Basic Action Games

Welcome to Basic Action Games! We are the makers of BASH! Ultimate Edition, a fast-paced, rules-lite superhero rpg and Honor + Intrigue Swashbuckling Rpg. We also make other rpg products, like We're In: Computer Hacking for Any TTRPG. 

Want to chat with us about our games, or play online? Come visit our Discord Server.

Want to build and store your BASH! characters online for free? Visit bashcreator.net.

Origin Story: Basic Action Games was founded in 2004, beginning with the launch of BASH! Basic Action Super Heroes.  The game was created while the author was working for an after-school program and wanted to introduce rpgs to kids.  Thinking that superheroes was the ideal genre, he looked for a supers game that would be simple enough for kids-- but was unable to find one.  So he created his own, using very simple math, with a minimum of record keeping.  Playtesters said that this would make a fine mainstream supers game, and that was the birth of Basic Action Games. The system seemed so malleable, that it was later adapted for cinematic fantasy role-playing, and science fiction games, as well as in partnership with some third party publishers. Since then, Basic Action Games has also produced the Honor + Intrigue Swashbuckling RPG.

Awards: BASH! was nominated for an ENnie for Best Rules in 2010, and Honor + Intrigue received a Judges' Spotlight ENnie Award in 2012.