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The Mutants and Masterminds 4e Kickstarter has FINALLY launched after months of waiting. As someone who played with the first set of demos, I enjoyed it a tad bit more than 3e. It's mostly revisions, not an overhaul, and pretty solid ones at that. There are some issues but I'm hoping they're ironed out by release.

Print book is 50 bucks, a full GM's Kit + the core book is 80, very reasonable imo

I have played dnd and Lancer online. I've run a dnd one shot with friends.

Recently I've joined a couple of games at my FLGS and I have realised something.

I fucking suck at role playing. I can't get into character as well others can, I can't do character voices. I can't think of interesting personalities. i feel like I suck at this compared to everyone else in the room when it comes to narrative roleplay.

one of these games I joined was a session 0 for vtm. I had a really good time but I am just nowhere near the level of the other players.

it's been a few days since. would it be rude for me to graciously bow out of the game and apologise to the st?

I think I should just cut out TTRPGs and look to play more tactical combat focused games without roleplay. Am I overreacting?

Hello friends,

My friend and I want to play Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, but since the rest of our group doesn’t want to play, we decided to try a one-on-one game, with me as the Keeper. However, I’ve never run CoC 7e in a one-on-one format before, so I was wondering whether any of you have experience running a one-on-one mini-campaign or a longer campaign in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition? And If you tried how was it, what was the adjustments that you done in terms of like buffs to player etc.? Open for any advice or comment, thx you!

So, it goes without saying that Folklore in general terms has a unique vibe regardless of its geographical origin. However I’ve recently been looking into specifically Slavic/Romanian Folklore (I went down a bit of a rabbit hole when going into Vampire folklore, since a good amount of Vampiric conventions originated from that region). So like any well adjusted individual, the idea of playing a TTRPG about it has gotten into my head- the more rules heavy the better.

However, the results of my own efforts have been a bit so~so, and I figured that this would be as good a place as any to make inquiries on the matter (and if I’m not pushing my luck here, any games that are a bit heavy on the Vampire material would be best).

Hi everyone - with an association in France we're planning on running our first RPG convention (a small thing to start, maybe a hundred+ people over the course of the day) and would love to have a chat with people who managed to pull off such an endeavor, get some feedbacks about good practices and pitfalls to avoid etc.

Thanks everyone and feel free to reach out :)

Just discovered the Root RPG and despite loving the artwork and the world, I don't really like the rules. Has anyone played this setting in another system?

Ps: I'm currently playing The One Ring and it is by far my favourite system, but I'm not sure it would fit something like Root.

I'm interested in the intersection of morality/ethics in roleplaying mechanics and how they're represented in-game.

Obviously I'm aware of D&D-style alignments

Chronicles of Darkness has virtue/vice and Morality/Humanity/Wisdom/etc

Looking for examples and discussion of ways that this is handled in other games

Okay, so I'm officially over D&D 5e , and I want to transition my current Sandbox campaign into a new system, but I'm currently between 6 games and don't know whoch to choose. Mostly, I'm looking for one that is *Fast-paced when in combat + Offering a wide array of options to the players + Being easier to prep stuff for without too much math for a "balanced encounter"

I'm a newish GM and I plan on hosting an Alien RPG one-shot this month (homebrew scenario, max 5 hours). From the games I've hosted, I've realized that I tend to underestimate how long everything takes. Are there any tips on how to properly pace things and keep things moving along? Like, "expect each room to take X min, so have no more than Y amount of rooms".

Another issue is that I treat drawing maps as a hobby of its own. I'm big on verisimilitude so I like to draw out every single room that should logically be there. It breaks my suspension of disbelief when that secret remote research base doesn't have bathrooms. Is it better to remove any "dead" rooms that aren't relevant?

i got the OG edition and i been considering buying the 2nd one but i wanna know, what are the major differences? and its a must to get the new one?

I'm not going to name any vendors here, so no public shaming, other than Amazon. So here's story of the last 3 weeks.

3 weeks ago, I ordered a POD GURPS Dungeon Fantasy book from Amazon. Amazon shipped the book in a padded mailer, and the book arrived damaged. Amazon shipping cracked the spine. So, I ordered a replacement. And the replacement arrived in just a padded mailer, and that book also arrived damaged. I sent that one back to Amazon and bought a used copy off of a redditor, who shipped it in a box and it arrived intact.

Then I placed an order with a well-known RPG publisher, and they threw 4 products into a padded mailer, and, sure enough, 2 of the products in the padded mailer arrived damaged. To the publisher's credit, they immediately sent me new product, this time in a box and everything arrived in perfect condition.

Next I ordered a used out-of-print RPG book from a vendor that specializes used RPG books. And, what did they do? They threw the book in a padded mailer with a piece of cardboard behind it. And guess what happened? The book arrived damaged with a bent spine. Shipping bent the book. The cardboard insert was severely bent.

The last one bugs me the most, because the book is out of print. So, it's not something you can easily replace. It's not available as a POD, and now there's one less good copy of it in the world because of bad packaging.

Now when I ship books out, I try to use a book box. If I can't use a box, I will take the book, put a piece of cardboard on the front of the book, and on the back, and wrap the entire thing in plastic wrap. Then I put it in a padded mailer and make sure it's snug around the book, so it has no room to move. Never had a book damaged in transit.

Above 3 shipments used the following carriers:

1. Amazon
2. UPS Ground
3. USPS Media Mail

So, this isn't a problem unique to one shipper. I think padded mailers are treated like boxes by these shippers, as opposed to envelopes, so they get a little manhandled.

Sorry, just need to vent my frustration. I have an eBay auction I just won arriving on Friday, and I'm now nervous about how the book got packaged.