Universalis is one of the highly experimental games produced in the forums of the Forge, but whether Universalis qualifies as a roleplaying game is an open question. The players create a shared world and story, but many of the usual conventions do not apply: for instance, no player is assigned to a single character, and and there is no GM. Players use "coins" to establish tenets about the setting, buy traits (for characters, locations, or props), and to frame each scene. Coins are regained at the start of a scene and can be won for complications.