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With fanfare, RPG Geek was launched in 2009 by the same people behind Boardgame Geek. At the time, "BGG" was a hub of tabletop gaming culture and remains so to this day. RPGG, however, never became that. Compared to its older brother, activity on RPG Geek never really got heavy and is nearly moribund now.

Now, I confess I'm begging the question of the title because I already have an opinion on why this is. From the start RPG Geek approached its subject the same way BGG approached its own - primarily as a catalog of physical objects and user experiences of those things as physical objects. But for other than diehard collectors, TTRPGs don't really work that way. And TTRPGs aren't subject to the same limiting publication filters as boardgames. Tracking every adventure and expansion published for (at the time of RPGG's founding) 3E D&D is an endless task and ultimately not very useful for a broad audience. Same thing now with the fire-hose of material for 5E, and that's just one particular subset of the field. Watching the site fail to keep up with releases on itch.io is something else that calls its relevance into question. Its not really arguable that RPGG is actually prominent, just see how infrequently its mentioned in this sub. but are there other perspectives on why it doesn't have traction?

I believe that reading up many different games makes you a better game master; as every game has something to teach you. It could be a concept, a way of presenting fiction, a little trick to engage the table or a different way of handling initiative.

What's something you learned from an RPG that you bring to every game you play? I'll go first with Monster of the Week guiding principle "Be the characters biggest fans." Really changed of how I thought about running games.

I really want to hear what players and GMs love right now.

and everyone is right there are ways to many negivitive posts and rants about this or that game is bad.

so let's focus on what and most importantly why we love the games we do.

I've often found that when people try to portray a Dark Fantasy or Low-Fantasy setting, *everything* has to be dark, grim and hostile. This includes the same two guards at every city gate, the same obligatory villagers peaking out at you from windows and the bearded villager with an axe telling you you're not welcome.

However, when I look at human history, I don't see this. Even when things get really bad, we tend to have people help their neighbors.

So, if a wounded group of 4 people show up, only lightly armed, in a Medieval setting and tell your village, "Our trading caravan was attacked, we need hospitality from the cold before we move on. We'll pay." Why is it that some people think the NPCs would tell the players to go get stuffed?

I can't help but think that humanity would die off before the campaign ever started if that's how they treat everyone all the time.

What games have you played whose mechanics or narrative led to you becoming a better Game Master and why? I am looking to broaden my choice of games for both the one-shots that I run and the longer story arcs my group plays.

I have run D&D5e, Savage Worlds Adventure Edition, Mothership, Everyone is John, and Goblin with a Fat Ass for reference. Any and all recommendations are appreciated.

In my most recent campaign that I run one of my players started journaling the events from each session and sharing them with the group. Everyone loved it but after about ten sessions life just got in the way and he stopped making the journal entries. The campaign is ongoing and think about picking up the journaling duties. I have attempted this in past campaigns but it always fell by the wayside as time was devoured in actually planning the sessions. I always felt it would be rewarding to have that record of an adventure at the end but man it’s a lot of work.

Do you journal your campaigns? And if so has the extra work been worth it? Or is it better to just have those adventures live on in your head as memories to be reminisced about?

Are there any good Dark Fantasy RPGs with extremely dark worlds but with low-level heroes that strive to hold onto the light and do right and good in the world? I played Mork Borg to death and I'm aware of Shadow of the Demon Lord, Asunder, and Lamentations of the Flame Princess, but wonder if there are any ones with characters striving to do good rather than being anti-heroes or morally grey?

I watched Quinns review? and the game seems pretty good and short enough to complete within a semester

But it seems that requires a good improv skill, with the witches abilities and probably others

I really don't know much else besides the finale abilities and what was said in Quinns video plz give tips

I've ran LMOP once, a few one shots, and a bit into Ryokos Guide twice, is this enough?

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My party has showed interest in doing a Star Wars rpg but theres a bunch of different ones I dont really know where to start. So far ive came across Age of Rebellion, Force and Destiny and Edge of the Empire. Which of these is the best one atm? Is there better options ive not seen?

And before anyone starts with the this has been asked before crap, the latest i could find was like a year ago and used terms and abbreviations that are very confusing to someone that knows nothing about Star wars Rpgs.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Hi!

I just finished running my first ever D&D game! It took me three years and kinda burnt me out. But it's DONE. They killed the damn dragon!

I'm taking a break and having my players run some stuff for a month or so while I scrape my brains back together, but I've already begun thinking about what to do next. My last game was politics heavy punctuated by big boss fights. My players are fantastic roleplayers, to the point it's easy to set them up on a tangent IN CHARACTER and they'll roleplay amongst one another for 20-30 minutes while I prep something.

I wanna try something new I'd like some suggestions of non-d&d dungeon crawling games to try. I've run a lot of MOTW, a little CoC, and a single VTM one shot. None of those fit.

I have a vision of cute little animals being sent into dungeons that spawn into their village to fight corrupted versions of their friends and save others. And they get treasure to rebuild the town and buy stupid magic hats.

In my head it's Pokemon Mystery DungeonXAnimal crossingXDrawn to life.

I don't think the TTRPG would have to specifically include the PCs being little critters, I'm capable of tweaking stuff. Any advice welcome!