One of my challenges as a player in any game that isn’t D&D (and thus a reason I love D&D) is that I feel like I’m always aiming at the “wrong” level of PC coolness and influence in the setting. I almost never feel like I “fit.”
Trail of Cthulhu, Pulp CoC, and Pendragon are notable exceptions!
And ofc I am pleased to expand on anything from my list. :)
I am interested but mentally overwhelmed today. I would love to set aside a little time next week, give or take. :)
I really appreciate you taking the time. It’s cool to see it through your eyes, even just a little. :)
1 like = 1 TTRPG in my library
(And quote this, #ttrpysky. I want to know what's in your TTRPG library too!)
(Don't think I will get much traffic either.)
“Bitch, turn off the zombies!”
Swords of the Serpentine
This has been in the top 3 or so of my games I want to get to the table for at least several years now. The Defenders of Daybreak Story Hour on ENWorld cemented Eversink as a Cool Place for Adventure in my mind a very long time ago now.
The One Ring, 1st and 2nd editions, with a fair few supplements for each.
Came SO close to getting to play this, then there was a pandemic thing, you might have heard about it on the news
Oh, that sounds amazing!
Shadow of the Demon Lord
I've played one session of this, run by @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social for a table full of weirdos at GenCon in, uh, 2018?
We played 0th-level schlubs and had a great time.
Dread
I still haven't played Dread in its own right, but the Jenga tower mechanic was used as the wizardry spellcasting mechanic in a LARP that I played for five years, so I got *really* good at Jenga.
I respect that it works for you, but I can't follow that line of reasoning to any fun outcomes - it approaches becoming a zero-player game if the crucial choices become, essentially, save vs bad idea.
my days of disappointing you through my inaccuracies must surely be coming to a middle
;)
Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne (Pendragon but for the Matter of France)
it's out of its shrink-wrap, at least. I don't mean to imply that I've read it, though I have at least skimmed a few pages.
Did I mention that collecting books is its own hobby...?
Fantasy Wargaming
Yes, I own a copy of this.
I remember reading it when I was around 13, because my friend's dad also had a copy, and I was just as perplexed then as now, if perhaps somewhat differently so.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy...
That's really cool. I love them all for caring. =)
Dungeon World
My gaming groups are very not into PBTA, as a rule, so I have never gotten this anywhere even vaguely near the table.
Fair enough! I wouldn't know the causes, and it does bring me joy to know that it found some fans.
Unknown Armies 3rd edition
Rabbit wrote an introductory scenario, The Violence Inherent in the System, for this! We ran a session zero for this... and then never got back to it.
Witchblood
I expect that this will be a hit with my gaming groups, if and when I get it to the table!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
Paranoia - a book or two across a few different editions, and a main game set from what must at least be a recent edition
I've played two sessions of Paranoia and enjoy it immensely when run by a GM who knows what they're doing and with a group of players who don't go TOO hard on the ZAP!-ness.
Skulduggery one
Reign 2e (Realms and Rules)
Rabbit and I worked on the Realities book, and I look forward to the day that it can take its place of honor on the shelf.
We had a lot of fun working on our setting! Someday I will make Rabbit run it for folks!
Grim Tales
This 3.x D&D variant is for those who want a grittier, deadlier, math-ier D&D. I am intrigued with many of the ideas but have less than no interest in that from my player group.
Dying Earth Roleplaying Game
I have two copies of this, for obscure reasons. I have never done anything with either of them.
I really like the Dying Earth stories I've read, except that I get a bit bogged down in Cugel's story. Turjan of Miir is my dude, tho.
I have no direct experience of Runequest at all - not to put work on you, but if you felt like saying more, I would love to hear the good, the bad, and the whatever else.
Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City (2e) by @wizardthieffighter.bsky.social
My work on this book is limited to the pages of the index, but I read the book in process of that work and immediately fell in love with its explosive creativity.
www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/uvg...
Talisman Adventures Fantasy Roleplaying Game
This one breaks my heart, because I worked on all of these books and enjoyed the direction we were developing in. I wish they'd found enough of an audience for GW not to pull the license and end the line.
If you ever find a copy, I hope you like it too.
(specifically I hate the extreme superiority of Size and Strength over other stats, which makes the racial adjustments to ability scores a huge problem; and the fact that half of the stats on my character sheet amount to saving throws to avoid losing control of the character)
Pendragon
The copy I have is 5.2 edition and still shrink-wrapped. I have played many years of Pendragon, run by @ianlemke.bsky.social in the long-long-ago.
Absolutely phenomenal characters and story. Mechanics that half the table loathed at the other half just didn't think about.
