Tabletop RPGs/story-building games - beyond D&D

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that makes so much more sense than what i was imagining, which was swiping left and right on rulesets

Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link

five months pass...

For a couple of months, I've been playing a GM-less version of The Pool, an early story game. It's been fun and a really interesting demolition of some of my conceptions about rpgs. It's one of the oldest new school games - your character is just a 50 word short story from which you assign dice from your pool as traits (i.e "lost his family +1"). Every few sessions you add 15-30 words to your story and can introduce new traits or change existing ones. If one of your traits applies to an action, you get extra dice in the roll. If you make your roll, you get to narrate the results - if not, the other players narrate the result. Everyone can introduce NPCs and play them at various times.

The biggest change is trying to play this game GM-less, which has really pulled back the curtain and exposed what it is a GM actually needs to do or not do. The game is so rules-lite that the only structure, the only game part that isn't pure imagination, is when you roll dice. The hardest part is trying to introduce new plot points without a GM - once things get going the improvisation takes over and things flow pretty well, but it can be difficult to get the ball rolling when there is no leader (GM) to tell you when to roll. Still, it's been great.

Still want to give Mörk Börg a try sometime.

i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 11:53 (two years ago) link

Still going with our WFRP campaign. About to hit our two year anniversary and session 65.

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 05:23 (two years ago) link

eleven months pass...

I've never been interested in PBP rpgs, but I've been playing in one (actually we finished one and are on the second) on Discord for the more than three months. It's maybe the most fun I've had playing an rpg in a long while.

Right now it feels like we have a long way to go in this one and it's going to be a perfect winter activity as it's set in a sort of 1930's alpine setting with some Balkan flourishes, fantasy elements (spells), and pseudo-dungeons with ancient technology. The vibe is alternating between cozy and brutal.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 22 September 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link

that should say, "fantasy elements (spells and undead)"

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 22 September 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link

six months pass...

Still playing the alpine/Balkan PBP game. What a journey.

I have really enjoyed running Trophy Gold, which is sort of an OSR-ish story game. It feels like an early D&D game where death is around every corner, but it is zero prep and no stress. It turns out I am much better as a high-improv GM than I ever was as a high-prep GM.

We had a lot of rolls last night - maybe 8 in three hours - but I have also had sessions with a single roll. Every roll is high stakes and can change the story dramatically.

The highest complement I can give is that it's the closest I've felt to what gaming was like as a young kid since that time.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 23:17 (eight months ago) link

two months pass...

Free RPG Day happening this Saturday, June 24th

https://freerpgday.com

Happening a lot of places on the globe, check your FLGS

Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 21 June 2024 20:37 (five months ago) link

three months pass...

Anyone played any of the ttrpgs in this bundle?

https://itch.io/b/2295/ttrpgs-for-palestine

reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 01:46 (two months ago) link

Wanderhome is supposed to be good.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:31 (two months ago) link


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