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I thought it would be interesting to talk about things in the cyberpunk genre, from television shows and novels to TTRPGs and video games. I am going to start with two statements that might be a little controversial. 1) Westworld Season 3 is a really good cyberpunk story, and (probably more...

Some games have really great subsystems and mechanics that can be used in other games. What's your favorite? How do you adapt it? I really like the Dragonbane initiative system. It is a simple set of cards going from 1-10 that get doled out to the PCs and any monsters/groups of monsters. Boss...

At the suggestion of @Whizbang Dustyboots I am listening to the wonderful Empire of Blue Water, and (unsurprisingly) it has me thinking about TTRPG campaigns centered around pirates. So, tell us about yours! What game system did you use? Was it "realistic" from a logistics and sailing...

I am currently preparing a convention game in which the player characters are superheroes in a aetherpunk/magictech city (using Daggerheart) and one of the key conceits is that the PCs (and the villains) are the only "superpowered" characters in the setting. Basically, the PCs will be 5th level...

A spell name, a class, an adventure, a monster, whatever. Change a letter or a word. Make puns. Commit word crimes. You know how this works. Ex: Magic Mussle.

Spinning this out of the 6E thread because, well it isn't about 6E. Anyway -- much is often made of "player skill" and "OSR" and how modern games are just button mashing. I don't really buy this as a generational divide: I think people in the 70s could rely on their character sheets, and I...

On a scale of 1-10. EDIT: where 1 is the worst and 10 is the best. Just a simple, non-scientific poll. Of course, if you have more nuanced opinions, that's what the thread is for! EDIT: Also, I made sure you can change your vote, for the wishy washy among us.

As a separate thing from sandboxes or theme parks. This is one of those threadss where I am literally just thinking on the keyborad, so I am excited to see what other folks think of the idea. In other words, we're just spitballing here. So you oftne here "open" play environments described as...

It can be a classic adventure, a monster, a spell, a class, or anything else that is iconic of D&D. Otherwise you know how this works. ---------- I'm here to play the lute and [---] dragons, and I lost my lute.

Link to the redband trailer.

I am specifically talking about games that did not get much support when they came out, because they flew under the radar or did not sell well, or whatever. So no Earthdawns or Shadowruns or Palladium RPGs. If something already has had multiple editions, it doesn't qualify for the purposes of...

That other thread is about system, so I would liek to keep that discussion out of this thread. here, I am more interested in what you think makes for a good superhero campaign. What style of supers works best for you? What sorts of adventures? What sorts of PCs? What have your most successful...

I know, I know. "Another 6E Thread?!?" Yes. But I want to keep it positive. If you love 5E (either flavor, or any other edition) that's awesome! Congratulations, you have your game. However, i (and I asssume some other folks) would like to see the next iteration of D&D. For my part, I like 5E...

A couple posts in the con GMing thread got me thinking about the X Card. I have never seen it used in actual play, or used it myself. I run a decent amount of con games and have run games at stores and other public situations, and it has never come up. Have you used it? Have you had it used in...

[DISCLAIMER: Way back in the day I worked on Gamma World d20. Despite lots of people hating on that version, I am proud of that work and think it was a good iteration of GW -- better than the Alternity version, worse than 1995 4E.) If WotC decided to put out a new version of gamma world based...

As some folks may know, I feel the need to take little breaks from EN World every once in a while. It is a "It's not you, it's me" situation (except when it is definitely you), but even so. Anyway, despite the need for these breaks, I must have gaming discussions and such in my life. And I am...

I have this secret desire to run a Star Wars game that recasts all the main characters as whatever the players come up with and just drive forward and see what happens. Known pop-culture universes like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or Buffy are fun to play games in. But what happens when you...

I am an engineer now, but long ago in another life I got a degree in English Literature. Once of things that I have always carried forward from that education was the idea that it is important -- required, even -- to think about what you think about things. When conducting analysis or criticism...

Freinds you haven't seen in a while ask you to run a TTRPG for them TONIGHT. You have nothing prepared, but access to your TTRPG collection/library/whatever. They are ambivalent about what game to play, and you think they will like whatever you run. So, what do you run? What is your go-to pick...

Spinning this out of the Daggerheart thread and making it more general. When considering a particular process in play, how many steps is too many. For example, in D&D, the process of attacking is: roll to hit, compare to AC, roll damage, apply damage. In Daggerheart, the process is similar...