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Hey r/rpg,

I’m Matthias (carpenter, farmer, former CS student, and forever-GM). Like many of you, I have a massive backlog of beautifully designed RPG PDFs. My problem: I rarely have time to sit at a desktop just to read lore or rulebooks. I want to read them on my commute, on the couch, or in bed. But pinch-zooming through dense, two-column print layouts on a 6-inch screen is an absolute nightmare.

So, I built a tool to fix it. Instead of chaotic scrolling, I wanted an app that actually understands TTRPG layouts. Here is what it does:

• Guided Reading Flow: It detects text blocks or lets you cut them yourself and automatically guides you smoothly through the columns. No more zooming left and right just to finish a sentence.
• Preserves the Design: Crucially, it doesn't strip the text into a boring e-pub. It keeps the original fonts, formatting, and gorgeous art completely intact.
• Focus & Blur: The block you are reading stays in focus while the rest softly blurs out, so you never lose your spot if you get distracted.
• Prepwork: If you are reading to prep a session, you can extract every region of any pdf (lore, loot, maps, monster stats or tables) into "snippets" and throw them onto a swipeable digital collection of 3x3 Dashboards for later. (You can even stream your dashboards to remote monitors for controlled in-game usage!)

My players told me to make it available for other RPG Enthusiasts, so I’m considering a Kickstarter eventually to fund the rest of the development. You can see how the reading flow actually looks in action at lycit.net . Take a look at the features and if you are interested, you can get on a small mailing list to get updates on the release schedule.

But before I take that step, I really need a reality check from the community. I'd love your honest feedback:

• Does this everyday reading workflow make sense to you?
• How do you currently tackle reading your PDF backlog on the go?
• Is there anything else that you would like to be easier when handling RPG PDFs?

Thanks for reading, and I'll be hanging around to answer any questions and participate in the discussion!

(P.S. Quick disclosure: This is a brand new account made just for this project so I have a place to post updates without spamming subs from my personal one. I cleared this post with the mods first from my everyday account to make sure I'm following the rules!)

I've stumbled upon many good media in span of my life, so I now want to hear what media you have adapted into a tabletop roleplay game and how you did it (rule tweaks and rule hacks included)

What is your favourite adaptation you made?

I was 18 when a friend invited me to join the Vampire: The Masquerade campaign, specifically the Dark Ages edition. I had never played it before, but I'd heard terrifying things about it.

I had difficulty creating a new character, so I restructured an old one to fit the setting with a more realistic background, along with an easy clan (Brujah) since I wasn't yet familiar with the other specializations. Due to some personal issues, I decided to center my character's conflict around anger, and I managed to create a pretty good story; In short, debt left by an irresponsible relative, family separation, human tr@fficking—all the basic elements that run our world—ending up in a human object with a lot of repressed hatred that ultimately fell into the hands of a sadistic buyer conducting supernatural experiments.

I met the rest of the party while still a half-asleep guinea pig. The first interaction was a hilarious introduction when, in pilot mode, my guy threw his own bed at the person I would later learn to HATE, and then being comforted by the person he would later learn to love. The campaign wasn't very long; generally, our objective was to hunt down those responsible for a negative change in the hierarchy. My personal objective wasn't clear at the beginning, but during the game I decided it would be to find autonomy.

Along the way, my character and the guy who comforted him grew closer, contrasting the monstrous and abusive way upper-class people treated him with this new figure who, despite being socially prominent, was the only one in the group who treated him like a person. Due to an out-of-game joke, the player and I unintentionally CANONIZED THE COUPLE! creating a pair of a stressed-out blond and a gentle brunette, bringing a very unexpected chemistry to the game. As an artist, I created countless fan art pieces, memes, and other things that later became integral to the campaign. It was a lot of fun! And those two were my reason to keep going through the week..

But... I was warned. Vampire: The Masquerade isn't a happy game. It's not a walk in the park. I went into it hoping for a happy ending, but little did I know that was the worst mistake I could make with this campaign. After so many Sundays together, after creating goals and even a dream, my character had the misfortune of witnessing not only the death, but the sacrifice of the love of his life in the most stupid battle of the game. Worst of all, I helped this ending become the way it did by assisting in the decisions that culminated in this ending.

Finally, my character entered the game with nothing, and left with even less. The only person who showed kindness ascended and was even given the responsibility of taking care of her boyfriend's clan after his death. The whole table was moved by my speech at the funeral; the deceased's player even cried.

At the end of the campaign, my character became a sheriff, working alongside another character who worked at the city hall. When the campaign ended, I confirmed that my character became a single father to an adopted human girl, and that even after so many years, his loyalty to the deceased one was only reinforced by pursuing his unfinished goals.

I cry in the shower when I remember my brutally murdered romance. Don't look for happiness in Vampire: The Masquerade, (insert nervous laughter here).

I made a post a couple days ago about visiting Sacramento and looking to check out the local nerd stores for RPG books. Here were my findings:

“Hobby Badger Games” Closed on a Monday. I may try them tomorrow, time allowing.

“Viking Hobby” Definitely mostly Warhammer minis but mostly other, similar games. One set of 5e rules books.

“Hammerhead Games” Mostly Magic the Gathering with some Warhammer stuff. They have the obligatory DnD corner with a smattering of dice. I bought some dice.

“Great Escape Games” Probably one of the more impressive nerd stores in terms of size I’ve ever been in. Lots of space to play, lots of Warhammer stuff and MtG cards. Good dice selection. EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL STAFF. Easily the most personable group of employees I’ve ever encountered in any store. I bought some more dice and a Mothership zine. They didn’t have much in the way of Indie rpg books, seemed to indicate they “had some stuff a while ago” but had not re-ordered anything.

“Game Kastle” Nice space, few RPG books. Similar “we had copies of Shadowdark but haven’t ordered any more since they sold”. I bought more dice, just to show some support (and because I used their bathroom).

Overall, everyone on here warned me the TTRPG scene in Sacramento is a bit thin and… you were right. My buddy and I had fun driving around anyway (got some good bahn mi which is always a plus).

This is a great article for those interested in the business side of the hobby. We all know D&D is big, but this really puts it in perspective.

I'm a fan of big robot battles and I'm curious what my options are. I watched Robotech as a kid and I've always loved the space opera mecha. I own Lancer but haven't had a chance to try it yet. I know it's awesome but I'm wondering what else is out there and what the big differences are (in genre and general play style).

I also own a couple of the Robotech rpg books but I think I need to hunt down some missing ones.

https://youtu.be/gq0n-bHv_G0?si=qi3rytmFb9Ajeswd

I got the chance to talk with Alessio Cavatore about the upcoming Ghost in the Shell RPG released by Mantic Games. (not yet decided if this is going to be a Kickstarter or regular release)

Why he wanted to make it, what we can expect from the system, his experience with RPGs in general (not his first one) and what are the future plans.

Also tried to get some information on why there are now 2 RPGs while any detailed information about the system itself is postponed to a 2nd interview after the release (so if there are any questions remaining or some specific points you want to know I can forward them)

We’re playing a superhero campaign set in something like a police academy, so I allowed characters of any age. One of the players made a character who’s a bit older than the rest.

At one point I introduced an officer NPC who’s fairly important to the story. After i described her, that player started roleplaying this weird fascination with her. Naturally, the rest of the table started teasing him about having a crush on the NPC.

What they don't know is that this NPC is actually the twist villain of the entire story, secretly operating from the inside.

So now everyone at the table joks about this romance, while I’m sitting behind the screen grinning like a maniac, just waiting for the moment when his heart inevitably shatters.

I felt like sharing because it’s the first time something like this has happened in one of my games, and It's lots of fun.

Of course I’m playing along with it. But if anyone has advice on how to make the eventual reveal as heart shattering as possible, I’d love to hear it

If you wanted to pkay a ttrpg campaign that felt likr playing through a work of gothic horror (something like carmilla or frankenstein or picture of dorian grey) what system would you go for?

Hi, since somehow in Genesys community post was deleted immediatly without any explanation, I'll ask here.

I'm trying to run a sci-fi adventure with a bit of cyberpunk in it, space battles, wacky stuff and Kill Bill vibes. A lot of people here recommended me use Genesys for that, i read the core book and it seems cool to play, but I'm a bit lost in what to use as supplements and extra setting specific tallents. For example i'd like to give players option to play something close to Jedi.

General book have some side content with Twilight Empire, but i feel like it's not really enough for me.
So i have a bunch of questions.

Which rulebook is good to use for my idea? I see a lot of Android and Twilight Empire, but i'm not sure which one to buy since both can be used.
Do FFG's Star Wars books have similar rules?
Maybe there is some cool sci-fi hacks or mecha battle rules?