Mercenary Merlins

Mercenary Merlins is a rules-light RPG with a free form spell mechanic inspired by Ben Milton's phenomenal Maze Rats. Play with a deck of cards, each containing two words. Mix those words together for a spell name, and then describe it to the GM! Your character sheet is a fill-in-the-blanks dating profile, and spell backfires result in physical mutations to your body. 

Things can get really wacky really quickly. 

(information to make your own cards is included in the main game, but if you wanted a print-and-play solution, you can get the cards for free here!)

Great for one-shots, but also contains a progression system for longer play. 

(Also, hey, there's a Kanye West quote at the beginning of the game because it was funny when I wrote it years ago, but now it's weird because he's a racist shithead so let's just agree to think of it like a naive sort of time capsule until I can get around to replacing it with something less icky)