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Hello! I'm Ben Robbins.

I made Microscope, a fractal game of epic histories. And now many years later I'm hard at work on a new edition (which is kickstarting right now).

I also ran the original West Marches campaign. Is it weird that the same person who came up with West Marches makes GMless games of cooperative world-building?

I could talk about Microscope (or West Marches) all day, but I'm also happy to talk about other games I made like Kingdom, In This World, or This Means War. Or about Story Games Seattle, a public meetup I ran for eight years. Or how way back in the 80s I was a camper and then councilor at the Shippensburg D&D summer camp, and all the awesome teen-nerd shenanigans that entailed.

I've also been blogging about all this stuff for 20 years, because I love talking about games.

Ask me, as they say, anything.

UPDATE: I'll be off and on today but I'm still answering questions! If you've got 'em, post 'em!

I mean of course it might be more exciting to be a part of supernatural but cmon being a badass who hunts supernatural sounds cool to me. Want to try it or at least read the book when will have spare time.

Hello folks of the RPG Subreddit! I was twiddling my thumbs and decided to use some of my free time to create something that is probably entirely unneccessary, but I have skills and use them to mostly make my life easier! So, I present to you my Random Toon Generator (ACME Patent Pending)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hNKvtDwBJi_ynhQ9DdWFrQ5epJ-l_r-ui121sYTLiIo/edit?usp=sharing

It's not quite got everything on it, but could be good if you are creating a bunch of NPCs for a Toon world, or running a Toon one-shot!

Suggestions welcomed, though I regularly forget that Reddit exists!

I'm not affiliated or a backer, but the third attempt to crowdfund the mechs vs. monsters RPG Eldritch Automata is live, and it's got a great goal.

It's an Evangelion-style game that uses Free League's Year Zero Engine. The first time it was on Kickstarter it didn't hit its funding goal—I think because they set a realistic, pretty-high goal, which can spook people. The second try was on BackerKit, and it hit something like $140,000.

But then the publisher, Gehenna Gaming, imploded, and apparently the CEO and founder disappeared with the campaign's funds.

Now the game's designer has launched a rescue campaign on Kickstarter, that's going to send a free corebook (not including shipping and handling) to the previous campaign's backers.

Here's the campaign, which launched a couple days ago and hit its modest funding goal, but I suspect it's going to need a lot more support.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickfrancia/eldritch-automata-from-the-ashes

Disco Elysium started out as a tabletop RPG and theirs was pretty neat:

Intellect (INT) — Reasoning & Knowledge

• Logic (deduction and rational conclusions)
• Encyclopedia (factual knowledge about the world)
• Rhetoric (debate, persuasion, and spotting flawed logic)
• Drama (lying, acting, and detecting deceit)
• Conceptualisation (art, abstract ideas, and pattern recognition)
• Visual Calculus (reconstructing crime scenes and spatial physics)

Psyche (PSY) — Intuition & Emotion

• Volition (mental fortitude and self-control; governs Morale)
• Inland Empire (gut feelings, surreal imagination, and premonitions)
• Empathy (understanding and feeling other people's emotions)
• Authority (assertiveness, dominance, and command)
• Esprit de Corps (police instinct and brotherhood with precinct)
• Suggestion (charm, charisma, and subtle influence)

Physique (FYS) — Strength & Stamina

• Endurance (physical toughness and stamina; governs Health)
• Pain Threshold (withstanding physical and emotional pain)
• Physical Instrument (brute force and raw muscle)
• Electrochemistry (cravings, pleasure-seeking, and substance affinity)
• Shivers (visceral awareness of the city around you)
• Half Light (fight-or-flight, panic, and threat recognition)

Motorics (MOT) — Coordination & Agility

• Hand/Eye Coordination (dexterity and manual precision)
• Perception (noting small physical details in your environment)
• Reaction Speed (reflexes, quick wit, and fast answers)
• Savoir Faire (athletic style, parkour, and smoothness)
• Interfacing (repairing, fine motor control, and handling objects)
• Composure (keeping your cool and hiding your inner turmoil)
• (source: gamefaqs)

As we get closer to the end of the year, I want to hear about every ones games.

What games have you played this year? What did you like/dislike about it? How are you campaigns going?

I ran:

Dragonbane sandbox hexcrawl for about 17 sessions, it was a lot of fun but my players and myself really wanted to get back into a more narrative focused campaign. We also didn't really enjoy doing a hexcrawl as much as we thought we would, even though Dragonbane is a fantastic system. I did run a 5 session campaign with Dragonbane too.

Orbital Blues: I ran about 4 sessions before it fizzled out, mostly because one of my players had an emergency and had to stop the game for a bit, and I just kinda lost steam on it. Otherwise a great system.

Grimwild: CE Edition: Currently running this system. Love, love, love it. Really found my stride as a GM with this system, players really enjoy the narrative driven games. Only got to run about 3 sessions so far, but love it so much.

I played:

Traveller: Character creation is so fun, I think its a great system but the GM that was running it was not great unfortunately. So I don't think I got to fully experience it.

Nimble: Great, fast paced system, definitely a great alternative to DnD if you want something lighter. Fun campaign with a first time GM.

Hello!

I'm thinking about starting a game based on Ace Combat style - so more cinematic, dogfighting game with jets.

Any system recommendations? I saw the earlier threads, but most of them are quite old and all recommend Warbirds (I tried giving it a chance, but it didn't click... Tho I liked the initiative idea) so... Are there any "new" systems to try it?

Ea-nāṣir is a copper merchant from Ur.

Ea-nāṣir sold bad copper.

Ea-nāṣir received many complaint tablets.

Ea-nāṣir made many enemies.

Ea-nāṣir Must Die!

Ea-nāṣir Must Die! is a Bronze Age sword and sorcery old school Tabletop RPG adventure, designed for Mark of the Odd games (playtested using Into the Bronze). A short house crawl adventure for 3-5 players, inspired by the historical figure and meme, Ea-nāṣir.

Featuring:

• A somewhat historical rendition of Ea-nāṣir’s house with 10 rooms fitting for a 3-4 hour one-shot, drawn in isometric style!
• Illustrations for the NPCs, drawn like statues and carvings of Ancient Mesopotamia!
• Portents for the house, inspired by Omens from Mythic Bastionland and Corpo Schemes from Eco Mofos!! Islands of Weirdhope. The house has its own story to tell!

Physical (US): https://plusoneexp.com/products/ea-nasir-must-die

Physical (UK): https://www.copypastecoop.com/shop/p/ea-nir-must-die

PDF: https://davidblandy.itch.io/ea-nasir-must-die

I am running a game of Lancer Battle Group. only one problem, out side of ship to ship engagements characters and roleplay is almost comically basic. I want to run a game similar to classic star trek or battle star galatica. With ship/fleet politics and commanders hashing out issues over call rather than exclusively through guns. I also want to occasionally do ground expeditions with a potential for science and brutal but quick combat. I've thought of completely homebrewing something basic but wanted to ask around to see if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks in advanced!

The campaign I am currently DMing is ending and I've made three primers for my players to vote on, but I'm not sure if I want to run them in D&D 5e anymore. Please suggest me a different system for each one. I have some ideas already, but I want your opinion. All primers are from D&D settings, but I could adapt if the system proposed has a cool setting too.

Primer 1: Dalelands campaign (Forgotten Realms)

Moander, the god of corruption and decay, was defeated centuries ago, and his body was abandoned in the elven forest of Cormanthor. However, recent signs of corruption suggest he is preparing his return. A group of elves is tasked with warning the elven houses and rallying them against this threat, but first, they must earn the leaders' trust.

Touchstones: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Game of Thrones, Princess Mononoke, Lord of the Ring. All stories with a looming threat, corruption and a hero(es) that need to gather support to save the realm, while fighting the agents of evil.

Maybe the scope of this campaign is too big. I would want to make traveling and exploring an important part.

Primer 2: Darkon (Necropolis)

After centuries of imprisonment within the Mists, the lich-king Azalin Rex has escaped from Darkon. The gods (which ones?) send their champions to Darkon to overcome the traps and minions Azalin left behind and to reverse the ritual that enabled his escape, before the demi-plane—now a Necropolis—self-destructs.

Touchstones: Zelda Majora's Mask, Diablo II, Castlevania, Elden Ring, Darkest Dungeon, Warlock (the new D&D game). Video games with cool bosses and a dark vibe.

This would be a time loop campaign, very video game-ish. I want to have a doom machine set up by Azalin that is causing changes to occur, like turning everyone undead mid-loop. Maybe that's too complex...

Primer 3: Hall of Concordance (Planescape)

To enforce the terms of cosmic contracts, the Multiverse’s Ministry of Justice tracks down and punishes violators across Sigil, the Outlands, and beyond. To do so, they employ a new generation of Inevitables—android automatons that, for the first time, possess a soul.

Touchstones: Robocop, Detroit: Become human, The Good Place, Brazil, Loki TV show. Medias with overly complex bureaucracy, humor, gods plotting and running things, or stories about androids fighting their algorithm and showing their human side.

For this campaign, the players would all be robots, chasing culprits of some multiverse crime, monster of the week style. There would be a corrupt law system sub-plot when the players get back to their office. A question would be if the players follow the law and abide by the system, or overthrow it.

Let me know if you think of anything cool!