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What genres do you feel should be explored in future games. Is there something completely new and fresh left to pioneer?

I'd love to hear all manner of opinions, as it's genuine question that I've pondered for a while.

I was discussing this topic with a friend and it's impressive how few systems we've read through or played seem to actually support boss fights well, even though they're so common at tables and something our group loves.

dnd5e tries to fix it with duct tape through legendary actions, but it's duct tape at the end of the day. Pathfinder 2e by default would struggle a lot, it suffers a little less when you bring hazards into the mix, but then I'm not sure you can really call it a solo encounter anymore. Daggerheart I haven't GMed "the right way" yet, though I had a positive first impression playing it as a player (after a pretty rough one GMing it somewhat blind), but it seems to have a problem with lethality and threat, which might make Daggerheart just not my style. Nimble seems good on paper, not sure in practice, attacks after every player turn sounds cool but the players will still deal more damage on average because, well, 12 actions vs 4. And at most I see Draw Steel being interesting, but I have issues with the whole "4e package" that Draw Steel brings, though it might be the closest I've seen to getting it right, at least in the "heroic fantasy" space.

I mentioned these but there might be others.

Now a question comes up: I'm not a game designer, though I've studied the topic a bit as a hobby. Why is this so hard to get right? A lot of RPGs seem to do "everything right" and then stumble hard on this specific aspect, which to me in 2026 has already become a standard that I see very commonly at tables.

Surprisingly, the best system we've found for this is CAIN, which is far from having combat as its focus and yet it's the most balanced within its own premise.

I’ve been eyeing the new Invincible game from free league but to be honest I haven’t actually played any game in the superhero genre. In general fantasy games scratch that itch for me as you progress in levels and such and gain new powers and abilities. Now however I’m looking at the actual superhero genre and there’s so many, and just wondering which ones are good or great in peoples opinion and why.

Hi all, I know this is more of an OSR thing, but people over here may want to know, DriveThruRPG has the 1981 Moldvay/Cook/Marsh B/X Basic Book in print. It's a great book, and for those looking for it, it's here. Happy gaming!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110274/d-d-basic-set-rulebook-b-x-ed-basic?src=also_purchased

I’ve been working on my own worldbuilding project for a very long time. I have a group of very devoted players I’m playing CoC with. They all want to play in my next campaign, set in my own world. The problem is I have copious amount of info about different species and factions and I’d like to prepare a short overview for them in a presentation form. Can you help me choosing what info is essential when presenting a species? I’ve finished the biology section with size, lifespan, sexual dimorphism and strengths & weaknesses. I have a problem with the society section, as I can’t decide what’s important and what’s not. Like, hell yeah, for me it is important that species X likes weaving… But I want to give a presentation, not a whole lecture.

Hi everybody!

I'm going into a retire for digital activists and we are willing to build community (we have been working together for about 4 years but there is always people coming and going).

Since we are going to be together for about 4-7 days, I thought that a good community building activity would be to play a TTRPG that helps us know each other better.

Do you have any good recommendations for a one shot session with a large group of players? Mind that some of them may have never played RPGs!

Thank you very much in advance!

Good Evening!

Not too long ago I made another post in this subreddit, so I could figure out which rules-lite lovecraftian game I was going to get.

Cthulhu Dark got me very interested but I quickly realized I could only get the PDF?

But then I stumbled on Indie Press Revolution, who apparently has copies of Cthulhu Dark.

Is this website trustworthy? How's the print quality?

Wanted to ask here before I placed the order 🙏

Thank you all for your time and help!

im a forever DM and feeling burnt out, not sure if I should take a break from TTRPGs for awhile or just from DMing

I intended on dropping this when the Grok?! 2e Kickstarter comes out of Pre-Launch, but I'm too excited and had to share.

It also contains an intro adventure that features a brain-stealing AI called F-3LON. I hope you like it!

If you like what you see, please consider following the Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gandergaming/grok-2nd-edition

Answered: it's Lesser Shades of Evil.

I remember a TTRPG where the players were "angels" in a pseudomedieval setting that had been created as a simple-life "paradise" by a super-scientist after the apocalypse. It was not Engel. The players were actually brain engrams stored in crystal spheres, connecting remotely to specially engineered bodies to manipulate events. Not all the bodies were human and players could have multiple bodies active at a time if their character was skilled enough. The setting was ruled by the immortal family of the original scientist, and the angels were divided into factions led by the different family members. The family's name was Raven-something if I remember correctly. I remember a bunch of minor setting details, like even wild animals had been engineered to provide minimal threat to humans, but I don't remember the name of the game. Does anyone know what game I'm thinking of?

I heard a lot of hype for the Curseborne ttrpg before it came out, but havent had a chance to see many folks talking about their exoeriances with it since then. If you have had a chance to play or run it, what do you think? How did the game go? What are your thoughts on the system?