Hello r/rpg! I have had a homebrew setting I've been wanting to toss a group of friends into for ages now. I've worked on it forever and at this point if I don't do anything with it the investment likely will just fizzle out and just be decoration. Problem is I can't settle on a system that best fits in with the setting. Premise is that Poseidon gifted an aspiring inventor with the knowledge of using water for Steam-Powered Machines. Inventor uses this to help build a glorious Acropolis in his honor, but as things would go the Hubris of Man rears its ugly head, and does something that makes P ..read more

In my world magic is not very prominent. There are fantastical things like, fairy’s and undead, but they’re treated more like animals and parts of nature by the worlds inhabitance. Also, there are firearms in my world. So im looking for a system that can check both these boxes. Ill look into every suggestion given. submitted by /u/Poemhub_ [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hey everyone! Im working on a project at the university about RPG and Public History (History WITH the Public, and not History FOR the Public), and im looking for some titles about contemporary history (From the french Revolution to WW1, WW2, Cold War, end so on). Can somebody reccomend me some? Im looking for "realistic" games and not for weird history (zombie, Lovecraft, etc), and not only on war-related titles; everything it cames to mine will do :). Till now ive found: Trincea 1917, Night Witches, First they came, and Grey Ranks. Thanks everyone! submitted by /u/FragFolstag [visit reddit ..read more

Question as above. My favourite overall would have to be Chronicles of Darkness. Not so much math, simple to pick up and understand, and combat reaches the sweet spot of speed, lethality and tactical options for me. What are yours and why? submitted by /u/Vimanys [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm trying to do some research into a rpgs that use a charge up or build up mechnic for actions/powers/abilities. By that I mean mechincs were your character performs some basic actions to generate a resource that is used to pay for more powerful actions. I've something similar in video games, the indie game Casste Beasts use a system like this for action points. submitted by /u/ThriceGreatHermes [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Dear r/RPG, I'm working on a TTRPG mechanic (or possibly a standalone tabletop game) for handling combat in a novel way. I've never heard of a similar game, and I know a fair number — mostly eurogames — though I don't know ones in the traditional wargaming genre, and I'm far from an expert. A friend of mine who's a published professional game developer also didn't know any similar ones. I'd like to try to verify that I'm not replicating something that's been done before. Since my idea is (potentially) novel and still in early development, I don't want to disclose details yet, so I'll ask a bi ..read more

I love tabletops but hate when I use android/PC/PPC for D&D rules, so I want to print white-black PDFs and here is question: Which books of D&D 5e to print? Pov: I already printed basic rules but I want to make my world more colorful and wider submitted by /u/Radiant_Ad6861 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm looking for some RPG scenarios for nazi-occupied europe. I was thinking about setting it in C'thulu universe, but not introducing any eldricht horrors before second/third session, focusing on life under occupation and setting it in a small town of about 10 000 people or so. "Nice" SS officers going full Hans Landa, collaborators, partisans, helping (or not) jewish people, moral decisions etc. all in all, I want scenarios set in Nazi occupied europe that focus on the occupation aspect submitted by /u/Upbeat_Programmer_21 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I am playing D6 with my son because it seems a simple system, where I dont need to use all the rules and I just need some normal D6 dices. Also, the manuals are free, online. Nevetherless, I see almost no one talking about it, no D6 videos on youtube (the ones I see are the same since many months ago for example), so I suppose this is a game played by just some few guys. submitted by /u/Umbalombo [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Latest episode of Dimension 20 (phenominal actual play) had a PC who could only attack once per turn and a lot of her damage relied on attacking, the player expressed how every time they rolled they were filled with dread. To paraphrase Valves Gabe Newel. "Realism is not fun, in the real world I have to make grocery lists, I do not play games to experience reality I play them to have fun." In PbtA style games failing to hit a baddie still moves the narrative forward, you still did something interesting. But in games like D&D, Lancer, Pathfinder etc, failing to hit a baddie just means you ..read more