I tried 15 RPGs to save YOU time! (and for fun)

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"Not enough time" is the main obstacle to trying roleplaying games besides Dungeons & Dragons, so as a dear sacrifice to this community, I played a ton of games. Let's summarize their basics and give you everything you need to try one TODAY! ▶️ Links below! ⏬
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Deathbringer Rules Pamphlet: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...
DC20 Alpha Rules: thedungeoncoach.com/products/...
Dagger Heart Playtest: darringtonpress.com/daggerheart/
Cairn Core Rulebook: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...
EZD6 Core Rulebook: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...
Skate Wizards Core Rulebook: michaelchsiung.itch.io/skate-...
Goons & Ghosts Core Rulebook: www.jpcoovert.com/shop/goons-...
Candela Obscura Quickstart: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...
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00:00 my favorite dnd-like RPGs from last year
04:18 how to actually try out one of these games!
05:19 more fun, gritty dnd-like RPGs
06:35 epic fantasy RPGs!
08:11 how to see some exclusive dagger heart stuff!
08:37 my top recommendation for non-dnd fantasy rules
09:29 more easy games with a variety of fun themes :)
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@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

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@diglettunnel.kaneko 4 месяца назад

i was thinking about a room made basically of projector screens the shine from the outside in on clear sheets like the monitor from the first invisible pc setup and making like a pip boy to roll when you are anywhere on the board with timers and health and more with pulleys to fly with and rc monsters that have projectors to show attack range and animations and then i would make spells and abilities working somehow

@theDMsCraft 4 месяца назад

Thanks Bob for mentioning my little game. Great exposure for all the fantastic games out there.

@IraRomfh 4 месяца назад

My favorite game purchase last year. I can't wait for the Wastes!

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

My pleasure! Thank Runehammer for running a fun one shot of it at the cabin! :)

@chrismlazgar8399 4 месяца назад

I’ve been playing EZD6 and it is sooo much fun! The crit chains are amazing and magic is dangerous and powerful

@drew-g-b3180 4 месяца назад

By far my favourite game. Would love a full review of it Bob!!

@redd_Jack 4 месяца назад

The only game i play right now. Truly a gem

@torenatkinson1986 4 месяца назад

0:37 D&D 1:30 Shadowdark 2:43 Dungeon Crawl Classics 3:45 X Crawl Classics 5:20 Index Card RPG 6:00 Deathbringer 6:38 DC20 7:30 Daggerheart 8:37 Cairn 9:33 EZD6 10:17 Skate Wizards 11:02 Goons and Ghosts 11:53 Candela Obscura 12:43 Monster of the Week 13:24 The Cypher System

@ikkecool8525 4 месяца назад

We played 'the end of the world' this summer. It's an TTRPG where you play as yourself, and when deciding you scores there is a point buy system. After which everyone get's to vote if your stats in certain things should be higher or lower. You also get to choose 3 things per stat that you're extra good (or bad) at (like kicking in doors for strenght or solving sudoku puzzles for logic) When the characters are done you start the game at your table, ye ms the characters in game start where you start, wearing whatever you are wearing. And it goes from there. We raided our local DIY store for supplies, went to the amusement park to kill some zombie overlord. Stole a truck to get to the forest. Really fun game, we'll play it again sometime, at someone else's house :).

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

That sounds really fun!

@frankb3347 4 месяца назад

It would be cool to have a RPG of the month series. Where every month you do a deep dive on a different game. With as many RPGs as there are such a series could last decades.

@jaimerivera2382 4 месяца назад

Sojourn, Worlds without Number, By this Axe, Savage Worlds, Wicked Ones, Fantasy Age, 13th Age, Mork Borg, Vast Grimm, and Red Giant are all worth a glance, too.

@yurirobin 4 месяца назад

I would love to see Bob's review on Worlds Without Number!

@kongu12395 4 месяца назад

WWN is an incredible book and an all right system. Very easy to run and prep for since then book dedicated like 80% of itself to GM tools. I like how your characters are essentially random rolled and how the power scaling is pretty grounded. It feels like the sweet spot between 5e and DCC with the complexity of neither.

@IgthornOfDrekmore 4 месяца назад

Big same! Particularly for Fantasy AGE and the other AGE based games.

@danielvanderlugt9273 Месяц назад

These are some great suggestions, really looking forward to a large 'database' of compiled systems just like this video. There's also the Champions TTRPG, to add to the list (3d6 roll below your own attribute), which also offers way more varied character creation.

@chimera7441 4 месяца назад

It warms my heart that you tenaciously keep on pushing DCC. It's a fantastic game that deserves all the love. DC20 looks promising!

@csernobillahun 4 месяца назад

Can you try "Mistborn Adventure Game" and make a video about it, so I can use that video to convince my friends to play with me? :D

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

Whoa I had no idea that was a thing! Looking forward to Stormlight RPG, but I haven't read any Mistborn haha, my wife and some friends have though, so maybe they'd jump in to run it :)

@Tom-uf7pr 4 месяца назад

I would click that video so fast lol. And Bob, please do yourself a favour and read those books! You only need the first 3 if you want to cover the entire setting of the game.

@BigBadSam1234 4 месяца назад

Bob you definitely should read Mistborn. I love Era one!

@danroberts007 4 месяца назад

The magic system in the Mistborn novels is quite cool and would lend itself to creative role playing. I don’t know how they implemented it, but I’m sure it won’t be like D&D.

@csernobillahun 4 месяца назад

@@danroberts007 The rules are qute fluid, very roleplay driven, if you wrote on your character sheat that you are were circus jugler, then a situation comes up where you need to trow a small object in a particular way, then you just say "actually, since I was a jugler I think I shuld get an extra die to do this" and the DM will be like: sure have another die! (It's a D6 dice pool system)

@Diamondarrel 4 месяца назад

Hey Bob, great video! Given that you mentioned the PbtA family, I'd have also said that Candela Obscura is part of the "Forged in the Dark" one; helps with spreading the word about these big families of great games.

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

Thanks and good point!

@Runehammer1 4 месяца назад

the era of the handheld mic has come. and i love it

@lilcwa 4 месяца назад

Glad you finally took an opportunity to do a deeper dive into the Runehammer offerings, Index Card RPG and DM Scotty’s EZD6. Both are standouts for their ease of learning, versatility, player and GM empowerment, and overall high level of fun at the table. I hope you continue to explore and present these ruleset options.

@IronShepherd5771 4 месяца назад

Agree, cool to see ICRPG on here! Wish he gave a more detailed opinion on what he liked/didnt like. Especially how he views the Effort, inventory and progression systems.

@JPCoovert 4 месяца назад

Wooo! So happy to hear you ran some Goons & Ghosts!!!

@Triceratopping 4 месяца назад

I've been playing non-D&D games for about 20 years, and Bob's excitement at discovering there's more to the hobby than WotC is just very wholesome.

@TheArcaneLibrary 4 месяца назад

This video is amazing, Bob. You went on a fantastic tour of the TTRPG world this year!

@bentorell 4 месяца назад

Excited to hear that you're checking out Mausritter! It's one of my favorite physical products that I own. If you like the Mausritter/Cairn style of play, I highly recommend checking out Liminal Horror, which is an investigative horror hack of Cairn. The adventures for it are wonderful (I suggest checking out The Bloom).

@jonathansmith2791 4 месяца назад

THANKS! part 2 of this could be "my favorite is this" and the "easiest to learn for your group is this" would be great and helpful. I am almost done with my 3 year 5E campaign but would like to introduce another game when they party "sleeps" with my next campaign... just trying to find an easy and fun game to try this with.

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

My pleasure! I guess I meant to incorporate the recommendations by stating how similar they each game is to D&D, but what makes it different. But for just a fun and easy game that's a bit different, Cairn or Skate Wizards would be my personal favs

@jonathansmith2791 4 месяца назад

awesome! maybe ill grab those and see which might be best for the group@@BobWorldBuilder

@IronShepherd5771 4 месяца назад

The overviews were great. Definitely would love to hear more opinions as well - especially from someone I trust and respect.

@yagsipcc287 4 месяца назад

Also Shadowdark adventures work pretty well in DCC with little changing stuff around, use the gaming systems of DCC with the events of Shadowdark 😁 might need to check the nonsyer stats but they are decently close overall.

@HereComeMrCee-Jay 4 месяца назад

I have run Goodman Games DCC modules in Basic/OSE and 5e... the flavor is dope and they are designed to be system agnostic. In my view, most D20 D&D like games are pretty interchangeable w/out a ton of work, as long as your players don't expect perfect balance and accept that sometimes they need to run away to survive.

@marccaron6008 4 месяца назад

Awesome list! The One Ring is very thematic. I love it.

@MattSH06 4 месяца назад

Didn't realize Deathtbringer was in the works and I follow Professor DM too. Looking forward to it.

@fmitchell238a 4 месяца назад

From what I gather PDM is going back to six stats, because 3 doesn't differentiate characters enough. PDM has mentioned running a Kickstarter for _Deathbringer_ but it sounds like he first needs to find time to revise the manuscript.

@drillerdev4624 4 месяца назад

@@fmitchell238a from what he said in a recent video, I assume it's in the works but he'll run the Kickstarter before it's finished. After all, it's a great way to measure interest and get some feedback before everything is settled.

@fmitchell238a 4 месяца назад

@@drillerdev4624 I'd prefer he get as much writing and playtesting as possible done before the Kickstarter, especially since _Deathbringer_ is the house rules of his long-running campaign. Kevin Crawford (Sine Nomine Games) has an essay about how he runs his Kickstarters, and one of his cardinal rules is to finish the writing *before* starting the Kickstarter: the money goes directly toward paying for art, production, and printing, with presumably a healthy profit. (I think that's what Kelsey Dionne did too.) It still amazes me that the MCDM RPG collected $4.6m even though it's in development ... but then I've been burned by Kickstarters that took years to complete and a few that simply took the money and delivered nothing.

@drillerdev4624 4 месяца назад

@@fmitchell238a I'm the first one that tries to avoid overpromising kickstarters with no established base, but I don't think the Professor will launch his without showing at least a quickstart. That doesn't mean the game should be 100% finished at that moment. I'm expecting something along the lines of Knave or the Bastionlands. The base was done by the time the kickstarter launched but there was stuff to be done. After all, logistically a TTRPG project is easier than a boardgame, for example. Anyway, I think we'll know in a couple months at most.

@GenuineMattyC 4 месяца назад

ICRPG! EZD6! Monster of the Week! Cairn! Mausritter! Maze Rats! Knave 2e! The One Ring 2e! What a great list of game recommendations and to-play list! So happy to see this type of content, rather than more of that tire ol' ampersand game 😁👍

@obadiah_v 4 месяца назад

I love to see you exploring the multitude of games out there. There really is too much goodness for one lifetime. I am preparing for an Avatar Legends one shot soon. This weekend I am at a convention running two Free League gems in Alien and Vaesen. So easy to learn and run.

@ramblingryan6466 4 месяца назад

Definitely waiting on DC20 myself - I loved your one-shot with Coach.

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

Thanks for checking it out!

@yagsipcc287 4 месяца назад

I am my gaming group 🤣 💪🏻 Mine are Mork Borg (all related products like Pirate Borg, Forbidden Psalm etc..) DCC (MCC as well) Sacrifice A Insence and Iron RPG Across a Thousand Dead Planets. Have more on a list but havent used or played solo yet.

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

I've only ever done Call of Cthulhu solo, but I know Shadowdark is developing a tool for it that I might try

@yagsipcc287 4 месяца назад

@@BobWorldBuilder ah nice I am about to run a funnel for DCC 8, 0 level characters with 4 more for back up 😅. Also solo shadwdark there are some people who have ran it and posted gameplay videos on RU-vid for their prep and how it went 😁 also of games are similar enough to the point you can run things in other systems. I just don't have shadwdark yet myself so this is why. I'd rather have a physical book of it.

@TheDungeonCoach 4 месяца назад

Woah! I made the list! It was a blast playing with ya man! Loved seeing you talk about it! 💜

@Whereveryouare01 4 месяца назад

Great listen for the ride to work!

@ooccttoo 4 месяца назад

Can confirm that The One Ring is a lot of fun! It captures the Tolkien vibe very well.

@user-jt1js5mr3f 4 месяца назад

I've been pouring through the Core Book and Ruins of the Lost Realm. I'll finally be running my first session at the end of February and I'm stoked.

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

Yeah honestly that's the intimidating part for me. I tend to run a pretty comedic game, and while LotR has it's share of comedy, I want to make sure I get the tone right.

@user-jt1js5mr3f 4 месяца назад

@@BobWorldBuilder Perhaps something more Shire oriented? Let that Brandybuck and Took energy flow xD

@jacobrodgers7743 4 месяца назад

@@BobWorldBuilderThe Starter Set has a series of Shire adventures for Hobbits that can be spun to be more amusing than dangerous, at least at first. Of course, once you get to the last adventure, things can be quite serious. I hope you get a chance to try it out, and look forward to it!

@bookdmb 4 месяца назад

Bob’s chill vibes are it

@Twotoedfarm 4 месяца назад

I ran a Mausritter campaign that lasted 62 sessions and was truly the most heart felt and thrilling campaign I’ve ever been apart of!

@dirigoallagash3464 4 месяца назад

I gotta figure out how to get you on the Free League/Year Zero Engine train! Forbidden Lands is such a good game and needs more hype. Another honorable mention is Electric Bastionland, quirky and fast to learn/play. Same author as Into the Odd, which Cairn is based on. Good stuff, Bob!

@user-jt1js5mr3f 4 месяца назад

Seeing as One Ring is on his “to play” list, that’ll at least make the name Free League stand out!

@dirigoallagash3464 4 месяца назад

@user-jt1js5mr3f yeah, I cheated the narrative there a little bit. Personally, I just much prefer FL's own games over the big IP stuff. There's such a glut of great games now a days it's hard to keep up.

@user-jt1js5mr3f 4 месяца назад

@@dirigoallagash3464 I may try the others at some point, but Tolkien is by and far my favorite, so the One Ring is made for me

@TheUglyGoblin 4 месяца назад

Oh my gosh I'm excited! 😍

@JasonJohnsonInProgress 4 месяца назад

SHADOWDARK!! DCC!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻 Cairn, Knave, Deathbringer and SkateWizards all sounds like a riot. Dang you logged so many games the past year. Awesome feat and another great vid Bob! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

@whitefoxplays 4 месяца назад

Awesome showcase! started playing different TTRPGs each month in the last quarter of 2023, including DC20 which is AWESOME, and looking to get to 12 new ones this year! May have to try a few of these out!

@DUNGEONCRAFT1 4 месяца назад

Thanks for mentioning Deathbringer. I had a great time playing with you!

@rideordiegamesttrpg 4 месяца назад

Goons and Ghosts sounds like a blast and a good excuse to break out my Ghostbusters boardgame miniatures!

@hcpookieWorkout 4 месяца назад

Your video "My Top 2 D&D-Alternatives" introduced me to DCC and in honesty I love it! I am looking at integrating its magic system like you described because "cool" :) Thanks for all you do! Seriously looking at Patreon once I get more settled in my new house ;)

@AlePinozzo 4 месяца назад

Let's go! I'm gonna pick a few of these systems to try with my homies. I've been a bit bored by just DnD. Nice video as always Bob!

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

Thanks very much! Enjoy

@mattieglover2356 4 месяца назад

yay Monster of The Week! did a couple of short one-shots of it last year, i really like the rules and character options. Thanks for the video!

@ShadowsofArchonia 4 месяца назад

MOTW is great. There some excellent sessions of it on the Dungeon Dudes channel.

@ryanryanryansmith Месяц назад

If you’re looking for more content using Monster of the Week, I recommend the Crit Show podcast.

@Kitchengaming379 4 месяца назад

Awesome video as always!

@BobWorldBuilder 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@robertvaida3003 4 месяца назад

Thank you Bob, this is perfect timing.

@jeremiahroush1178 4 месяца назад

Love you and your channel. And really enjoy these excerpts into other systems. I hope they become regular additions to your channel.

@aidanstokes3 4 месяца назад

Thank you for giving digestible and awesome run downs of these systems!

@euansmith3699 4 месяца назад

jp coovert's creations are so lovely to look at.

@misterwire1331 4 месяца назад

Shout out to JP Coovert! I got Ghosts and Goons, too and I also have his Teenage Mutant Tunnel Goons. Great simple fun. If you want a fun PBTA game and are a wrestling fan, check out World Wide Wrestling. It's crazy fun for people that really lean into the roleplaying side of the hobby.

@b4ux1t3-tech 4 месяца назад

It's worth noting that the Index Carg RPG _free_ rulebook is something like 150 pages of awesomeness. It's worth reading just for fun, and to make yourself a better GM in a general sense.

@ShadowsofArchonia 4 месяца назад

Can confirm, game is great.

4 месяца назад

Would love to see your take on Shadow of the Demon Lord.

@Zardichard 4 месяца назад

If you like Cairn so much, you also gotta test out the originals: not only Knave (which is amazing) but also especially the great Into the Odd (and other Bastionland games), which is also the base for Mausritter! A completely different beast (more akin to EZ D6) but also absolutely fantastic are the Free League games, which all have a beautiful production value

@matiasnl 4 месяца назад

JP Coovert! I love goons and ghosts and my current dnd game is his “Flik Silverpen’s Guide to Dragon Town” campaign!

@j.ghostington 4 месяца назад

I love videos like this! There are so many TTRPGs out there now (which is fantastic) so getting a quick high level overview of each one helps get more games into the spotlight for more people to discover :)

@colbyboucher6391 4 месяца назад

Way, way more than people realize, amd there always have been, there's just enough people getting bored of / frustrated by D&D 5e to notice :)

@gendissaray 4 месяца назад

I just put together a group to try new systems, so this is perfect!

@ddobrien1 4 месяца назад

I want to see more Dagger Heart videos and I would love to learn more about the One Ring (I used to play the old school M.E.R.P. game many many years ago)

@user-jt1js5mr3f 4 месяца назад

I’m prepping for my first One Ring session and I’m so excited. They have a 5e version, but so far I’m REALLY glad I went with their original system.

@agrayday7816 4 месяца назад

great to see Cairn & Mausritter. You might try and take a look at: 2E Knave coming out from Ben Milton-Questing Beast, there is a KS and free quick start for Ruincairn Wardensaga, "Hollows" from Rowan Rook & Decard in play test, and the jampacked full of content Runequest starter. :)

@frostyshen689 4 месяца назад

Been enjoying cthulu and monster of the week, also trying to learn shadowrun 6e

@warmpancaxe 4 месяца назад

I've written about it in the patron discord a lot and I'll probably mention it there but I really would love to see your review of overarms. It's one of my favorite ttrpgs to date that inspires creativity in players and the dm

@solod2087 4 месяца назад

I got to playtest The Stormlight game at Dragonsteel con last year. My favorite thing about it was that there are no classes, you pick and choose feats to build your character. I've never played a game like that so it was exciting

@SuperUnnamedplayer 4 месяца назад

Ooooh, Shadowdark seems interesting. Have been on the look-out for an RPG that is a bit more "down to earth" and grittier game than 5e but a bit more magical than The Dark Eye, so if Shadowdark is somewhere around there, I might check it out (the physical book looking rad also helps).

@lucaspettah 4 месяца назад

Nice! I was deep into running a 5e campaign so i did not look into other systems or worlds until this christmas, but we tried Cyberpunk 2020. It took some getting used to but MAN the world and games are really interesting and deadly. We entered a new player and his character died instantly in a blaze of glory. The combat system is based on real life fights so they are short and deadly, making them super exciting. It is not for everyone and it is really crunchy, but i highly recommend this game :)

@andykaufman7620 4 месяца назад

You took 15 for the team sir. "It's not easy, but I did this for my fellow gamers so they didn't have to endure the misery of trying out fun knew games and trust me if you are trying a game out that is not fun, and you committed, it feels like your brain is bleeding, but oh boy when its fun, you get that pure rush of gaming goodness.

@coolstorybrooooo7643 4 месяца назад

CAIRN CAIRN CAIRN CAIRN CAIRN CAIRN

@yagsipcc287 4 месяца назад

Second edition is in the works you can play test it 😁

@mtgemperor 4 месяца назад

For those who want some other TTRPGs from a "collective librarian", here are some games to keep eyes open for. Games I Play Regularly: D&D 5e [WotC] Shadowdark [The Arcane Library] Everyday Heroes (5e OGL) [Evil Genius Games] Soulmist (5e OGL) [Black Lantern Productions] Call of Cthulhu [Chaosium] Games I Have Played (but not in a long time): d20 Modern (3.5e OGL) D&D 3.5e [WotC] Adventures in Middle Earth (5e OGL) [Cubicle 7] Dishonored RPG (2d20) [Modiphius] Games on My Shelf Yet to be Played: Old Gods of Appalachia (Cypher System) [Monte Cook Games] The One Ring 2e [Free League Publishing] Blade Runner RPG [Free League Publishing] Candela Obscura [Darrington Press] Paleomythic [Osprey Games] Household [Two Little Mice] Salvage Union [Leyline Press] Basic Fantasy [Open Source / Chris Gonnerman] Old School Essentials [Necrotic Gnome] Delta Green [Arc Dream Publishing] Cowboy Bebop RPG [Mana Project Studio] Avatar Legends (PbtA System) [Magpie Games] Beneath Hallowed Halls (PbtA System) [Spilled Coffee Creatives] lofi Bards to Study and Relax to (PbtA System) [Ross Eaglesham] Orbital Blues [SoulMuppet Publishing] Urban Mages [Max Jowett] Harrow: The Blighted Plane (Cypher System) [Underground Oracle Publishing] Games I am Anticipating For: Tales of the Valiant [Kobold Press] Relic [Bandit Camp] Knave 2e [Ben Milton] Dream City Knights RPG [Edge of Mythos] Tainted Grail RPG [Studio Agate] And there you go. Some games, (the system they use, if known), and [their publisher] so you can add them to your collection.

@qsviewsrpgs4571 4 месяца назад

Some cool selections there. Thanks for sharing your experience with them.

@normanlennox4949 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much for this, sir. It's so good to hear about other options, but also to get some feedback on them, so I can sort of know what to expect, and decide which I want to try first.

@SwampPerson 4 месяца назад

DCC sounds really fun. We’ve just finished our main D&D 5e campaign and now we’re going to try Dolmenwood, but we also rotate Shiver and Blades in the Dark.

@BrainyGamin 4 месяца назад

I'm very curious if you can recommend anyone giving Savage Worlds a try. The most recent edition (SWADE) has been a lot of fun for my table! Wickedly easy to go between settings and rig up a character of almost any concept you can RP, imo! HP is tricky but once you get the hang of it, id argue it's on equal footing with 5e. There's the Pathfinder setting available for it too! Happy building, Bob!

@matthewmcguigan4293 4 месяца назад

Nice breakdown Bob. Appreciate the lean towards free/low cost and easy to learn angles.

@JamesMillsNeutralBase 4 месяца назад

Massive respect to you. That's a ton of systems to try out. I was really happy to see your Cypher one-shot. It's my system of choice these days. I love the flexibility and ease of narrative flow. I ran some games for teens at a local high school game convention and they loved it.

@colbyboucher6391 4 месяца назад

I really like that you specified that you have no previous experience with these, and ran them anyways. Too many people will sit on a game forever waiting for someone to magically appear that played it before.

@jollyrogerquill 4 месяца назад

Hey, good video! Just got my copy of Shadowdark! I'm looking foward to run my group thru a nice dungeon for a one shot next week. I like EZD6, but I love even more playing hacks of it, like StarWarsEZD6, GhostbustersEZD6 (this one I made myself by combining WEG Ghostbusters, some Ghost & Goons, but with the EZD6 engine). And I'm looking foward to play this new Deathbringer!!

@paulunderhill550 4 месяца назад

I have monster of the week, but haven't played it yet. The thing that really interests me about it is it's kind of designed to be played in the real world so you can use an actual map of where you live and that way the players(if you're playing in person) are all familiar with the area.

@thomasm.3132 4 месяца назад

I like your energy man, keep building !

@mrmuffins951 4 месяца назад

Bob’s number one is his own homebrewed 5e rules? This is always how it starts, and the way it ends is with another new system. Excited to see what you come up with!

@yuvalne 4 месяца назад

following your recommendation and when one player couldn't make it to the regular campaign session, I suggested I'd run a one-shot of Skate Wizards. it was hilarious, and despite being not only the first game of Skate Wizards I ran but the first game EVER, the players enjoyed it immensely.

@StephenDukenski 4 месяца назад

Great to see so many amazing games featured. This hobby is vast and exciting!

@adamjchafe 4 месяца назад

Sounds like a kick ass year of gaming! There are so many good games out there to play, or at the very least steal ideas from to make your games even better. Video idea: How about an actual play of one of these? Something totally diffirent like Skate Wizards. Or if not, maybe a session recap video of one?

@danonhennessey9662 4 месяца назад

Awesome video! Its so nice to have this as a reference for my group as we explore other games. Most of our play has been either 5e or games from the White Wolf family. I'm curious what you think of those games.

@boatofcar3273 4 месяца назад

Great recap, thank you!

@benitopulatso6637 2 месяца назад

I started running Stars Without Number a few months ago. Sci-Fi game with a B/X base, with some modern concepts, the free version on drivethrurpg is a complete game, with the paid version (and sourcebooks) having some additional material.

@inkedvader813 4 месяца назад

Oh man, I've been on the prep mission for Masks of Nyarlathotep, like a 700 page campaign, gonna be so awesome, but damn it's the most work I've done to prep anything I've done yet.

@ratatatuff 4 месяца назад

Well, but it's also one of the best campaigns in RPG history. Up there with Enemy Within. Have fun prepping, it will be worth it! 🙂

@screamingblue7 4 месяца назад

Great reviews on a good range of games. I for one would love to hear more about this D&D game with DCC Spells! For the last little while I've just been trying to bring two non D&D games and 1 new to me RPG as part of my gamer resolutions for the year. 15 is amazing (but one shots help) I'm going to share this video with my players as part of my attempt to convince them to try some new stuff.

@josephdellavecchia7828 4 месяца назад

Oh hell yeah DC20, can't wait for that release. I would love to hear your thoughts on all these games in its own video

@jayexonauts5587 4 месяца назад

Excellent guidance and commentary, as always Bob. You are forever an invaluable resource for players and new GMs alike!

@aaronthomas8190 4 месяца назад

Great video, great summaries. It's really nice to get a super condensed introduction to each of the games you talk about. I'd love to see you talk about my favorite RPG someday - Call of Cthulhu. Just a suggestion.

@BIGBENMACDOUCE 4 месяца назад

Don’t have the time luxury to play many ttrpg but i’m looking foward for DC20 trrpg by the dungeon coach. I currently play dnd but DC20 just seems like a way better choice for the kind of fantasy game i like.

@minine6508 4 месяца назад

While I get wanting to stick to your roots and the desire to play familiar games, I do wish that more than half of these weren’t just D&D echo fighters

@xer0vi 4 месяца назад

Im always down to see more ShadowDarkRpg content. Lots of fun games to try!

@DoanBrianRoessler 4 месяца назад

I love Cypher! Hope you get to play it soon Bob. I've been running a Numenera campaign for the last year and it's been a blast. Mausritter and The One Ring are also on my shortlist! Here's to a 2024 full great games

@Jutlander83 4 месяца назад

I am so happy that you finally mentioned a PbtA game towards the end! 👏 It was getting a little same-y with all the OSR games. I am looking forward to hear you say more about “Avatar Legends” down the line.

@svenk5221 3 месяца назад

I gmed many Monster of the Week Oneshots the last two years for DnD players and most of them were absolutely blown away by the system and setting. It plays very different from DnD, Cthulhu etc and gives player much more narrative power. Once you wrapped your head around it, there is no going back. It will I influence every single game you will ever gm after that. It's a must play.

@frog8220 4 месяца назад

Holy hell my subscriptions are crazy the last 12h! Absolutely wonderful to see the wonderful videos today! Your video is the second in a row of 9!

@shasta_creates 4 месяца назад

Ah man, Monster of the Week!!! One of the coolest on this list; love that Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibe!

@darkemperor95 4 месяца назад

I ran a one shot of EZD6 during the summer and my players loved the system so much I created a campaign for it. Definitely a banger for one shots and love the exploding dice mechanic

@SaduranYT 4 месяца назад

Would love to see more EZD6, Cairn and Shadowdark videos

@whangbar 2 месяца назад

Thanks, Bob. I appreciate your work here.✌

@BreezyDefrag 4 месяца назад

Ironsworn is a great game as well. Pretty simple mechanics. Originally developed with solo play in mind but has great tools for group or guided play.

@ChadHensley 4 месяца назад

Great video! I have so many systems on my shelf to try. Anxiously waiting to finish one of the two D&D campaigns I'm running so that I can start a Dolmenwood campaign. Sitting on my shelf or PDF on my computer to be played are most of the ones you mentioned in this video and even a few more like Labyrinth, Call of Cthulhu, and Black Sword Hack. I keep trying to suggest one shots of these other systems but can never garner enough interest. Looking forward to heart your thoughts on Mausritter and The One Ring.

@brucehutchinson7139 4 месяца назад

I'd be interested in hearing more about your experience with ICRPG.

@FireallyXTheories 4 месяца назад

I think you'd like Fabula Ultima. It's made for theatre of the mind combat which most systems don't, but has enough GM tools to make it still feel fun and tactical. it's simple to learn and play (literally two of my players had their character sheets fail to save and remade their characters before we ran the oneshot without needing my help a second time), has deep characterbuilding options, and has a lot of those collaborative story elements built into it that you seem to enjoy. I will advise to NOT use the "Press Start" / starter kit it has though. ime new TTRPGs are best experienced with full character creation rules. Your players are much more likely to know what their capabilities are and be more excited to play when they themselves are the ones driving forward the character, rather than whatever pre-gen exists. Two of my players kept it simple, two went complex. If it was the pre-gen it'd be only complex with a lot of rules I'd have to introduce as they pick out pre-gens, rather than picking what they're genuinely interested in playing. I also tend to judge a system based on its character creation mechanics, because if I can't figure it out, I can't play the game because I as the GM have to walk everyone through it and even if I'm not, as a player I have to go through it. So if I can't understand it, I hang it up. (Looking at you 3.5 and Pathfinder 1E). This year I picked up Fabula and ran it, and looked extensively through Farsight (think DnD's Starfinder but made by a 3rd party), as well as DC20. Poked a bit around Fantasy Age as well before deciding against it.

@gonzaPaEst 3 месяца назад

Excellent video, Bob!

@francoisdumont4105 4 месяца назад

Index Card RPG prehistory setting sounds cool.

@billn5866 4 месяца назад

I'm envious you have the new Mausritter already! I don't think regular slobs like me can get it yet. I'm a HUGE advocate for Index Card RPG, and now Shadowdark as well. I second both of those!

@PlaneswalkerTARDIS 4 месяца назад

I'm surprised you didnt do Pathfinder 2e. I enjoy it on it's own, but it's also great material for fixing issues in DnD5e. Their answer to multiclassing will be added to my next 5e campaign, and I'm hoping to port over some of the weirder classes, like Thaumaturge and Kineticist too.