Whether it be due to scheduling, lack of interested players, or some other reason, what’s an RPG system you’re just hoping to get to the table one of these days but haven’t been able to yet?
I’m most excited to play Worlds Without Numbers. I ran a short Stars Without Numbers and really liked it. Running a similar system in the Latter Earth setting is really exciting.
Also… Lancer, Mausritter, knave second edition, Cities, Without Number, and Call of Cthulhu. The list keeps growing
Same here, WWN and SWN are the top systems I want to mess around with.
Cities without Number is my favourite game that I’ve run in the past 10 years, I hope you get the chance to try it out.
Highly recommend it to anyone who wants a cyberpunk/ grime-sci-fi game, who also doesn’t want to deal with Shadowrun’s crunch.I’ve played (ran) a decent amount of SWN, read WWN but haven’t ran it, and am SUPER STOKED for CWN. So glad to hear you enjoyed running it so much! What would you say makes it so enjoyable?
It was my first *WN game, so it could just be the basic system itself. Letting players choose the attribute/Skill before the role had been great for my group.
Things like letting a bruiser use talk+STR to threaten someone lets more players participate in more situations. Also, not having modifiers so high that rolling basically doesn’t matter is such a nice change.
you’re making it more difficult to decide if the next game I run will be Worlds Without number or Cities Without Number haha. I haven’t sat down and read through any of the kickstarter materials for CWN yet but, I’ll have to make time for it. Maybe I could get away with combining them somehow. At least it sounds like the series of “without numbers” should be mostly cross compatible
I’ve got this copy of Shadowrun: Anarchy that I’ve not even read, but if it reads well I might want to try it sometime… if I can ever find people. xD
I run a group that runs one-shots most weeks, so I usually get to at least try most games i’m interested in.
However, there are a few RPGs more suited to campaigns that i’ve never gotten around to trying. Two that come to mind:
- Ars Magica
- Pendragon
So so many, honestly! “So many games/books/etc. and yet so little time” truly is the story of my life.
Currently at the top of my list are DIE PRG and Colostle though, followed by Wildsea and Household.
I want to try blades in the dark, I just love the idea of the flashback mechanic. Also, I’ve ran a good amount of PF2e, but never got to play it.
Worlds Without Number, Black Sword Hack, Hell Night, Zweihander
Frankly, I’d really like to play D&D 5e, but I can’t get anyone else to DM. Same for Call of Cthulhu 7e.
As far as systems I haven’t run before, I’m interested to see what MCDM’s system turns out to be.
Stars without Numbers seems cool (though I do prefer a system that lets me use dice I can’t find in a Monopoly box).
I own, but have not played (player or GM) the Avatar Legends system. It looks very lovingly put together, but I wish it hadn’t been built on Fate.
I’ve also got a neat little indie(?) system called Upwind that is very narrative focused, and has players sort of bet on suggested conflict outcomes against the GM with a hand of cards. Very interesting, but I haven’t had the bandwidth to get ready to run it for anyone.
Re: SWN just saying, you use the full array of TTRPG dice. D20s for attacks and various other dice for weapon damage rolls
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. I’ve played it before, but I really want to run it myself.
I’m also interested in either playing or running Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition. I’ve run the regular first edition Black Hack, but I much prefer the overt Sword & Sorcery style of BSH.
I’ve been meaning to run a Savage Worlds game for the longest time, mostly hoping for a Weird West, classic fantasy or a XCOM/SCP kinda game, but nothing has ever come of it.
Savage Worlds has been in my orbit for a while but I’ve never played it or ran it. I’m working on a Weird West campaign at the moment that will likely be played in Genesys but I’ve been reading and stealing from Savage Worlds things along the way.
Essence20. I want to join or run a Power Rangers game.
Some of these I have/am running as a GM, so it’s mostly “in what game do I want to be a player in”? Shadowrun, Traveller, Symbaroum, Rogue Trader, Warhammer Fantasy RPG, Cyberpunk RED and/or 2020, Star Trek Adventures
Would really like a chance to play Shadowrun and Cyberpunk RED/2020 as well but at this point I’m settling to play a Cyberpunk campaign in Genesys.
- Forbidden Lands
- Swords of the Serpentine
- Ultraviolet Grasslands
- Delta Green
- Trophy Dark
- Electric Bastionland
Burning Wheel is my #1 system I’ll never get to play (as a player) cause I can’t get anyone else to read the required 600+ pages to GM it…
Is is really that bad? Are there any kickstarts, starter sets, or beginner boxes that could ease people into it?
Pretty much any at this point, but I currently don’t have the free time for any, to say nothing of knowing anyone to play with.
I’m especially interested in Dicefunk’s modified DnD rules though.
- Barbarians of Lemuria
- Forbidden Lands
- Hillfolk
- Mythras
- Lancer
- ICON
- Eclipse Phase 1e
- Worlds Without Number
- Shadow of the Weird Wizard
- Swords of the Serpentine
There are probably a lot more that I’m forgetting at the moment, but these have been on my mind a lot lately. Everyone’s gravitated toward D&D5e for the last ~10 years, so I haven’t had a lot of chances to play in or run campaigns in many other systems.
