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This is a rant:

My players stood me up again. I know it might be wrong of me to be sad, and many even made fun of it, saying it's just another activity and shouldn't affect me so much, but it's really demotivating. Partly, maybe it's because I have imposter syndrome, or maybe it's because my tables aren't really for everyone, but I see other GMs running tables so often and with players so interested in their games that it makes me sad not to be able to have something like that.

I'm only sad because they told me they could play today, but I've been waiting for 30 minutes, and now they just haven't shown up. They're not even replying to messages. I shouldn't take this seriously, but it makes me sad because I'm too emotional. I'm even thinking about quitting GMing for at least a few years after this huge disappointment.

This is not a kick in Delta Green, as it's still one of my favorite settings. If someone pointed a gun to my head now and asked for my top 3, I'd probably say something like Delta Green, Planescape and Mage the Ascension (or Shadowrun). Also, I haven't actually played Triangle Agency yet, only read it's book and other players' experiences. It's possible that, even with these cool ideas, it doesn't sing for me at the table. So take everything here with a grain of salt.

With that out of the way..

If you ever wanted for Delta Green to go crazier and wackier in it's new weirdness and surrealism, with agents starting out with hypergeometric stuff like a Mi-go eyeball that makes you FOV like Robocop's and also let's you see into other dimensions, while fighting Karotechia agents in the dreamlands wearing astralnauts suits.. take a look at Triangle Agency.

When I first heard of the new edition of Delta Green a few years ago, I thought they would go exactly in that direction. My dream Delta Green direction. Because I always thought the original DG was already sooooo close to that with all the 90s conspiracies and Greys and MJ-12 and Karotechia/nazis and all crazy stuff that entailed. But unfortunately for me, the new DG ditched all that for a serious, ultra realistic and monochromatically bleak vibe and setting. It went from Inception and Control to Seven and Silent of the Lambs, and I hated it for that. Gone are the nazis and wackyness. Enter realism, murders and depression.

So, here's a tip: if you, like me, ever wanted for Delta Green to be crazier since the first time you settled eyes on it, take a look at Triangle Agency.

And a question: anybody else felt this way? Disliked the direction the new edition of DG went? Wanted more crazyness out of DG?

I've been on the lookout for a superhero/shonen ttrpg where combat doesn't devolve into "and then I attack" as much, with a focus on the scale and destruction of superheros. I've tried Mutants and Masterminds, and GURPS, and while I love the customizability, I find it detracts a lot from the feel of those shows and comics since you spend so much time doing awkward math and just rolling to hit.

I really liked the preview rules that we got for the upcoming Invincible TTRPG (I love how they handle distance and environment destruction), and I love how even basic attacks then get improved in interesting ways (landing additional attacks, knocking an enemy back, etc.) but it's not out yet.

I've also tried some of the more simplified ones like Savage Worlds, FEV, but I feel like a lot of those fall under the same pitfall of each turn turning into "I attack."

I know I'm looking for something awkwardly specific, but if anyone has any ideas on what might fit what I'm looking for, I'd be incredibly appreciative

I'm planning to DM a long campaign for my friends, probably spanning several months or more. I've grown tired of the classic heroic style of DnD, and so did some of my friends - so I'm looking for something grittier and darker. I have a lot of experience DMing extremely horror focused games (Alien, SCP, etc).

We've played from extremely rules lite system to extremely crunchy ones, so all options are valid, although something close to Pathfinder or slightly more rules light than it would be great.

The setting itself is a fantasy world with magical elements but not as commonplace as DnD - casters/sorceres are very rare, and magic is a very esoteric science. My main inspiration for the setting is Fear & Hunger, although the campaign obviously wouldn't be as cruel as the game since that'd just be boring for the players.

Thanks in advance!

This week's RPG is Mouseguard [2E]!

Have you played it? Have you run/GM'd it? How did it go?

What's your favourite memory from the game?

What is the best thing about this game?

What is the worst? How would you improve it?

How does it compare to previous versions?

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Last week was Cyberpunk Red. Join us again, next week!

I DM for a group that’s really only been exposed to DnD 5e. While we still have a lot of fun sticking to what we know and love, I’ve asked a few of the members if they’d be interested in branching out and they said yes.

We’re all huge fans of Cyberpunk 2077 so I looked into Cyberpunk RED but a lot of the comments and reviews I’ve seen are really torn on it with some saying it’s great while others say it’s a huge downgrade from Cyberpunk 2020. I’ve also looked at Shadowrun because I’ve played that one before but it was so long ago I don’t remember anything about it other than it’s pretty much DnD in the cyberpunk setting. The community is also really torn on what edition is best with some saying new players should just stick to 5th edition while others say older editions are better for new players (pretty much everyone is in agreement that 6th edition is by far the worst, especially for new players.)

Which system and edition is best for a whole table of new players?

What has been your favorite critical injury/hit/damage table?

I ran Blade Runner recently and thought simplifying damage into Crushing/Piercing categories was an interesting choice. It was wild to see a player take a single sonic pistol hit for two damage and get permanently paralyzed with a broken neck.

Microscope seems like a cool concept. I was thinking about buying it and realized that Lame Mage puts out a number of games that are similar to Microscope but that each have a different focus.

Is Microscope the best place to start or are one of the other games a better introduction to that style of RPG?

Look at getting into a new RPG system over vacation and I like the look of the Land Of Eem Deluxe box.

I like the idea of the muppets crossed with LoTR. Only thing I’m concerned about is that it’s too childish for my group, we’re all 20 year olds that have been playing D&D 5e for the past 6 years.

Would love to know what you thought of Land of Eem if you’ve played it.

I have a friend that likes TTRPGs but hates D&D. Our groups two weekly games are Dragonbane and Perils and Princesses, I’ll be starting CoC as soon as one of those games ends. She plays PF2 with another group and recently picked up Starfinder as well.

I’m looking for other suggestions. I was thinking maybe Lancer but watching a few reviews on it it seems to be based on 4e which I’m the only one in our group who’s been playing long enough to remember 4e and I absolutely loathed it.

I’m wondering what else may be appealing to her or if I really should be considering Lancer?

Specifically points on like...

"If you have a mountain here, then likely on the other side is X because of Y and Z"

"If something is this far northward then you won't have A or B because it's too cold"

Stuff like topography or climate influence on biomes, but...basics I guess not a college class.

Thanks for your time