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Oh, Pendragon, how long I awaited for you, beloved. I think I got this starter set about a year and a half ago and I had a couple of unsuccessful attempts to put together a group in order to run the game. But, finally, a couple of weeks ago, the planets alligned and the Lady of the Lake smiled upon me and I was finally able to run the starter set!

And it was an absolute blast! I was always a big fan of the legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table and I constantly heard how Pendragon is one of the best TTRPGs out there. And finally, I can say that I see why that is the case. The system is elegant, fun, the mechanics flow together very nicely and manage to encourage roleplay in a very simple fashion - the more you describe how you do a certain thing, the easier it becomes (of course, up to a certain level).

The Starter Set is an amazing point to try out Pendragon and it more then makes up the value of its cost! Truth be told, I feel like it's somewhat of a steal, with dice, superbly illustrated characters, combat cards and of course the three booklets. But more about that in the actual review, now if you'll excuse me, I have to look for the corebooks!

So I run an online D&D game on Thursdays. Last Thursday I got some terrible news(My cat was having surgery related complications and didn't have long.), notified my players and left. I am however worried that it will adversely affect me due to associating the game with what happened and get me a severe burnout. Honestly I don't even want to start up the server at the moment but we have a session scheduled this Thursday. The game has been going for months so I don't want it to die out. If anyone had something similar happen could you give me advise on how to get back to GM'ing that game?

Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

Just before their election day, six Los Angeles city council candidates stood on stage at Hollywood’s Fonda Theatre. But they weren’t there for a debate or a black-tie gala. They were there to play Dungeons and Dragons.

Comedian Brennan Lee Mulligan guided the politicians through a short D&D campaign to defeat corporate villains and an evil dragon. Hundreds of enthusiastic fans in the crowd pledged additional donations up to $150 each to give the candidates what is called an “auto crit” for maximum damage to the dragon.

If this sounds like a bizarre merging of politics and play, organizers say it is not. “Most people want to be tapped and told how to help,” said Mulligan, a longtime DSA member and the dungeon master of D&D-themed hit YouTube series Critical Role and Dropout’s Dimension 20. “Then, lo and behold, there’s this new way to participate, bringing the platform I have to bear.”

The DSA-LA show raised $30,000 for the city’s primary election in June; five of the candidates onstage that night either won re-election or advanced to the general in November. The event is just one in a wider resistance movement by players of D&D and other tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) against the current political climate – ICE raids, attacks on transgender rights and the rise of artificial intelligence. Over the past few years, groups across the country have been playing TTRPGs online and in person to raise money to develop games that express their frustration with the federal government and instruct people on how to help those most affected by its policies.

Edit: this post got a lot more attention than I thought it would, but I got some good answers out of it, at least. Seems like my overall attitude for the game is going the wrong way, after writing it all down, posting it and reading some of the replies, yeah I guess I am probably bringing the mood of the game down, even if I don't want to, if my attitude towards it is the way it is I can see how it would do so. Thanks everyone for the replies, I'll probably close the post in a little bit just to let anyone who still wants to answer after this edit to do so.

Edit 2: Well, time to close the post. I think the answer is clear, I have the wrong idea and approach of the hobby. This opened my eyes and I'll do some self-reflection, either I will be able change my approach to it, and perhaps that way I'll be able to really have fun with it instead of getting frustrated over my expectations, or I'll just accept the hobby is not for me, that I spent 13 years chasing something that wasn't there, and just let people who actually understand the hobby to enjoy it. Thanks everyone for the honest answers, I was needing to hear, well, read all of that.

I’ve never played V:TM but I bought the 5th edition core book in hopes to. The 2004 V:TM - Bloodlines video game drew me into the setting. I have a lot of experience with TTRPGs, although mostly D20 systems.

Since this is something that I will be subjecting my friend group to, I will of course have to GM it. I don’t consider myself a good GM, but I’m trying to improve. I’m currently running a D&D 5th edition campaign (Curse of Strahd) every other week.

Do I need to read the core book front to back, or is there a sort of suggested reading list? It’s fine if I do; I’ve just never learned a game from scratch without the help of a group and I don’t know if the core book is organized in such a way that that’s how I’m meant to approach it.

Do you have recommendations for a module I could run? It feels intimidating to try to come up with a homebrew in a setting that I’m less familiar with, especially one centered around politicking and intrigue. For comparison, in D&D, you could come up with a MacGuffin and a BBEG and get moving. You can also rely on combat to take up a lot more of a session. For these reasons I think I’d feel a lot more comfortable running a module.

Anything else I should know as a newbie?

I love the BRP system (Call of Cthulhu, Of Hearth and the Harrowing, Delta Green and so on) but I’ve yet to really find a decent sci-fi game that uses it.

I have an idea of running a multi-arch campaign that spans from Dark Ages Cthulhu to Call of Cthulhu to Delta Green to… well… 2300ad or so. As far as I’m aware there isn’t a sci-fi BRP product so I’m curious if the BRP book can handle that sort of thing appropriately or at the very least well enough for maybe 3-4 sessions.

Any help is much appreciated and if there is something that utilizes BRP and is sci-fi that I’ve completely looked over, by all means let me know! Thanks!

My dad had the original Greyhawk gazetteer and map, I loved the planescape book set with the lore and map. Is there a cool fantasy product with neat map, cool art, cool lore, and some mystery spaces without explanation

The title is pretty self explanatory. I’ve always wanted to run an adventure game based on Egyptian mythology. Mythology mixed with historical details. I can’t really execute because I’m new to TTRPG’s.

I’d also love to do a Star Trek adventures campaign surrounding the Hur’q. I’d have to have good GM skills.

Re-posting in accordance with the rules because I'd like to keep the conversation going if possible. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Just like the title, I’m looking for a (probably OSR) RPG that gives the same or simar feeling as the original NES zelda, with dungeons, interesting magic items, and puzzle solving. Kinda similar to modern video games like Tunic

This roleplaying game has only recently become available in the UK, and I was so impressed with it (art style, system, and vibe) that I immediately got pen to paper and wrote an adventure for a team of lost astro-nauts.

I hope folks enjoy it!

NOTE: I'm not affiliated with the game in any way, and the scenario is free - I just did it for the joy.