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There are some games that are amazing!... Once you get over a headche trying to read and understand them...

Action heavy, we-are-the-heroes-here characters, non-serious but very dramatic, epic in proportions, all of that.

Games that make you feel like a vaguely-medival superhero.

Sometimes I want simpler charcater, with less abilities and a real sense of dread and death, the preys of an ancient evil or immortal vampire... Other times I want to say "jk" and suplex the vampire into the ground.

So i met a guy lately, and he seems to be a very huge fan of the RPG universe. Honestly i barely know about all of this, but i want to propose him a cool first date. What do you guys would like to do with someone ad RPG fan’s ?

Edit : Thank you guys for your answers !! After reading your advices i decided to ask him to join me at the Christmas market so that we could have crêpes and hot wine, walk a little to a bookstore cafe and enjoy the evening. I hope everything will be fine !

You don't need to be constantly playing with them yet. Just be willing to play if the opportunity arises.

However, it's preferable that you've played it again at some point after you've started playing with other systems to comment.

I, for example, started playing with D&D 5e. One of the DMs in our group got a bit burnt out with the system and we switched to Pathfinder 2e, however I still miss the gameplay of the system so I play online sometimes on Discord servers, the last time was last month and i have a great time! And you guys?

I'm shopping on Dungeonland (UK based) and I've been told to buy based on vibes. I'm looking to spend about 70 quid and have some suggestions from him already

His suggestions were; Fabula Ultima Mythic Bastionland

These are solid choices but I wondered if anyone had any other good suggestions. He is a TTRPG nerd and would love anything.

My vibes based picks (based only on cover art and brief descriptions) Wilderfeast Dolmenwood The Last Caravan Pendragon Sanction Shiver Plus his two picks

Any suggestions?

We have a consistent group of 5 people (him as DM/GM) and also we have played games as a pair as well

TIA 😊

I recently ran a campaign of Tales from the Loop (Free League's Stranger Things-style supernatural teen drama game). My players told me they loved it, but I ended up stopping the campaign because I found it hard to run.

Specifically I found it difficult to roleplay the real-world tension that the teens faced. The players wanted to go up against things they could relate to, like sexism at school or parents arguing at home.

I can see why the players found this fun - the resulting tension hit much closer to home than, say, fighting orcs. But I found it stressful to have to inhabit these unpleasant characters who weren't evil like a Lich is evil, but instead had very real nastiness and prejudice.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips for delivering on the emotional punch without having to roleplay in this way?

Any suggestions welcome!

I found a note with 8 playbooks/classes descriptions from a game that I read some time ago but for the life of me I cant remember which game it was. Do you recognize these playbook names and combination? They are sort of generic sounding but I dont remember ttrpgs with a synth playbook/class.

● Decker: a software cracker and ‘Net expert

● Doc: a gifted doctor and chemist

● Fixer: a master planner and hustler

● Operator: a drone pilot and getaway driver

● Merc: a professional fighter and killer

● Streamer: a charismatic content creator

● Synth: a synthetic worker

● Tech: a hardware designer and troubleshooter

Hi all !

The Witcher is my favorite fantasy IP and I've been dying to get a long term campaign in the world with some friends.

For some context, I've GM'd DND 5e (2014 & 2024) dozens of times and the system is very comfortable for me. I don't think 5e is great for the setting and really want to get into new systems, but some have been very intimidating to get into (like Witcher RPG or Pathfinder). Recently I've been playing in a campaign with the Cosmere RPG and I'm a big fan on a few things from there, like the plot die, combat (fast turn v slow turn), and goal system. Unfortunately it's not a system that is built to work with other IPs.

In terms of what I'm looking for in the campaign I want to run: -Players won't be witchers (so no need for signs, mutagens, etc.) -Focus will be on roleplay + exploration with combat being about every other session, with some exceptions. -Preferably d20 based

What recommendations would you give based on the above? Thanks in advance

EDIT: I know there is an official witcher TTRPG but would appreciate additional recommendations as well!

I just picked up a copy of Orbital Blues at Dragonmeet and looking for some good adventures to run with it. Keen to hear from the community - any favourites?

I mean this by the essence of the question, and not literal definitions that might vary across games.

E.g. DnD 5e might technically be a one-action-per-turn game since its movement, bonus action, reaction, and object interaction are not technically called actions, but it does not have the essence of a one-action-per-turn game. Also some games use the terms turns or rounds or phase or whatever to mean different things, but here I mean when it is your turn to do something around the table.

By one-action-per-turn I mean more games that might just let you make an attack OR move OR draw a weapon OR stand up OR grapple, and so on. It doesn't just have to be combat focused though.