When comparing Dungeonslayers vs Risus, the Slant community recommends Dungeonslayers for most people. In the question“What are the best tabletop RPGs?” Dungeonslayers is ranked 3rd while Risus is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Dungeonslayers is:
The rules are beautifully presented and succinctly explained. The basic rules are explained within 20 pages.
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Pros
Pro Well written, lightweight ruleset
The rules are beautifully presented and succinctly explained. The basic rules are explained within 20 pages.
Pro Quick and Simple
Great for kids
Pro Fast combat system
DS uses a streamlined approach. It's typically possible to get through 3-4 battles in 2 hours.
Pro Complete with a hilarious working community
Presenting more that 30 fanbased works per year.
Pro Can be taught in less than 10 minutes
Risus has a very minimalist rule system that breaks down all actions to their core function. Risus comes with a super short, four page rulebook (available in many forms and formats) that's easy to read, includes examples and has a bit of humor thrown in to make the process or learning more enjoyable.
Pro Very flexible rules
Risus is not confined to a selection of pre-defined character-classes, settings or abilities. Characters are described via clichés such as Witch Doctor, Gambler, Musician with a number of dice assigned to each cliché that are then used in challenges that relate to the appropriate cliché.
Pro A large following that provides a lot of content
A large amount of adventures, artwork, characters, clichés as well as optional rules can be found for Risus. An excellent resource for all aforementioned things as well as many others is Risusiverse, a fan-made website of all things Risus.
Cons
Con Rigid class system
Con Little guidance can be found for GMs and players
Some prior understanding of how an RPG is played and what is the role of the GM is required as the rules cover only the very core of the system.