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Hello everyone, about a week ago I made a post asking for any quick beginners advice since I was finally getting a chance to play my first TTRPG for Root: The RPG as the GM.

I'm happy to say it actually didn't go too badly! My players were all completely new too so I made sure to make reference sheets for all the basic moves.

The funniest part of the session for me was when my brother, who clearly just wanted to test the limits of what he could do, proclaimed he wanted to stab the Marquisate Cat General as soon as he stepped foot on the crowded docks.

I realized his sheet had 'blindside' which actually included stabbing so I asked him to make a roll to read a tense situation, where I explained after he passed that every worker on the docs would immediately swarm him if he tried to do it. The others managed to talk him down to trying to kidnap the general for information at a later time xD

They were happy with the job I did and wanted to keep going! So thanks guys for your help. :)

I want to hear about games you find really mechanically compelling, just a lot of fun to engage with and roll the dice, (or other game mechanics.)

I really like FFG's Edge Dice System, that I'm most familiar with in their Star Wars rpg. You don't roll against a number to beat, you roll your skill dice against challenge dice. The system also includes results that impact play independent of succeeding of failing. Ie, you can fail with "advantage" (a small positive outcome as approved by the DM.) Or succeed with "disadvantage" (a small negative outcome as determined by the DM.) This includes the results of the systems equivalent of Nat 20s/crit fails effects being independent of success of failure.

My favorite part is simple, handing the player all the dice in their check and watching with glee as they roll both the skill and challenge dice. Taking the results of the roll in their own hands.

What about y'all?

I am looking to begin a campaign in a new system that harkens back to the feeling and grit of old school D&D. There’s a lot of different systems which weigh varying levels of challenge, flavor, and crunch, but I want to see which one captured the most hearts.

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When I GM, I tend to prefer use of physical minis and terrain whenever possible. For instance, in a recent Fallout 2d20 campaign, I built entire towns or sections of towns. I mostly limited this to specific combat encounters. If they were trekking across the wasteland and came across an oasis with a pool of water, I would place this and the nearby terrain.

Entering a town for the first time might have the outpost and gate built into an abandoned city bus with guards that they had to negotiate with or overcome. I usually use a mix of papercraft buildings, landscaping material/trees/bushes/hills, and some occasional 3d printed and painted pieces.

For D&D games, I will do similar things. At worse, I will try to use maps. I just find the 3d element to be very impactful.

Where it breaks down -- if players want to engage at long distance or if someone tries to flee and then you have a chase scene that runs off the edge of the space. I've been trying to find some more cinematic ways to handle these sorts of experiences because I find it boring to move # feet this round, rinse, and repeat. Instead I try to come up with a skill check or opposed rolls. If they succeed, they close the distance. If they fail, the distance grows. A few successes over failures and they captured the fleeing person. In the opposite, they have lost the fleeing party.

My players and I are between games and one of them tossed up an idea to me. Everyone at our table loves Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green, we feel like the system(s) in place and the rules are almost exactly what we're looking for in terms of granularity but ease of play. Downside, is we finished Act 3 of Impossible Landscapes for Delta Green last year and wrapped up an investigation in a one off for Call of Cthulhu, so we're somewhat out of Lovecraft gas, so to speak.

Another player has floated the idea of trying to make Call of Cthulhu intended for fantasy play (Dragons, way more prevalent Magic, Medieval vibes) but I'm not entirely sure the best way to go about that?

I had an idea of doing Dark Age Cthulhu but using the Pulp Cthulhu character rules to make the PC's more survivable and "heroic", but I'm not sure how well that'd go down so I figured I'd toss the question to the hive mind and see what directions you all lead me.

I've looked into Runequest and for whatever reason it didn't click with any of my players (I think it looks pretty neat, but I'm outnumbered), so that's probably out of the question. I've heard of Mythras and how it uses BRP but I've also heard its extremely rules-heavy which is also a no-no for my group.

Any recommendations are well appreciated. Thanks!

The standard being base Dnd and Tolkien-inspired worlds.

To add context... I love tabletop dungeon crawlers, and I was looking forward to develop one of my own - not for sale, mind you. So I was looking for a simple system that I could adapt easily enough, but most systems require double rolls - one for attack, one for damage. Is there any systems that are pretty easy, and have just one attack roll? Also, if it has an open license, even better (but not a requirement). I've read about Mork Borg, and Warrior, Rogue and Mage (or something like that haha) but I'm not sure if there are others. Thanks!
EDIT: thanks for everyone, a LOT of great suggestions! Will read each one!!

Hey guys !

We're a bunch of friends who's looking to start our journey in this hobby. And... I think i've already found the perfect system : Nimble. Sadly, we're french, and the book was a bit too much for them since they don't speak english. I tried my best to translate the whole thing, but it's not really good, especially for some of the more advanced mechanics. (and my english isn't perfect as you've probably guessed lol)

What I liked about it (and what I want) :
- Easy to understand / easy sheets, with still a lot of depth. I want something easy to learn and, hard to master, not just "Stinky Sword is a two-page TTRPG system with only one D6, no classes, no races !"
- Beautiful and modern. God I loved the visuals of Nimble, spells for example look like real cards made by real artists, they feel like they come from a real modern TCG. Same for the character sheet.
- Quite popular so it's easy to find help online, and possibly multiple translations (no need to check online, just give me your best games and i'll check !)
- Fantasy or High Fantasy.

Thank you for the help, and sorry for my lame english ! :D

Hello!

Picking the hive mind. I’m looking for a generic Sci fi system to get into, and I would love some recommendations.

By generic, I mean I want to run some Battlestar Galactica adventure and next week run some Mech fighting Kaiju adventure. I’m not looking for Lancer for example because is very focused on Mechs.

I’m looking for a system with good support, ideally VTT support and it actually have a player base.

Initially I was thinking about Traveller 2e or maybe Savage Words + Sci Fi companion. What you all think about these two systems? Any further recommendation?

Thank you!