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?
My friends and I started off playing D&D 3.5e in high school and college. We played it a lot over the years. Eventually we started playing 5e, and that’s mainly what we play today (on the rare occasions we actually sit down and play).
I had a friend who enjoyed experimenting with other systems like “GURPS” and “Swords & Wizardry”. We only ever played a few sessions with “Swords & Wizardry” but I enjoyed it a lot. It was an extremely lethal system where players were encouraged to be clever rather than solving problems through comat, since players weren’t particularly powerful compared to your typical monster or NPC.
Most recently, another friend introduced us to “Apocalypse World”, which we really enjoyed. We originally were just gonna play a one-shot, but wound up having a dozen or so sessions to keep the story going.
I got really into GURPS about a month ago, absolutely fascinated by the interlocking systems!
My partner is a big fan of “Apocalypse World,” and we haven’t go around to playing it together. However, she loves how it creates drama and really drives a story.