**Come here and talk about anything!**

This post will stay stickied for (at least) the week-end. Please enjoy this space where you can talk about anything: your last game, your current project, your patreon, etc. You can even talk about video games, ask for a group, or post a survey or share a new meme you've just found. This is the place for small talk on r/rpg.

The off-topic rules may not apply here, but the other rules still do. This is less the Wild West and more the Mild West. Don't be a jerk.

----------

This submission is generated automatically each Saturday at 00:00 UTC.

**Come here and talk about anything!**

This post will stay stickied for (at least) the week-end. Please enjoy this space where you can talk about anything: your last game, your current project, your patreon, etc. You can even talk about video games, ask for a group, or post a survey or share a new meme you've just found. This is the place for small talk on r/rpg.

The off-topic rules may not apply here, but the other rules still do. This is less the Wild West and more the Mild West. Don't be a jerk.

----------

This submission is generated automatically each Saturday at 00:00 UTC.

https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/dungeons-and-dragons-star-wars-world-of-warcraft-games-1236824675/

I've played D&D since the good old days, my first attempt at running a game was X1-Isle of Dread, and there have been innumerable iterations, side projects and new games since. I'm still not massively sold on D&Dizzle, and happily there are many other options from OSR to clones and homebrew hacks (as well as may completely different RPGs).

Given this thread is about D&D-like games though, what's your go to? I reckon Daggerheart is actually a really decent game, 13th Age was me previous favourite and I enjoy the brutal simplicity of Dragonbane. But what of Draw Steel, retro-clones and others?

Welcome one and all to a post where we can freely discuss the games that we have released or the games that we are making. Stop on by and maybe you'll find your new favourite RPG!

A bunch of us make cool shit, but the Indie RPG space is crowded and it can often be difficult to get the word out about why people should try out your game. That's why every week we try to focus on a different mechanic or setting to see how new RPGs can solve decades old problems or put new spins on old greivances!

No one likes to be put in boxes - even if it is the correct box. This week we're focusing on the Classless Systems! So tell us how your game (or just any game you really like) is unique in implementing this.

Thank you u/ChickenDragon123 for the suggestion!

As per mod approval, comments here do not count against rule 7 - comment as much as you want, answer as many questions as you need and discuss to your hearts content!

All that I would ask is that anyone who comments about their own system takes the time to look at the minimum at one other game in the comments and ask a question or provide feedback. Lively discussions are what get people interested and what keep people engaged!

Last week was "Mecha" and we found some pretty neat stuff!

If you want to suggest a topic for future weeks, be sure to include "-sug-" in your comment so I can easily find it!

As the question says - whats your most recent new (to you) TTRPG, and what was awesome about it? Let's leave the searing critique aside for a minute - and hopefully find out about some awesome games.

For me, it was Dialect - a one shot where we developed our thieves guild's cant as we tracked their rise and fall. Along the way you make up new words as prompted by the cards. By the end of the game, you've having deep arguments in your own private language - and the story is the thing, too.

How about you?

While my preferences lie with old-school systems that reward player skill through dungeon and hex crawling, my group is intrigued by Daggerheart and would like to give it a go. I confess I have never watched anything related to Critical Role, so I'm coming at this totally blind. I have the box set on the way. I have never played a narrative-forward game in my life, I think it's called...

I like to build worlds and act as an impartial referee as players romp through them, discovering their stories along the way. I guess that's a good way to describe my frame of reference. So, I have a hunch this will be wildly different and I'm curious how it'll play. Hooray for variety.

What are your impressions a year in, for those who have spent a good bit of time with the system?

Hi all, I have a few short campaign ideas which are thematically quite similar to Le Guin's Hainish Cycle books. The PCs are in a strange land under tension as forces of old and new fight for power. I don't anticipate much combat happening, but I would like a system that has rules for it when it does occur. If there is combat, it should be dangerous. I imagine the PCs would mostly be exploring & learning about the culture while solving occasional small conflicts and ethical dilemmas (sort of Star Trek vibes). Magic should be limited, mysterious, and unknowable if present at all. I'm a big fan of the idea that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic and I would like to explore this theme.

I've GMed Cairn before and I think it would be fairly easy to run this type of game using the barebones Cairn rules (not the implied setting, though I am a big fan of it). I've also thought about checking out D.O.G.S. but I'm wondering if that would be somewhat morally overbearing (I want the PCs to solve moral & ethical dilemmas, not necessarily enforce their own moral code). I'm open to any suggestions for a rules light system that could support this type of campaign (I mostly play/GM PbtA & OSR). Thanks for your time!

Free League Unbound

Probably not something I'm going to use myself, but might just be a grumpy old man. Missed opportunity not to use the technology we have available to us of course. But I prefer physical books, I'm lucky to have a ton of friends who share my interest, so I can play in person though.

I don't like the trend towards subscriptions everywhere though, but I also trust Free League not to this compromise their actual products. Best case scenario, it will just make their games more accessible for people just joining their hobby.

EDIT: Don't see any subscriptions on the page, was just my kneejerk reaction, seems pretty fairly priced and everything from what I can tell, if you're into this sort of thing. Up to everyone to decide of course, but don't wanna trash them for something that isn't true.

This week's RPG is Fate!

Have you played it? Have you run/GM'd it? How did it go?

What's your favourite memory from the game?

What's the best thing about the game?

What's the worst? How would you improve it?

.

Last week was GURPS. Join us again next week for Risus!

My party just finished Tomb of Annihilation, getting a TPK on dungeon level 4, so I decided to run a "beach episode." Could you please recommend me an RPG with a light tone and fairly simple rules? Preferably not PbtA, as I never really figured out how to run it. Thanks in advance for your replies.