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What 5 games would you recommend for the broadest possible sample of table top RPGs and story games? (lemmy.world)
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If someone was interested in understanding as much as possible what the world of TTRPGs and story games had to offer, which 5 games would you suggest they play first, and why?

Ideally this would include a broad array of mechanics, themes and settings.

Inspired by a discussion over at !rpgmemes@ttrpg.network : https://lemmy.world/post/33918016/18604654

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • Mothership, great pulp scifi horror that works for one shots or long campaigns.
  • Blades in the Dark, think oceans 11, or peaky blinders but haunted Victorian London.
  • Slugblaster, angsty teens traveling to other dimensions to skate and tag.
  • Numenera, billions of years in the future on earth. Medieval societies with tons of weird science so advanced its magic
  • Draw Steel, classic tactical mini based heroic fantasy. An evolution from D&D
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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I've got slugblaster coming in the mail - the character arc mechanic looks awesome

    I don't know most of these - how well does this represent the diversity of mechanics?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Tons of mechanical uniqueness. I can't go into it here but at a very basic level with dice:

    • Mothership percentile roll under
    • Numenera d20 roll over
    • Blades in the Dark d6s with tiered success
    • Draw steel 2d10 tiered success
    • Slugblaster d6 pools, highest result
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