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For me, the classics of roleplaying are things like: D&D, Vampire: The Masquerade, Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia, Shadowrun, Cyberpunk, and Fate.

They seem to have "stood the test of time" and are actively still around.

There are games I feel that are more so novelties that aren't likely to stick around for longer than their initial release. Typically I'd point to licensed games based on non-TTRPG properties. Like no one is waiting for the 2nd edition of "Men in Black: The Roleplaying Game" from the 90s/00s. But there are Kickstarted/crowdfunding RPGs that seem like one and done.

we play every 3-4 weeks and every session starts with me summarizing because nobody remembers anything. I've tried sending session summaries, asking players to take notes, making recaps part of the game nothing sticks. Last time someone asked "who is this guy?" about an NPC they'd met twice. I've thought about using a campaign wiki or NPC tracking but not sure if it's worth the effort. What do you all do?

I have seen Mork Borg pop up in different threads, sometimes as something that gets recommended to play and other times as something that gets recommended to avoid.

I am generally curious to know what you guys think of the Borg games (Mork Borg, Cy_Borg, Pirate Borg, Corp Borg, ect.). What do you like about them? What do you hate about them? What do you think can improve them? What are your house rules (if any)? Why would you recommend them? Why would you not recommend them? That sort of stuff.

If that makes any sense? I'm not looking to play a game or anything quite yet, but I enjoy reading about the lore of some fantasy world and I would imagine some tabletop game has something along these lines.

Splitting the party is often anathema to TTRPGs but it's really unique to the medium as a dramatic device. In all other media , splitting the party is often what drives a lot of storylines, drama, tension etc. Even in epic fantasy that D&D derives from you have the breaking of the fellowship. In more modern dramas you have things like Matt Murdoch working alongside his lawyer friends then tension comes from his to split off as Daredevil. In heist movies you have the guy in the van. In super hero movies you have Thor in space while Captain America holds the line.

Point is, it's such a common and very good dramatic device, but TTRPGS just don't do it. Sometimes for very good reasons. But is there a game that actually encourages it? Any that do it especially well?

Hey folks.

Lately, I've been running irregularly scheduled one shots for a group of players using mostly Odd-like systems such as Cairn 2E, Monolith, and Meteor. I'd like to change it up, and I'm thinking Pendragon's latest edition might be fun. I got the idea when I considered Mythic Bastionland as the next game to throw at them and then realized the buffet-style charm of our game days might be lost if once again they are rolling very similar mechanics despite the surface differences.

Is Pendragon medium crunch or less? Is it easy enough that experienced players who are unfamiliar with the BRP system able to give it a shot in a 6 hour session?

Appreciate all or any responses (hopefully).

Tonight I ran my first game of Eat the Reich, the game by Grant Howitt. The game gathered quite a lot of interest, even by people who didn't actually want to play it (“it sounds to violent for me” which is fair enough, that's why I tried to be very clear about the game was).

It was a truckload of fun. We played a 3 hours long one-shot, and we laughed all along. We went through 3 locations: the Hostel in sector 3, the metro station in sector 2, and the Eiffel Tower/Zeppelin in sector 1.

I was really very fun, but at the same time I can't really say it's a good game. You need to have everyone being enthusiastic about gore description of Nazis being killed in various ways because that's the beginning and the end of what's fun in the game.

The system is really quite awkward. You have 6 or 7 stats, but you'll basically only use one, maybe two. You could use a lower stat to trigger an item extra bonus, but that basically means rolling one fewer dice for your stat to get one extra dice from your item… not really exciting.
I've had to really revamp the reinforcement rules on the fly (which I don't like to do) because the more powerful the opposition the more the optimal choice is to put all your successes into advancing the objective rather than killing Nazis, which makes the game less fun.

The flashbacks were very cool. We loved playing these extra scenes. We had 7 of these and the players were always happy to roll 2 successes or fewer just so they could reroll for a flashback.

I added a rule that another PC could check one of their items to add a die to one of their ally's roll to add an element of teamwork, it was simple but worked fine.

It was a very entertaining and fun one-shot. I can't imagine running this game over 3 to 4 sessions like the author intend it. It would get old by the second session imo.

So my take-home message is: It's a very fun game for a one-shot. Have your players go through 3 to 4 locations, keep the pace as high as possible. And prepare 2-3 extra flashback options.

I'm working on a thing for a local con as a giveaway - basically micro adventures for Roll For Shoes - and while I can use Dyson Maps for a number of things I can't seem to find something outdoors-y or post apocalypse-y.

Sadly search just churns up a ton of AI generated things so I figured I'd ask here to see if folks had suggestions. I'm basically looking for something I can put into the inside of a pocketfold adventure for a free of charge add in for a local con that's royalty free and not AI.

So I have always wanted to run a superhero game, but I often feel like I stumble on how to structure the sessions. Like dungeon crawl structures would take a lot of work. Mystery structures make sense but then seem to not emphasize the powers which are kind of the point.

So I guess I am asking how people running superhero games, structure their encounters and/or shape their stories.

For context I would be using SWADE, but I have run Mutants and Masterminds. I am not asking for system recs more just "how did you run your game, story wise"

I've been looking for a new game to expand my library with. I currently have VtM5e (not a fan of the setting at all but the system is neat and the first time I was allowed to be a player), DnD5e (obviously), Daggerheart, Pathfinder2e and Starfinder2e.

However, I recently wrote up my first bit of real homebrew. A d10 (Sum±Dice) based freeform magic system with 1s and 2s resulting in resource drain and d10 amount coressponding with rank/level. And since it is my first real homebrew, I'd like to use it if possible, cause it is somethng I'm really proud of (no matter how small the achievment is comperatively). And my players all preffer freeform magic. I know it would work for 5e with a bit of tinkering, but not for Pf/Sf2e or Daggerheart, and VtM, as I said, don't like the settting. But love the system.

Therefore, I'd like to avoid 5e for now, and have it as a fallback option that is guaranteed to work at least.

Do you know of a system in which this wouldn't feel too out of place in? And which has a cool setting and system?

Oh, I should add that there is a d6 based version as well.

Thanks in advance!