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Tell me about your favorite TTRPG!

Hey all,

I'm new here and I wanted to start a discussion about TTRPGs that people enjoy. I really like seeing people talk passionately about those sorts of things. I'm, personally, a big fan of games by Jenna Moran (Nobilis, Glitch, etc) and have a lot of positive experience with certain Powered by the Apocalypse Games. I'm also fascinated by a lot of OSR content because I feel like it has the potential to capture some of the more interesting parts of early D&D (my partner and I discuss AD&D quite a bit).

I used to write homebrew for Exalted and I've played some WoD games, but it's not my true passion, except maybe for Changeling the Lost. I had a long-running game of Ars Magica 5e a while ago, which was a tremendous experience and really ignited my interest in more dense, bean-countery games that I had previously been discounting in favor of lighter, more narrative-drama experiences.

I'm not as big a fan of D&D as some, but my partner and I did meet because of 3.5e homebrew, so I do have some positive nostalgia.

Anyway, what about you- what TTRPGs are you interested in? Which ones have you had long or interesting games with? What are you looking forward to playing, or setting up to play?

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  • Yay, some ttrpg talk on beehaw! I'm very interested in non-D&D games/systems, though I'm playing an in-person Curse of Strahd game that's been very fun.

    Outside of that, I've been really loving Blades in the Dark. I'm GMing it online for my friends and TBH, it's been up and down. I think the problems for me are:

    1.) I over explain rules and hand hold my players too much. 2.) The game requires lots of input from players which is difficult for some of them. 3.) I run into the same problems that plague a lot of groups regardless of the system---scheduling, buy-in, etc. 4.) Playing in-person is just better than playing online, personally.

    I know that sounds like I dislike BitD, but I really don't. When the game hits, it really hits! And I find prepping for the game much more fun than DND 5e.

    other games: 1.) I've got Masks and The Wildsea on my bookshelf, but I think I'm going to try playing those games as a player first before introducing it to my friends so that I have a stronger grasp of how it should feel like to play these narrative driven games. 2.) Mousegaurd and Dungeon Crawl Classics are OSR games I want to try, and they might be easier to introduce to Dnd 5e friends. 3.) Ten Candles and Fall of Magic are other narrative driven and mechanics-lite games I'd love to play in-person if given the opportunity! 4.) Lastly, Mothership is one that I'm interested in too

    • Oh my God, yes! I love Masks. I've played several games of it and the mechanics work great for the genre. It may be my favorite superhero TTRPG over all.

      I haven't played BITD yet, by I've played some games in its family. I found it quite fun, it's core mechanics really do encourage you to be indirect, scrappy and willing to skulk. Very fun!

      I haven't heard of the Wildsea, can you tell me more about it?

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