Hello r/rpg! I’m Meric Moir, RPG director on the Plotweaver Roleplaying Game.

I’ve been in writing, marketing, and publishing for 14 years, and I’ve been working directly in TTRPGs for the last 6 years. I’ve been a podcast host and actual play GM (shout out Massive Damage Adventures and Sky Hammer Press!), a freelance writer, and very recently the lead writer on the Cosmere RPG. On Massive Damage Adventures we played one-shots for over 80 unique games in four years!

My freelance writing has included work on The Expanse RPG, Achtung! Cthulhu, Star Trek Adventures, Fantasy AGE, indie projects, the Cosmere RPG, and now, Plotweaver!

As the Plotweaver RPG Director, I’m leading the development of three brand-new setting books using Plotweaver, the game system that powers the Cosmere RPG. I have two cats, four kids, and I play two instruments.

I’m also not alone! For your questions today, I’m joined by our intrepid lead designer!

Hello r/rpg! I’m Andrew Fischer (u/ethereal_fish), lead designer on the Plotweaver Roleplaying Game.

I’ve worked on RPGs and other tabletop games for 17 years. I’ve led development on tabletop games such as the Cosmere RPG, the Star Wars RPG, the Warhammer 40k RPG, and Fallout.

I also worked for many years to pioneer a genre of app-integrated board games that combine physical and digital game systems in products like Mansions of Madness 2nd edition, Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, and Descent: Legends of the Dark.

When I’m not designing for Plotweaver, I work as the game design director at Earthborne Games, a studio focused on creating conscientious and sustainable games such as our critically-acclaimed debut title Earthborne Rangers.

The Plotweaver RPG

The Plotweaver RPG is a brand new tabletop roleplaying system using the same rules as the Cosmere RPG. While the core mechanic is familiar to lots of gamers (d20 + modifier), the game is full of twists like the plot die, freeform leveling, skill-based magic, meaningful systems for non-combat scenes, and more! Plotweaver is coming to crowdfunding in 2027, but the open alpha starts on August 5th!

Plotweaver isn’t just another game to play, it’s also an open-source system where writers, designers, developers, and studios can take the rules and make their own games. We want Plotweaver to be the game designer’s RPG system. If you’re interested in using Plotweaver for your next project, you should check out Plotweaver Academy, our Patreon that shares sneak peaks, design guidance, and tools for developers and TTRPG aficionados.

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Now, let’s answer your questions! Feel free to ask anything, though we won’t be able to answer everything. We can talk about design, development, writing, and our plans for the future.

Thanks for having us! Let’s go =D

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So i switched from d&d to freeform universal and my players and i are having a lot of fun. Its a genre neutral rpg and right now im doing a cyberpunk game.

I like it because its rules light and 100% free. I can keep the rules in my head and i dont have to look anything up.

I dont think im going to go back.

Hello,

So I recently realised that instead of exploration what I really liked was actually wandering: aimlessly going through a place until something caught my interest and made me investigate it further for a time before going back to aimless strolling.

It made me want to try out games more focussed on this specific experience, but I have difficulties getting my hands on them, so I turn to you for recommandations about games or methods for "wandering".

As the title states, what is your favourite dice pool systems to play?

I want to expand my list of known systems and branch out from d20 games.

I usually like a lot of options, for instance Shadowrun is right up my alley, but I know my group would never play it.

This week's RPG is GURPS (Generic Universal RolePlaying System)!

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

What's your favourite memory from the game?

What's the best thing about the game?

What's the worst? How would you improve it?

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Last week was Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. Join us again next week for Fate!

Welcome one and all to a post where we can freely discuss the games that we have released or the games that we are making. Stop on by and maybe you'll find your new favourite RPG!

A bunch of us make cool shit, but the Indie RPG space is crowded and it can often be difficult to get the word out about why people should try out your game. That's why every week we try to focus on a different mechanic or setting to see how new RPGs can solve decades old problems or put new spins on old greivances!

They're big! They're mechanical! They're all around pretty badass... or extremely traumatizing if you're going the Evangelion route. This week we're focusing on the Mecha genre! So tell us how your game (or just any game you really like) is unique in this setting.

Thank you u/AppropriatelyHare-78 for the suggestion!

As per mod approval, comments here do not count against rule 7 - comment as much as you want, answer as many questions as you need and discuss to your hearts content!

All that I would ask is that anyone who comments about their own system takes the time to look at the minimum at one other game in the comments and ask a question or provide feedback. Lively discussions are what get people interested and what keep people engaged!

Last week was "Post-Apocalyptic"

Next week I plan to focus on a mechanic instead of a setting so if you want to suggest a topic for future weeks, be sure to include "-sug-" in your comment so I can easily find it!

Hi everyone,
I’m currently looking for a tabletop role-playing game that my wife and I can play together.

(Please excuse any mistakes. English isn’t my first language.)

I’ll give you some background information before getting into the details.

Apologies in advance for the wall of text. xD

For years now, we’ve mainly been playing in a two-player setup (duet).
I’m always the Game Master (though I’ve also GM’d groups of 3–5 people in the past).

My wife generally plays with 2–3 characters at a time (both for balancing the action economy and to have more options at the table).

We’ve played several tabletop role-playing games this way without too many problems, including D&D 5e, Pathfinder, Dungeon World, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk 2077, Vampire: The Masquerade, and quite a few OSR/NSR titles.

Obviously, managing 2–3 character sheets with games like Pathfinder is crazy, and we’ve never gone beyond 2–3 sessions with those systems.

Sometimes she takes the lead during the game, but in general, she’s not the type who likes to “share the GM’s chair” so to speak (we tried playing games like Microscope a couple of times, and it didn’t go very well xD), and she’s quite comfortable simply going with the flow of the story.

She’s also pretty good at “separating” the characters she plays, but obviously it’s not the same as playing/roleplaying a single character.

As for me, I don’t have any particular problems prep my sessions (even though I get terribly anxious before playing, despite having done this for many years), but I tend to overprep and would love to find something low/no-prep.

I’m also pretty good (at least I think so) at improvising, but I need to have some groundwork laid out.

Getting to the point at last!

- We’d like to find a game that natively allows us to play with just one character, perhaps with a sidekick (with a simple/more manageble character sheet) that she controls for general and combat actions, but that I roleplay. (I know this can theoretically be done with any TTRPG, but if it were possible to do so without going crazy trying to “balance” things, that would be better)

- We wouldn’t mind something PBTA-style or similar (Partial Successes, character sheets that encourage roleplay, etc.)

- Nothing cooperative, just a simple GM/Player setup

- If the system natively supports low/no prep, that’s better.

- As for genre, it’s not a problem, but we generally play fantasy (both gritty and heroic) and horror investigation (mainly Call of Cthulhu).

- Nothing too heavy (by “heavy” I mean things like Pathfinder 1e/2e, D&D 3/4 Edition, Gurps, etc.). We’re currently enjoying the Into the Odd system (Cairn, etc.), but a little more “meat” in terms of characters and customization wouldn’t hurt.

- We’re open to any dice system (though we do have a preference for the d20 roll-over system).

That's all folks!

Thanks so much in advance for both your answers and your advice.
Have a great game!

Specifically looking for a TTRPG where I could set out a blank map, give the players access to a couple fantasy races to choose from, and they could create different kingdoms and polities of different kinds, and have them evolve throughout the timeline.

It could be a game where the country is your character or one where you're playing the rulers of said fictional countries and shaping it for future generations, etc.

It would also be nice if they had good FoundryVTT support too!

Any suggestions?

Hi everyone! As an experienced DM coming from D&D and similar tactical systems, I'm looking to branch out into games that focus much more on roleplaying and narrative. ​I'm already aware of games like Daggerheart and 7th Sea, but I'd love to hear your suggestions for others. I'm especially interested in systems that are even more heavily RP-oriented than those two. Thanks in advance!