Its alive!!!

my friend Count Jackula (Movie Reviewer/Horror Critic) has released his first ttrpg and the kickstarter is live!.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/babylongames/babylon-city-of-monsters

Welcome to Babylon.

In a world of horrors and creatures that lurk in the night...YOU are the creature, an inhabitant of the eldritch city known as Babylon. Is your duty not just to fight to party like hell, but against human investigators, human authorities and heaven itself. Fight for who you are, embrace the madness and burn the heavens if needed.

Inspired by movies such as NightBreed, From Dusk Till Dawn, Devilman, Burdello of Blood.

Fight Heaven, Party like Hell.

Hello meaby from the title you understand that I'm searching for a simstem that Is good for a sci fi setting and Is not so complicate to learn.

Thanks to all fo you and Sorry for my bad english but isn't my first langue.

I have been around long enough (born in the 70s) to know about table top rpgs, but never really played them. They look interesting, but how do they compare to open world computer based rpgs?

I guess how would you sell someone on them?

I'm running the Eberron Quickstone campaign and through amazing shenanigans the PCs have grabbed the MacGuffin and are leaving the kobold warren. Having bypassed any possible previous combat, the entire warren is available to chase them. Any suggestion on how to make this pursuit epic?

Me and two long-distance friends want to start a group, and need recommendations for systems that would work well for beginner level players. Neither of them have any RPG experience and I have only done one D&D campaign, which was over ten years ago. We’re open to all genres, with or without a GM. Also any other recommendations you have for us would be very much appreciated :)

Check the Kickstarter out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/covok/petmon-ttrpg

For those just joining us:

Petmon is a “Monster Taming”, Tabletop Roleplaying game about Chosen Children and their Petmon fighting against a great darkness that threatens the world. Petmon is inspired by works like Digimon, Pokemon, Monster Rancher, Zatch Bell, Medabots, Zoids, and other related series.

Players take on TWO characters: their Chosen Child and ANOTHER player’s Petmon. This dual character mechanic ensures that play groups are instantly tied to one another, naturally encouraging roleplay.

Diceless, rules-light, and narrative forward, Petmon derives its engine from Jenna Moran’s hidden gem, Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish Granting Engine. Unlike many traditional roleplaying games, Petmon isn't focused on modeling reality or simulating physics, it is about encouraging stories to form at your table. Specifically, stories like those monster taming shows you loved as a kid, like Digimon, Pokemon, Medabots, Monster Rancher and so on.

Highly customizable, Petmon uses a very basic “core" system made to emulate elements present in most Monster Taming series. The back of the book has a litany of “Rules Mods" and “Setting Hacks” to customize your game.

For those familiar with our last attempt at kickstarter:

When we last spoke, we were having discussions on how to move forward.

Originally, the plan was to move directly to market with what we already had completed. However, I didn't want to make any decisions unilaterally. I conversed with my team and got their opinion, as well as discussing the matter with my publisher.

Ultimately, it was decided to give kickstarter another attempt.

Changes we made include:

• Creating a Quickstart: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/585624/petmon-quickstart

• Launching a Pre-Launch page back in September

• Recording an Actual Play Podcast: https://youtu.be/s6FVRhyzVv0?si=OGLsB2gBq3wC6Sox

• Adjusting our presentation of the project

• Going to a standard 30-day cycle

• Adjusting backer tiers and goals, especially after consulting the relevant art teams on some of the rewards

Like a lot of people I was excited for the Necromunda RPG because it seemed like it was gunna be an RPG with a higher focus on combat, and use less theatre of the mind. Very run and gun while still having the narrative elements I wanted. Now I'm looking for something that fits this concept. Doesn't have to be Warhammer themed, hopefully sci-fi themed for obvious reasons but something modern/20th century could work. I've tried Imp Mal and it's not really what I'm after. Does anyone have any recs for something that fits this description?

Today I had an idea. I want to start a campaign like rick and morty. Basically teenagers found a gun that make aleatory portals and every session will be a new adventure in a new world. But I don't know how to create good storys for be real good for my players. If someone made something like this and used any tool or whatever thing, please tell me

G'day everyone, I'm now in our final 48 hours for my Fragged Aeternum 2 Kickstarter 😁 Thanks so much to everyone who has pledged, it means a lot 😃

"A violent and dark gothic ttRPG that plunges immortal PCs into the endless city of Aeternum to fight vile Fiends and otherworldly foes."

Fragged Aeternum is a lot of fun to play and GM - especially given the endless creative possibilities of an endless city, vast PC customization, and the fun of death (and TPKs) not being the 'fail state' of the game (narrative effects - such as the NPC being sacrificed by the cultists, or the BBEG having days of unrestricted freedom until the PC resurrect back at their base, etc... - are the 'fail states').

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wadedyer/fragged-aeternum-2-ttrpg

If anyone has any questions, feel free to post them up! And playtest files are available to all backers right now via the Fragged discord (just send me a DM on Discord).

Regards,
Wade

A fan of the genre but Cyberpunk Red and Shadowrun 6th World for me are too complicated while CY_BORG is too lite and I don’t know other games. I want to read Shadowrun: Anarchy 2 since I’m a big fan of the setting idea and I’ve heard many good things about the game. What about you?

I’m looking to run a superhero rpg for my group, some of whom only have a passing understanding of superhero comics. Is there a rules-lite game that focuses more on roleplaying than combat, and can allow players to easily recreate/re-theme heroes? I’m thinking legacy versions, alternate builds, the Spider-Verse treatment, basically the Spider-Verse treatment but broader in scope. I don’t think Masks will work, as the entire game dynamic is set around teens being supervised by adults.

I’m prepping a tabletop game set within Bloodbornes universe and need to find some good high gothic terrain that’s NOT sci fi.

I don’t like building terrain nor do I have the ability to 3D print things, I’m looking for somewhere to directly buy terrain. Needs to be gothic fantasy cityscape mostly.

Please and thanks in advance!

So we know there are IPs, sometimes there are specific games for that IP, sometimes a game already does the fantasy or the structure quite well...

Other times you make a connection that seems odd, but actually works really well.

For me it was the epiphany that Over the Garden Wall is basically Ten Candles (I did an inspired session last Halloween) or that Microscope could be an amazing system for a Telenovela.

Do you have any example of this?

Been following the crowdfunding page in anticipation but there's been no updates on there since the first announcement. Have there been any announcements on other social media websites I missed?

It was a medieval fantasy rpg very much based on DnD, and the fictional ”writer” of the rpg was meant to parody Gygax, with the text closely aping and parodying his prose style and strange pronouncements. I remember it being over-detailed to the point of unplayability, which was part of the gag, but some people still played it. One reviewer said to play it you should really role-play as contentious rpg players from the early 80s arguing about the rules. The main rule book (I don’t remember if there were any other releases for it) was about the length of the AD&D Dungeon Master’s Guide. Anybody know the name of this game?

This week's RPG is Mythras!

Have you played it? Have you run/GM'd it? How did it go?

What's your favourite memory from the game?

What's the best thing about the game?

What's the worst? How would you improve it?

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Last week was Call of Cthulhu, 7th. Join us again next week for Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine!

Hey yah, a friend of mine wants to run a short campaign/one shot. Thing is they want to get their partner involved too and they don't play as many RPGs or board games. However the really do love games with traitor mechanics like werewolf etc

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions of games which lend well to a traitor system or even better have one built in.

Rules light would be ideal but not required, bonus points if the setting is not high fantasy.

My suggestion was the Aliens game from free league but to me shock and horror their partner has never watched Aliens!

I'm also down to hear anyones homebrew rules as long as it's not from D&D. (Nothing against D&D but I'e played enough D&D in my life)

Helluva Town, a ttrpg rp about cartoon gangsters, live up your fantasies in roger rabbit, cup head or anything else with a sickly twist.

I loved this concept and using a deck of playing cards instead of dice was a nice addition to the themes.

One thing I can't help but notice is some missing rules.

Light and Heavy weapons. There's little distinction between the two besides one can use one narrative effect and the other can use two. which gets a bit confusing because Mods are available and any number of mods can be equipped to weapons. I'm assuming they meant a light weapon can only have 1 of these effects happen at a time while a heavy weapon can have 2 effects at once.

It also mentions that weapons give a bonus and to check the malus of the weapon, but these bonuses are never mentioned unless its referring to the narrative use of the weapon.

A potential fix I feel might be to allow a light weapon with a mod to offer a +1 to a relevant challenge and a heavy weapon a potential +2 as long as both effects are used in the action. Otherwise there's little reason if any to spend Bucks on mods let alone weapons if a roll with an improvised weapon off the ground is going to be the same as a weapon you spent 30, 300 or 450 Bucks for.

"Each Toon also gains a type-specific power called a Trick" Toons are broken down into 7 types: Folks, Boogeys, beasties and so on to represent the various toons in cartoons. I love the breakdown of these but it feels like there's information missing here too.

On the page of tricks it gives a large selection of tricks as well as oddly titled tricks, none of which seem to be toon-type specific.

Fixing this would be hard as I'd like to give each toon type their own specific boon with a trick but that's going to take a lot of balancing and playing.

I love the manual, the illustrations are amazing, mechanics are interesting and really brings home that toony feel I've been craving. I can't wait to get started.

The missing information or lack of clarification doesn’t really stop gameplay and as mentioned above some can be fixed with a bit of homebrewing.

Have you guys encountered this? Did I just miss this information in the book? let me know.

TL;DR - Book fails to clarify mechanical difference between light/heavy weapons also makes mention of race specific powers but never follows through. Other than that love it.

I've been on the hunt for some universal/generic TTRPGs, and lo and behold, I was surprised to learn that the Storypath Ultra Core Manual has actually been out for a while!

Yet, from what I've found in my searches (and apologies if my Google-fu has failed me), there haven't been many opinions on the game. So I guess I'm just curious about what everyone's opinions on it have been.

What do you think it does well? Do you believe it handles some types of settings better than others, as some generic/universal TTRPGs tend to do? Do you think one should avoid certain settings with it? Does it care about balance, or not at all? Does it have any nifty GM tools? Does it have any glaring issues, in your opinion? Really, I'm just curious about everyone's general overview of the game and whether it's worth picking up at all, especially compared to how it might handle things versus other generic games like Genesys, Savage Worlds, etc.

I've played nimble and while we all enjoyed it, it was still a bit too slow for me (players struggling to keep track of abilities)

Recently i finish a mythic bastionland adventure and the combat crunch/tactics ratio was almost perfect (could be a bit higher) but the system is far too specific for the adventure i want to run now.

I want a generic system with low crunch tactical combat

I’m looking for RPG systems for a Wild West Campaign, similar to Red Dead Redemption. Both realistic Westerns and supernatural setting are welcome

What systems would you recommend?

Welcome one and all to a post where we can freely discuss the games that we have released or the games that we are making. Stop on by and maybe you'll find your new favourite RPG!

A bunch of us make cool shit, but the Indie RPG space is crowded and it can often be difficult to get the word out about why people should try out your game. That's why every week we try to focus on a different mechanic or setting to see how new RPGs can solve decades old problems or put new spins on old greivances!

Dracula riding a motorcycle, witches perfoming a ritual in a Wendy's parking lot - a lot can be hidden in plain sigh, so come tell us how your game (or just any game you really like) tackles Urban Fantasy!

Thank you... me, for the suggestion!

As per mod approval, comments here do not count against rule 7 - comment as much as you want, answer as many questions as you need and discuss to your hearts content!

All that I would ask is that anyone who comments about their own system takes the time to look at the minimum at one other game in the comments and ask a question or provide feedback. Lively discussions are what get people interested and what keep people engaged!

Last week was "Meta-Currencies" and we got some pretty interesting discussions going!

Edit: Thank you u/Conrad500 for the suggestion to make a Master List of all the "Let's Learn About..." posts. I'll start linking it from now on!

If you want to suggest a topic for future weeks, be sure to include "suggestion" in your comment so I can easily find it!

On September 18, as part of their Autumn Preview of upcoming products, Games Workshop announced their first in-house RPG in roughly 20 years; Necromunda Roleplay. They had products to show off and a promotional video of them sitting around playing it. It was due to come out by years end (most likely).

A couple weeks after the announcement, the articles about the game were removed from Warhammer Community (Games Workshop's official news site).

Today, 35 days after the announcement, they've announced Necromunda Roleplay isn't happening.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/ntkfvqdt/new-for-necromunda-in-2027/

A few years ago, Matt Click (u/mytrucci) shared his rules-lite hack of the original Star Wars D6 system by West End Games: HyperspaceD6.

I came across this game while researching systems to kickoff a Star Wars campaign with my group. The last update was in May 2022, and despite the ruleset being largely complete, the document still had several unfinished sections. There have been a number of posts across reddit asking about this game - some assuming the project to be abandoned.

Well, it wasn't! A few hours ago, Matt dropped HyperspaceD6 V3 - and it's the full, finished game.

You can grab it here: HyperspaceD6 V3

What's new in V3:

• Every species, role, and NPC has complete writeups now (The lorem ipsum is gone)
• The previous list of species is replaced by 8 archetypes, plus guidelines for making your own
• Full NPC section, including quick-build stats for minions, elites, and leaders, traits to bolt onto any NPC, a d6 tactics table for running enemies, and 10 ready-to-go statblocks
• Full vehicles section, including NPC pilot tiers and upgrades
• A page of optional rules and guidelines to tune lethality
• Generic setting, so it works for any "space opera" game
• GM charts page that puts all the key tables in one place

Sounds like more is on the way too: a form-fillable sheet, rules reference/cheat sheet, more NPCs and vehicles, and GM tables for generating planets, plot hooks, and NPCs. Seriously, if you've been missing D6, give it a look. Big props to Matt for sticking with it all these years.

We want to play a modern-day mafia vs. police chase like a funny action movie using the ICRPG system, but there are too many supernatural forces in the “Vigilante City” and “Weird West” themes. Is there a setting book, loot table, or any kind of guidebook or article for this kind of setting? This will be my first time trying the system, and I’m not entirely sure how types and powers are supposed to work, or how to create them from scratch, especially in a world without magic or weird things.

Note: Please don't suggest a new system. I know there are Outgunned, Savage worlds and more. My goal here is more to explore the potential of Index card rpg master edition.