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A profile of Dr. Rick Barton, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, who developed the megadungeon "The Halls of Arden Vul."

My daughter wants to jump headfirst into playing tabletop games with me and others but she wants to be the GM.

What is out there that can help her run a simple game that she can be at the controls of?

I'm pretty vanilla and am most familiar with D&D but I know of others mostly from listening to actual play podcasts

One of the most common types of posts around here is GMs looking for a system for a specific campaign idea, or just something more tailored to their tastes. We see tons of recommendations, but rarely do I see follow-ups.

So I'm curious; if you ran a game based on a recommendation, how did it go? Were you happy with the recommendation? Was the game how it was described? Was there any pleasant or unpleasant surprises? Any elements of the game that you wish had been highlighted sooner? Are you still playing it?

Hello. Im looking to run a game set in the weird west. I have recently been playing the video game 'Weird West' and I've been having a blast. That game is certainly an inspiration for what im looking but other than that I just wanna have some cowboys fight dark wizzards.

So far I've got a list of a few ideas but each one feel like it's missing some.

● Call of Cthulhu (homebrewed, possibly Pulp cthulhu). Im very familiar with the system and like a lot of its mechanics but it feel a little limited in a few ways like assuming that all the investigators are straight up normal humans who die easily in gun fights.

● deadlands. I know that this might just be the most poster child rpg for the weird west setting but... IDK if it's just me but it seems kinda dead... I dont know how much support it has and I have no knowledge of its system at all!

● weird frontier, dungeon crawl classics. I truely know nothing about this system. A good friend recommended it but when I looked what what dice it uses, I could not figure it out at all it looked Uber complicated.

Those were all the systems that I have heard of, but im open to any new suggestions if any of yall know better. Id also love to hear you thoughts on the pros and cons of each I've listed so far. Thanks in advance.

I'm running a game with some very powerful stun locks in it. I tend to avoid using them. A villain casting a spell that takes a player out for an entire combat isn't fun for that player. Killing them? I’m open to that, because they at least have a fighting chance. But taking them out of combat entirely? I struggle to bring myself to do it.

I'm not looking for advice on how to fix or soften stun locks. The sub has plenty of that already.

I want the opposite. Do you have a controversial opinion that debilitating stun locks are a good thing? Why? How do you keep the stunned player engaged?

This week's RPG is Call of Cthulhu [7th Edition]!

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?

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Last week was Ars Magica. Join us again next week for Mythras!

I'm looking to pick up a western system for my next campaign and I'm down to both these systems. I have a story idea that could fit both the acid and weird west of both these games. I'm seeing if anyone has played both, or even just one or the other, and which they prefer and why.

What I'm looking for:

• Rules lite - more narrative driven
• Longer campaign length 10+ if possible.
• Can be used to make up my own homebrew world.

Hi folks, I’m looking for a physical battle map in 25mm scale with Mayan style temples and some basic jungle scenery with ruins. In ideal world, a book with both in would be great. I don’t have the time or inclination to get them printed myself. Ideally something I can get shipped from Europe or the UK. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can wait a couple of weeks for shipping.

I am looking for something where there's still whimsy and is not grimdark. The closest in mind that I've played is Dragonbane and the motto "Mirth and Mayhem" is what I have in mind. I also wonder played straight how dark does Shadowdark get. Sorry for the pun. I only did the funnel "Trial of the Slime Lord" and it seemed alright.

More on this. I do not care for the super power fantasy or saving the world. I want a game that allows me to do normal DnD stuff like dungeon delve in a generic fantasy setting, maybe more playful like with fairies or something. I don't just want a power creep.

I like that magic has cantrips like Mage Hand, Minor Illusion or Prestidigitation. If these do not work as cantrips, they can be regular spells. The more utility, the more fun. Similarly, I like magic items to matter and be cool. I like the fantasy of being someone who is above normal skills but not to a insane level and can use their smarts to get the upper hand. I like exploration to still be worth something. I don't care about stuff like lethality and grittiness. I mean, I don't mind it, but that's not my issue.

I have a lot of experience with NSR, but not sure if I've played any true OSR. But you know, the setup where in Mausritter your mouse goes on small time quests is what I'm going for. I just want to be an adventurer!

I wrote a one-evening operation for Halloween, set on the Isle of Man, where Halloween is called Hop-tu-Naa and children go door to door with hollowed-out turnips. At noon on 31 October four cadets fly to the island and have until midnight. In Glen Maye lives a boy who has not grown in seven years, and his mother will not give him up.

It's for my free occult-agency RPG O.D.I.N., uses the four ready-made Quickstart agents and runs three to four hours. 29 pages, free PDF, no sign-up. The illustrations are AI-generated.

https://odin-rpg.pages.dev/en/book/hop-tu-naa

What are you running this Halloween?

Hi, r/rpg! We're Onyx Path Publishing, publishers of your favorite games!

The Curseborne Covenant, the next tier of play for our Curseborne RPG, is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

We're here to answer all your burning Curseborne questions!

But of course, Curseborne's not the only game line we publish, and this is an Ask Us Anything, so feel free to ask about any of our other titles:

Onyx Path's games include:

• Curseborne
• The Earthbane Cycle (The World Below, At the Gates, Monster Kingdoms, Jadestorm)
• Scarred Lands
• Scion
• They Came From...
• The Trinity Continuum

The games we've made with partners under license include:

• The Bodhana Group's Branch Riders
• Rose Bailey's Cavaliers of Mars
• White Wolf's Chronicles of Darkness
• Michael Pucci's Dystopia Rising: Evolution
• White Wolf's Exalted
• Caliber Comics' Legendlore
• Pugsteady's Realms of Pugmire
• White Wolf's World of Darkness

As people join in and announce themselves, I'll add their names here so you know who's who:

In-house staff:

• u/richt_op: Rich Thomas, founder and creative director
• u/TheOnyxPath: Ian A. A. Watson, OPP community manager, content lead on the Trinity Continuum
• u/eddyfate: Eddy Webb, executive producer, overseer of the Storypath Ultra system and Realms of Pugmire
• u/MatthewDawkins: Matthew Dawkins, creative strategist, overseer of Curseborne, the Earthbane Cycle, Scarred Lands, Scion, and They Came From...!
• u/chaneyinsaney: Mike Chaney, art director
• u/TravisLegge: Social media manager, production assistant, too many hats to count
• u/DixieCyanide: Editing and more! (Reddit still doesn't let us add her as a co-host but she's legit)

Intrepid freelancers:

• u/fragilebites: Emma Summers: Jadestorm, Curseborne Covenant, Seattle: City of Curses
• u/BoringApartment2408: Chris Jones: Curseborne Covenant
• u/EricZawadzki: Eric Zawadzki: Deviant, Curseborne
• u/PolyamorousNephandus: Jacqueline Bryk: Curseborne, Chronicles of Darkness, Exalted

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Edit: We've run for two hours, so we're wrapping up. Thanks for joining us!