Just trying to start a conversation and see what people are interested in. Nothing special about the categories - add anything you want to talk about.

Favorites limited to ones I’ve played.

Overall: Fallen by Perplexing Ruins. Love the setting, atmosphere and mechanics. I have some quibbles about healing in the default rules but want the Fear mechanic in everything. It’s great for both groups and solo.

Combat: Lancer by Massif Pres

Solo: Broken Shores by BlackOath Entertainment. I haven’t managed to keep a PC alive for longer than an in-game week, but it’s awesome. Runner-up is Riftbreakers, also by BlackOath. Much less deadly and more heroic. Also the best run-a-group-solo that I’ve seen.

Magic system: Path of the Aram Thyr by BlackOath, again. Another solo, and I’m not a fan of the game-play loop, as written, but that is easily fixed by making your own narrative/PC goals. And the magic system is so cool.

Supplement: Lots here, but from what I’ve used in games is a tie between Into the Cess & Citadel and Into the Wyrd and Wild, both by Feral Indie.

I’ve got a large TBR/TBP pile, so a couple of things I’m very excited about: Across a Thousand Dead Worlds (BlackOath), Salvage Union (Leyline) and Goblinville (Narrative Dynamics). The current top of the TBP is Pirate Borg, Runecairn and WWN.

  • AlwaysTheir@lemmy.one
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    Apocalypse World 2nd Ed. has given me the most delight in the fewest sessions of any TTRPG. It takes a group willing to follow the rules though. If you try to play it the way you play D&D it won’t work so keep that in mind.

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      1 year ago

      With Apocalypse World, I haven’t had a single bad session. They’ve all been interesting and hilarious. On the other hand, I’ve had all sorts of awful experiences with many other TTRPGs…

      I can’t wait for a new edition to come out!

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    1 year ago

    I’ve run a short adventure of three sessions for Call of Cthulhu, and so far is my favorite. Also, I want to expand on The One Ring 2e. I’ve run an introductory one shot and I was impressed about the flow and brutallity of the game, and I really liked it!

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    1 year ago

    I personally really love the Fate system - it’s much more hackable than other systems, so if a part doesn’t work for you, you can usually tweak/remove it, and it sells “system toolkits” which essentially are homebrew guides.

    Overall, I find most heavy systems tend to put a crazy amount of focus on combat, which skews stories into pigeon-holing combat whenever possible. Most players I run for tend to view combat as a last-resort, so it’s hard to find heavy systems that match their playstyle.

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    1 year ago

    I’ve only played and run D&D 5e. I did get the Pathfinder 2e humble bundle so might play that at some point. My party also owns two copies of the Call of Cthulu starter set which I would love to get around to one Halloween.

    For small stuff we’ve played Honey Heist which was a huge amount of fun!

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      1 year ago

      No interest in 5e. My group did the PF2e started set. Not bad. I enjoyed playing an alchemist bomber. Less fun with a rogue mastermind. I did set up a Honey Heist one-shot for our group on an evening that the regular GM was busy, but too many people had to pull out that we never did it. It does look like a lot of fun.