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So today, I was wanting to ask about Traveller 2022-in part due to my search to own a physical book from a different publisher, and I may not have access to my FFG Star Wars book anymore, but that's something I can find for reviews, and figuring out how simple/complex the system is. But a while back, I did ask what some false assumptions were about your favorite systems.

Today I want to ask the opposite, what are some inaccurate or downright false assumptions about a system you dislike? It can be a system you just kinda dislike, or one you really hate. But I want to ask if there's a false assumption about it you've seen online, but that you know is just inaccurate.

** edited to add the answers to recurring questions, and to say thanks for the immediate and supportive advice *\*

16 year old is unwilling to dm. She’s autistic with adhd and significant anxiety as well as severe dyslexia. She really wants this to happen(so do I ) but even the idea of being the dm sends her into a pretty panicky spiral. Plus she really wants to play, she loves creating characters

It doesn’t have to be D&D. I think I’ve made an error there and used “d&d” in a generic fantasy role playing adventure game with dice way that people who know what they’re doing don’t do

I’m completely down for a ready to go game/system (I think someone had a term for that but I forgot). It doesn’t have to be something I create, pre created is fantastic. As long as 16 year old can create her own character

And I’ve already forgotten any other recurring questions but I’m going to go back to reading your responses

My oldest (16) has been playing d&d for a year I think, and my 13 year old Has played a little. My 8 year old is theoretically into it, and my wife and I have never played but both wanted to back in the 80’s/90’s and just never had the chance.

16 year old brought up the idea of us playing as a family, which I’d been thinking of and I love the idea. Everyone is on board but here’s the problem. I’d have to be the dm. I’ve never played. So point me at a resource that is a really simple way to learn what I’m doing, imagine someone with no experience dm’ing a game for 5 people, including herself, who are all autistic with adhd, so attention span can be lacking. I learn by doing so the books or websites or whatever that I might learn from need to be simple because I’m just going to glaze over with long complicated instructions. I’m also chronically ill so my own attention span/memory/brain fog/stamina will all be an issue at some point. My 16 year old will also get frustrated when I don’t know what I’m doing and feel like it must mean I’m not paying attention to the things she’s told me.

Also there can’t be any AI content. This is a very hard no from the kids.

So, after 3+ years of playing online, our group will meet in person!

I wanted to use this opportunity to play something that really shines in person.

considerations:

1. we'll play somewhere public (so likely not very quiet), as we're meeting half way between us all.

2. the game should fit very well in under 3.5 hours

3. preferably something light mechanically that doesn't need a lot of physical "stuff" at the table

EDIT: 4. We're a GM+ 2 players

My current choice is Og: Unearthed edition, but I'm very open to suggestions.

thanks!

Hey gang

I’m looking for a fairly rules-lite game with a definite sense of weirdness and exploration to it. I’m looked at ItO several times and also Electric Bastionland.

Basically, I’m looking for a bit of a Numenera vibe but more rules lite. Do any of these meet that requirement? Do you NEED to employ a hex map for them?

Hello,

i plan to play some sessions of forbidden land, which uses a system of abstract zones.

All my battle maps are either hex grids or have no divisions whatsoever.

If someone could recommend some ressources, i would be glad.

Hello all! I’m looking for a game to play with my partner. He watched me play Alice is Missing with a few friends and was interested in it, but too intimidated to play with anyone else first. Here are the things he liked:

1. One-shot, bonus points for being timed.
   
2. Premade character outlines and easy prompts to flesh out said characters.
   
3. Rules lite, no rolls/flips.
   
4. Subdued and grounded tone

Again 2 players are required here. We’ve done Fog of Love too, but are looking for something a bit darker :).

Where do we stand on reminding players versus letting notes decide during puzzles?

I was running Sailor of the Starless Sea for a group of newbies. Due to scheduling and how they chose to go through the dungeon, we had 4 weeks between raiding the temple at the top of the dungeon and getting the censer, incense, and candles... And finding the menhir where they were meant to use them.

The players weren't sure what to do. As they investigated, I added details to help remind them of the candle by saying they found ash and wax residue. One said "do we have candles?" When no one remembered, I reminded them they did get some in the temple.

In my mind, 4 weeks passed for the players, but only an hour or so for the characters. It is reasonable to remind people something their characters should remember that the players forgot.

In a similar vein, yesterday, the players in a different game I run fought off a person who was trapped in a mega dungeon so long they became "Queen of the Giant Ants" and planned to sacrifice someone in a bit of acid. They saved the man and he rewarded them with a bag of medicine from a small god, which can cure any disease.

When the party found the gift strange, I asked them if they remembered anyone in town who'd want it. One member then pipped up and remembered that a merchant was willing to trade a priceless artifact that turns lesser undead for medicine to take back to his village, as they were suffering from a plague.

Where do y'all fall on this? It's hard for me to watch people fumble, especially when it feels like the only reason the player doesn't remember is the passage of time and the characters themselves should remember.

Are we talking Dolmenwood levels? Forbidden Lands levels? Or are these largely lore books? I'm thinking about jumping onto the backerkit, but I want to have some idea what I'm getting in terms of gameplay at the table.

I was wondering which of the pre Mongoose editions had the best adventures released for it? And what are the standout adventures for each edition?

I'm trying to find a ttrpg I came across online, probably on itch.io, though it might have been Kickstarter or a YouTube video. I don't remember how it was played (GM, GM-less, or solo).

What I (vaguely) remember:

• Dark fantasy with psychological horror, in a medieval world that felt decaying or dying
• A theme of mirrors, a shadow world, and doppelgangers
• Exploring a maze or dungeon, the maze may be a reflection of your psyche or something
• Losing and recovering memories
• Some mature themes, like lust or desire, trauma possibly
• Black-and-white art

Already checked: Changeling: The Lost, Wraith: The Oblivion, Heart: The City Beneath, Shadowdark, Last Sabbath / Lust Sabbath, Castle of Memories / Reminders, Umbra & Mirn, Shadows of Esteren, Simulacrum Umbra, Mnemonic: Cracks in the Mirror, His Majesty the Worm, You Will Die In This Place.

I think it might be similar to MIR, Pilgrims of the Murk Dome, or Chains of Gaelia, but I'm not sure it's any of those.

Any ideas? I'm going insane thinking I may have hallucinated the whole thing...

Thanks!

Realised recently I run and play nothing but fantasy (D&D, PF2e, Dragonbane, Runequest) apart from a little Lancer.

I want to look at what else is out there. I’m aware of course of the big hitters like Call of Cthulhu, Blades in the Dark, Mothership, Vaesen, Cyberpunk, 7th Sea, Delta Green, Savage Worlds, Vampire the Masquerade, Deadlands etc.

But what systems do you recommend that aren’t fantasy, particularly any that are tied to introductory campaigns/campaigns you recommend?