
Hiatus, 2 votes

*Mall Fight RTD-ified
*
A delightful romp through the new Mega Mall has left 9 people stuck in a strange gameshow-like fight, where they must use their surroundings to their advantage and defend themselves from an onslaught of...well, each other. Watch them battle monstrous bosses, such as the devastating tag-team combo of Rambo and Phoenix Wright! Or the entire TF2 mercenary team! And even the GM's lazy updating schedule! All for the chance to win FABULOUS PRIZES!
Hiatus, 1 vote(s)

Mario Kart Grand Prix
* No synopsis available.
Hiatus, 4 votes

Mayfly Acquisitions
*
...a game having characters partake in awesome PvP/PvE fights, investigate the strange happenings around the company, be controlled by some sort of hive-mind creature taking over the building, and actually do their jobs unlike those other lazy slackers around the workplace.
Hiatus - Lack of player response, 1 vote

*Medieval Fodder — Simple RTD
* A simplified RTD, multiplayer (a lot), where the main goal is to kill all people on the other team. It is bloody and fast-paced, and waitlist is almost non-existant because of the speed of the game.
Done, 1 vote

*Medieval Fodder v1,2
* No synopsis available.
Dropped, 1 vote

Metamorphican Madness II
* A successor to Digital Hellhound's game, the players take control of some experiments who have taken a teratomorphic serum. Now as they mutate, they clash with everyone from mysterious agents and ancient demons to hillbillies and common cops. The players make their own plot, which currently seems to involve some people trying to avoid trouble, some people trying to get into trouble, and one guy trying to summon his demon overlord against the advice of Worm, his totem.
Hiatus, 3 votes


*Monster Hunter RTD
*
The RTD revolves around 6 players which create their story in my sandbox world inhabited by monsters. There is a main plot.. but it's not in action yet!
Dropped, 1 votes

?Netland VI : Subversion of Innocence
* No synopsis available.
Hiatus/Dropped, 2 votes

The Multiworld Madness games II
*The sequel to the "derelict flagship" of the RTD genre, running a new system and a new set of worlds to explore. Five characters are pitted against the Multiverse for an unspecified reason, given only the task to search for mysterious "keys". May or may not feature a hidden overarching storyline.
Hiatus, 3 votes

Nowhere to Run
*A futuristic bounty hunter RTD where the players hunt down criminals, business rivals, remnants of old dictatorships and escaped alien monstrosities for the highest bidder.
Hiatus, 3 votes

Prophets of the New God
* No synopsis available.
Dropped, 0 votes

Rise of Dragons
*A medieval fantasy where players are dragons.
Dropped, 0 votes

*Rolling Through Space
*It's quite complicated. For now join Caelleath and his sociopathic crew on his mission to take revenge against an evil Trade conglomerate.
Dropped, 1 votes

*Roll to Alter Someone's Life - Reloaded
*Players, as the forces of chance, chaos and probability, spit into the teams of Success and Failure and alter someones life for better or worse.
Dropped, 1 votes

Roll to Alter Someone's Life: Reboot
*Players, as the forces of chance, chaos and probability, spit into the teams of Success and Failure and alter someones life for better or worse.
Dropped, 1 votes

Roll to Be a Gentleman Spy
*
Gritty and realistic, RBAGS is a slow-burning and tense journey into the dark heart of mid-Edwardian era espionage as the combined forces of good come together to protect the Great British Empire.
Dropped, 3 votes

Roll to Be an Interstellar Mercenary
*
A sci-fi RTD that follows a bunch of ragtag mercenaries as they complete various missions across the galaxy.
Active, 1 vote

Roll to Deathmatch
*A multiple-round game where the players try to kill each other. Combat is brutal and deaths are hilarious. Winner picks the stage of the next round.
Hiatus, 1 vote

*Roll to Die
* A rather minimalist illustrated game where players spawn in and shoot each other in the face for no reason at all. Also kj1225 became a god.
Active, 1 votes

Roll to DUEL
*A technically two player game centering around the epically drawn battle between Robocorn's champion, the Blademaid, and PlutoniumApe's Hairy-Eyeball-with-a-Unibrow! With large amounts of audience participation and sidestories ranging from bets placed upon the winner (consequently making our pink slug announcer and sponsor a very rich invertebrate), to a certain Wrym swallowing the contestants into his gullet! Meanwhile wacky freeform hijinks occur up in the stands as the audience members mess with eachother. Currently alive, but with a slowish update schedule because of the drawing involved and the joint GMs.
Hiatus, 2 votes

Roll to Explore the Dungeon
*Join six hopeless adventurers as they try to brave an extense dungeron full of things they have no idea about. Expect savvy knights, berserking mages and giant polar bear goodness with a bit of arrogant purple-haired loli mage. The aforementioned loli mage will have her ass handed to her someday by the way :V
Up so far the group of men (only men) fought ratmen, assaulted an occupied bathroom and acted like overall assholes towards an undead girl, except, of course, for our resident necromancer whose name I won't say, who instead tried to nail her.
Active, 3 votes

Roll To Heroic
* No synopsis available.
Hiatus, 1 votes

*Roll to Pony
* No synopsis available.
Dropped, 1 vote

*Roll to Pony
* RTP is going to be an RTD featuring ponies and some random crazy stuff happening, like meteors. It is currently not started. It will start when 3 ponies have joined, currently there are two. This one is by CyberUrist.
Dropped, 1 vote

Roll to Priest
*
Part homage, part never-happened road-trip sitcom, Roll to Priest is a journey through the baffling but total day-to-day incompetence of average everyday priests on their quest from the farthest reaches of rural Ireland to the very heart of the Vatican. Unfortunately that never-happened bit refers to the fact they never left their native villages. Focuses very much on a new unique challenge each episode, with generally the same ending: screaming naked arson with multiple repetitions of the word Feck. Also contains authorised swearing, Latin, and an anonymous Mass-off/Priestmatch colour-coded selection process. Light-hearted in tone.
~Fin~, 5 votes

Roll to Raptor
*
Players are part of a tribe of Deinonychus in Cretaceous Era North America. Track prey, stage cunning ambushes, fight bloody battles, bring home food for your hatchlings. Try not to get eaten by apex predators or stepped on by 100 ton herbivores!
Hiatus(?)/Dropped, 4 votes

Roll to Scavenge
*  A war, spanning from the four corners of the Earth has wiped out most of the world's population through nuclear fallout for reasons unknown. The world and society as we know it has basically fallen to it's depths. Chaos and anarchy is rampant in this world, and hope is dim for anyone still alive.
But humanity is a resilient and hard-headed race, and it's offspring prove it. Join six unlikely survivors as they search and try to find out more of the new world, and manage to make a living out of what was once called home. Trust is a priceless commodity here, and even your own allies may be your worst enemies.
Dropped, 1 vote

*Roll to Wasteland
*
No description provided
Dropped ,1 vote

Roll to Work at GenCorp
*The players are hired by GenCorp. Chaos ensues.
Done, 2 votes

RTD of the Dragon
*A medieval fantasy RTD where the players are dragons.
Dropped, 2 votes

Staggered Magi
*The players are mages of some description, acquiring experience points in and leveling up various schools of magic. Being an RTD, it also features somewhat freeform and certainly unpredictable magic within that framework, leading to mass quantities of FUN!
Dropped, 1 vote

USDF Spaceship RTD
*A sci-fi RTD where the players are crewmembers of ships.
Dropped, 0 votes

Wacky Death Race
*A crazy race where all player pilot death machines of their own design, where both the design and race itself are governed by RTD mechanics.
Done, 3 votes

?Wacky Dead Race 2 : Revised Edition
*A crazy race where both character creation and the race are governed by RTD mechanics, now streamined and hopefully more deadly.
Dropped, 3 votes

The Westlands
*A medieval fantasy in a chaos-irradiated land.
Dropped, 1 vote

*The Wind Beneath Your Feet (Illustrated)
* An illustrated RtD where the players find themselves on floating islands, fighting amongst air ships and hot-air balloons.
Active, 1 votes

*You Are A Villain
*
An RTD in which the community takes control of a villain who is trying to do villainous stuff. So far, she's mostly been trying to make death rays, getting horribly injured when those death rays fail, and sometimes gotten on the bad side of the police. It's kinda open-ended, and I'll try to cope with (sensible) player suggestions.
Dropped, 1 vote

Zealots and Demons
*
No synopsis available.
Done, 1 vote

Zealots and Demons II: The Fall of a God
*
A long time has passed since the gate has been closed and no demons threaten the world. Even if unperturbed by the menace of the evil forces that long ago poured forth from their dimension, humanity still faces strife. Without a common enemy, the world is still a dangerous place as the ones who once struggled for survival turn onto each other for various reasons, and the world dives into disarray. Follow the partly-competent PCs as they delve into a world where gods and demons exist and secrets still untold shall be revealed.
Hiatus, 1 votes

[Skyrunner]

Welcome to the RtD Hall of Fame & Library, Minimalist subdivision!



Roll to Dodge Minimalist Hall of Fame

YOU AT FINAL BOSS
*
Titanic beings of unimaginable power, the Players, war for victory against the ambiguous Lich, Final Boss of All. Plots entwine and twist and mutate into new forms. Alliances rise and fall, never to be remembered, only destroyed. Whole wars are fought, entire realms devastated, to sate the sick pleasures of the Dark Ones.
In the place beyond time and death, there is only war. War and the laughter of thirsting gods.
Also TVTropes.
Done, 6 votes

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Art of Minimalism VII
*A continuation of the Art of Minimalism series. Art of Minimalism VII follows players in a a field doing various things. Magic has been (mostly) banned in an attempt to improve the longevity of this installment. Success has been limited; the large structures once adorning the spawn areas have been leveled. The afterlife exists and can be dance battled.
4 votes

The Inland of Imperium
*[sic] Long And Hard Story to expain it think better to someone else to sum up but It start place of  the Island of Imperium,With our Ninja Assassin Aristocrat Jaiver Freeman and Quarter-Demon Demon hunter Sir.Scapheap the first in Odd Sci-fi and Fantasy universe with magic and technology. It more really Semi-RTD than full-RTD because it has magic system and level up system(all of it was make in fly) but as you Semi-RTD be on here(disqualified because it is no longer an RTD. Preserved for posterity)

(Alternatively)
RTD in which everyone starts out in front of their computer, with the choice to leave, or open 'Theworld.txt'; which transports you to the interactive world.
Currently, there are several continents; one of which is owned by the God-King Javier, and another being invaded. The everchanging world allows for almost anything to happen.
3 votes

Roll to Dodge the Law
*What started out as a 'you are a criminal, you must escape the cops' minimalist RTD quickly evolved into a battle for control of the afterlife, rendered null by me rewriting history for the past 70 million years, and establishing a space whale empire which eventually collapsed and a generic evil empire rose up in it's place. I eventually screwed up the place with more time shenanigans, but the Time Cops came. They promptly got killed, and my past self invaded the future.
5 votes


YOU ASRING MINIMALIST GM
*In which the players try to reach a higher level of GMness.

I think this might be your best RTD yet, lawas.

1 votes


You At Sequel's Final Boss
*A spinoff on the original YAFB, Sequel's final boss is GMed by GWG and has a own final boss Knight Tiger who got shunted aside for a battle between Liches and Dark Lords with a bunch of players summoning weird stuff, trying to set up factions, and figuring out who the final boss is now.
2 votes

[Dermonster]

I vote for *Deep breath*
The Multiworld Madness games
*Created by the pioneer of the RTD genre and may even be the first of their kind, The Multiworld madness games are repositories of top notch GMing, perhaps the best there ever was. The creator has sadly disappeared for parts equine related.
Nominatee.

Roll to Roll to Dodge
*Created by Gatleos, the Roll to Roll to Dodge series was perhaps one of the few who could match Multiworld Madness for sheer (Technical) numbers of players and quality, and is where RTD legend Derm began his heinous career of terror among the RTD community. Also the only game to have a Trope Page.
Nominatee.

Endless RTD
Created by the community as a whole, join five unlucky heroes as they venture through the RTD that will never end, as GM's Switch leadership once the time is right.
Nominatee

The Arcanum Octet games
I... can't actually remember much about these ones.
Nominatee.

Aaaand fuck I'm having a brain fart.

[Scelly9]

Please add Roll to Alter Someones Life - Reloaded

[Tarran]

I nominate for HoF:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=76875.0 Deviation-22. Alive. Sci-fi RTD on an alien world. Minus aliens, instead aliens are mutated Terran creatures.

I offer:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=91236.0 RTD of the Dragon. Alive. A medieval fantasy(obviously) RTD where the players are dragons.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=81419 The Westlands. Dead. A medieval fantasy in a chaos-irradiated land.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=58946. USDF Spaceship RTD. Dead. A Sci-fi RTD where the players are crewmembers of ships.

I offer from others:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=104470.0 The Covenant of Arcane Steel. Alive. A medieval fantasy RTD where duos of mages and knights do stuff.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=96930.0 Darkmoon. Dead. A typical medieval fantasy RTD where wizards and others go places.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=91870.0 Rise of Dragons. Dead. A medieval fantasy(obviously) RTD where the players are dragons.

Now, I suggest asking Toady to sticky this.

[IronyOwl]

I'll second the Arcanum Octets. First, Second.

Under the same category (ridiculous wizard games, or somesuch), I'd also like to add Westlands and Staggered Magi.


EDIT: Good idea, Gat.

The premise of all these games is that the players are mages of some description, acquiring experience points in and leveling up various schools of magic. Being an RTD, it also features somewhat freeform and certainly unpredictable magic within that framework, leading to mass quantities of FUN!

Recurring examples include murdering comrades through healing magic and berserk summons, though each game has its own flavor and highlights.

[freeformschooler]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=77939.0 CVRTD. Alive. A long-running RTD based on the Castlevania game series.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=94754.0 Roll to Seek the Grail. Finished. Four knights at a time quest for the Holy Grail as shenanigans and injuries ensue at their every move.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=97633.0 Fortress of Blood. Dead according to Dwarm on IRC (I think?). A dungeon-crawler RTD heavy on role-playing.

I will not nominate my own games because that doesn't feel right.

[adwarf]

I second Deviation 22, and CvRTD

[Gatleos]

FINE THEN YOU RUN IT
I have no qualms.

I'll just throw in Zealots and Demons and Mushroom Kingdom Wars.

Also, it may be a good idea for voters to supply synopses for their nominations. So SkyRunner can just use those instead of reading the whole damn thing to get it.

[freeformschooler]

Good idea. I added single-sentence descriptions to all of mine.

[Dermonster]

Added a sentance or five to my recs.

Half of them, anyway.

[Caellath]

It would be a nice idea to divide the active between with and without waitlists. Of course it may be a little stupid, seeing as most have waitlists. In the OP, I mean.

[Tarran]

I also added short descriptions.

[Talarion]

CVRtD for HoF. Kaythx.

[BullDog]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=96133.0
Roll to Deathmatch. Active.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=98568.0
Legands of the  Hidden Temple. Active. Based on the old tv show of the same name, six ten year olds explore an ancient Temple.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=83547.0
Roll to Alter Someone's Life. Dead. Players, as the forces of chance, chaos and probability, spit into the teams of Success and Failure and alter someones life for better or worse.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=93138.0
Roll to Work at GenCorp. Finished. The players are hired by GenCorp. Chaos ensues.