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My problem is that I just can't stand all the waffling. I Just tired watching the official actual play for Mazes, and it takes them 46 minutes to get to the adventure. thats almost a 1/3rd of the way through the stream. I so miss tabletop, even though they mostly did board games.

Anyway that's my first world problems complaint for the day.

(alternatively, combat systems that encourage doing different things)

I've been playing DnD for several years now but I've been noticing how 90% of our turns go the exact same. The combat can be still interesting but thats only because of me as a dm creating unique scenarios, not because of the player abilities. The rogue hiding and sneak attacking is the best thing to do in almost all cases.

What are some systems that discourage this so that the players actually have to think rather than going on auto pilot.

Long shot, but this might be the only community where someone remembers.

Around 1991, on a Wizardry-fan bulletin board, a GM posted: "If you're a Wizardry fan and want to talk back and forth to an actual GM, send a message to this box."

The game was called Fantasia, later renamed BlewYonder Knights. D&D-flavored, six classes, three GMs running it together — Brian, Anne, and Scott. Free to play. Ran for ten years and closed in November 2001.

I've digitized the surviving archive (154 files, oldest dated December 1991) and built a tribute site: https://blewyonderknights.com

If "Atlantis," "Tanglewood," "Blewyonder," or the phrase MOVE....rings any bells, I'd love to hear from you. The contact form on the site comes straight to me.

Thanks for reading.

Kinda casting around for the next book to purchase. Like probably a lot of people I saw the Quinn’s Quest video about Stonetop and was intrigued by a game with so much depth baked into it. I’m a little weary of buying “complete games” only to have them be “lots of vibes and you make up the rest” kind of thing. Both Stonetop and Dolmenwood boast being very detailed and full of depth which I think is my main criteria for the next game I’d like to purchase.

Recs from anyone who has tried either one? If you had to choose (since they’re both $100+ in paper) which one would you pick?

Its pencil and paper, right?

I'm interested in looking at TTRPGs (or even board games, etc) which provide a mechanical framework for undertaking change to society. I've had in mind a concept that puts the players in positions of authority in an important organization, with social conflicts being the primary focus (ie, combat doesn't matter and is generally something you don't want to get into, "adventuring" isn't a focus.)

I'm aware of Godbound having its Influence/Dominion system, but while that's a minor subsystem to an OSR d20 game (and not really what I'm going for), it's an example of a mechanical framework. Anything will do, just to see what others have come up with.

Minor Edit: to be absolutely clear, I'm looking for systems that have social *change* mechanics, not just social or organization mechanics. (A few good examples have been provided so far, thank you!)

I'm rather new to TTRPGs and honestly it's been a blast, still trying to work out how to act and i thought to ask how do you guys take notes for your characters? talking to my GM the table we play is a lot more RP focused than combat so i've been trying to make my character more realistic and alive and all that stuff, but whenever i look at my notes i always feel there is something missing.
I always note down: my characters thoughts(written in the same order of events that happened during the session, hell sometimes i take notes of my characters thoughts during the session), a list of people she knows with small details, and what i'd call the regular session notes that are more aimed at the world building, mysteries and stuff that isn't exactly personal to my character.
Anything you guys also feeling anything missing or any ideas of what i could add to improve my roleplay during the sessions?

I'm working on a solo leveling campaign and was thinking about what system to use. Currently, my idea is to use the Marvel system with slight modifications. If anyone else has any ideas, please let me know for clarification I'm talking about the hunter system not Jin woo's player system

While I wander old systems and see what I can find, I've run into an odd issue:

In 3.X and D20 Modern, the Tough Hero Class remains my favourite. Skills and Resilience.
In D20 Future and Future Tech, Robots are playable. However, as constructs they lack the constitution score of a living character. This is an issue as most Tough Hero Abilities of note require a Constitution Score. Yet Tough Hero is an option in some cases.
My current logical schema is default to class defensive bonus to a pseudo- constitution score that raises with levels. Or Tough Hero (Or other class levels) outright. I'm leaning to Defensive Score Bonus based on Class level.
Similarly, I'm not a fan of the Charisma deadlock of the class at 5 that needs to be raised, and am thinking something similar, albeit that seems a little less balanced overall with a static Charisma bonus, not counting investing into upgrades.

I understand the system is very old and has issues, but with five players that want to try it, and two that want to play robotic characters, I may as well try. Any advice is apppreciated

I only played RPG in two tables, one as DND(incomplete campaign) and one in CAIN(complete campaign, modded for Project Moon stuff).

I want to make a Yakuza table that is not too punitive, altough i do want to resemble a bit the yakuza franchise, i am mostly refering to a model that would fit the premise of belonging to a Yakuza, since i do like to study criminal stuff.

I'm talking about games where the book itself feels like an art piece, where the art draws you into the world of the game and every page feels special. What comes to mind for me is Mörk Borg, but I'm interested in hearing your favourites!