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G'day all.
I know this can be a difficult topic to discuss.

Before I get to the point I want to say that 100% see the bind Mods are in, as many indie creators are desperate to promote their work (increasingly difficult due to enshitification of social media, communities retreating into online silos, and just so many new games being made), Reddit has rules (they want creators to buy adds), and many indie creators not communicating in good faith (ie: they just so happen to mention their game in a comment, or they just so happen to ask 'does anyone know of X super specific type of game?' that just so happens to align with what their game is).

Its a mess, we all get it.

I guess I just came here to let you know that this Subreddit has earned a bad reputation in many indie creator circles as a place that only likes a few very specific indie darlings, and is actively hostile to new creators. And not just because of Mods, but also because of how the audience here talks. So often indie games are ragged on here, the slightest slips by a creator talking about their work gets their comment removed, etc...

RPGs are unlike ANY other game hobby because the steps from consumer to creator are so damn close. Every indie creator is just a GM who has taken their passion to the next step, just as many GMs are just a Player who has taken their passion to the next step. For me, I LOVE to see how the sausage is made, I WANT to hear from creators about their processes and what they're working on. Just as I want to hear about GMs and Players about their process and what they're games.

I don't have an answer for this. I don't know where creators can go to connect with new audiences, I don't know how to Mod a large subreddit in a way that keeps it healthy. I guess my only suggestion is for maybe a weekly 'Indie Game Free-for-all Discussion' post?

I just hate to hear so much negativity from creators towards this Sub :( Bums me out.

I have a group of players who have a deep interest in my lore, so this is by no means a problem I am trying to solve. I have, over time, found several occasions where a player or group has been offered, or asked about, an opportunity to change the steady state of the world.

If you have allowed your players to overthrow a regime, kill a god, or create a new technology, I would love to know how it changed their engagement going forward. Additionally, how did you feel about planning for the next story in a world that someone else 'broke'.

I've picked it up at conventions a few times. It looks interesting, but I can't quite bring myself to pull the trigger on it. Does anyone have an opinion or experience? It looks a bit like something an ambitious social studies teacher might spring on a small class.

there are so many swords and sorcery systems and i want to know where to start. especially those with a moorcock or berserk vibe (I know that’s probably not helpful since they are very different)

Hi All

Looking to channel Agatha Christie and other mystery settings and looking for ideas for a game setting. I know that Call of Cthulhu already has an adventure for Orient Express (and I am certainly considering it) but wonder if it really fits the full murder mystery without going all "Cthulhu weird"

Would consider pulp options as well as more serious game settings. Very open to left field suggestions that could be tailored to different mystery-style adventures

NB: As much as I understand that Savage Worlds is a very popular (and probably good) system, I am not interested in it. I honestly don't like the bennie system. Maybe I'm unreasonable but that is just me

Thanks in advance

PS: If it makes any difference, I will be running it in-person and not online but may look to project maps and tokens, etc. to aid in investigation / combat, etc

Hi all! I’m trying build up to running a campaign of Stonetop, as a fairly green GM. The fact that it is a campaign game I’ve found a bit of a problem to sell, especially as I’m most practiced in & known in my groups for one-shots. Putting aside my lack of confidence with GM’ing; I’ve found some folks don’t get solid buy-in due to needing investing a lot into Lore (even when you make it up as a group). Yes, there are folks in spaces who are passionate & want to play the game, but I feel I want a table of folks I’m familiar with who know my GM’ing.

Thus: I’m trying to figure out what games can help me practice running Stonetop. I’ve considered Dungeon World, though from what I understand from this subreddit is that despite Stonetop being based on Dungeon World: they are very different games that go in different directions. I’m could attempt to cobble together something from Stonetop but a)the Pre-made scenarios have yet to be released, and b)my understanding is the heart of Stonetop is building your community together, which would have to be cut or reduced in a one-shot to make way for the standard mechanics during expeditions.

So I turn to the community to ask: What game would you suggest to practice/train up for a campaign of Stonetop? (Or otherwise: can you convince me to run a game of Stonetop for folks I’ve never played with before)?

Thanks for reading! 👍

I've caught myself going down plenty of rabbit holes over the years, but one in particular really stands out.

At first, it seemed simple enough. I needed the blueprints for RRS Discovery II for one of my modules. They just weren't there. There were a handful of photographs, bits and pieces of information, but almost nothing that really helped me understand how the ship was constructed.

So I kept digging. Very quickly I realized that what I had wasn't enough. Along the way I ended up researching two other historical ships as well. They were completely different: different countries, different eras, different purposes. But somehow they answered questions that Discovery II couldn't.

It started with forums. Then archives. Documentaries. Museum videos. Old photographs. Eventually it led to emailing museums. Thanks to a museum in Tasmania, I managed to get a cross-section drawing of Discovery II that I hadn't been able to find anywhere else. At the same time, I was trying to track down other material through people connected with maritime collections in Greenwich.

Then, a few weeks ago, I found a first edition of a book written by one of the members of that very expedition. It went into my cart almost immediately. Not because I collect books like that, but because I couldn't help wondering if it contained details that had been lost everywhere else.

The stragest part is that all of this started with a single thought: "I just need to find the blueprints for one ship." The research is still ongoing, and honestly, at this point I'm just as curious as anyone else to see where this rabbit hole ends up taking me.

What's the biggest TTRPG rabbit hole you've ever fallen into? The kind where you look back and genuinely wonder how you even got there in the first place.

Hi,

I'm looking for a good oneshot system for a oneshot idea I have. I've never DM'ed, but I've played dnd 5e and draw steel before.

My idea for the oneshot is for all the pcs to be elderly people traveling to a walmart and back. Their goal is to pick up a prescription or get new eye reading glasses or whatever. And an example of a challenge would be to succeed on persuading a cashier to accept an outdated coupon as payment. A very goofy oneshot.

I was thinking maybe kids on bikes would be good? But I don't know much about other systems.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated 👏.