Whether it be due to scheduling, lack of interested players, or some other reason, what’s an RPG system you’re just hoping to get to the table one of these days but haven’t been able to yet?
I’m most excited to play Worlds Without Numbers. I ran a short Stars Without Numbers and really liked it. Running a similar system in the Latter Earth setting is really exciting.
Also… Lancer, Mausritter, knave second edition, Cities, Without Number, and Call of Cthulhu. The list keeps growing
Same here, WWN and SWN are the top systems I want to mess around with.
Cities without Number is my favourite game that I’ve run in the past 10 years, I hope you get the chance to try it out.
Highly recommend it to anyone who wants a cyberpunk/ grime-sci-fi game, who also doesn’t want to deal with Shadowrun’s crunch.I’ve played (ran) a decent amount of SWN, read WWN but haven’t ran it, and am SUPER STOKED for CWN. So glad to hear you enjoyed running it so much! What would you say makes it so enjoyable?
It was my first *WN game, so it could just be the basic system itself. Letting players choose the attribute/Skill before the role had been great for my group.
Things like letting a bruiser use talk+STR to threaten someone lets more players participate in more situations. Also, not having modifiers so high that rolling basically doesn’t matter is such a nice change.
you’re making it more difficult to decide if the next game I run will be Worlds Without number or Cities Without Number haha. I haven’t sat down and read through any of the kickstarter materials for CWN yet but, I’ll have to make time for it. Maybe I could get away with combining them somehow. At least it sounds like the series of “without numbers” should be mostly cross compatible
I’ve got this copy of Shadowrun: Anarchy that I’ve not even read, but if it reads well I might want to try it sometime… if I can ever find people. xD
Worlds Without Number, Black Sword Hack, Hell Night, Zweihander
I run a group that runs one-shots most weeks, so I usually get to at least try most games i’m interested in.
However, there are a few RPGs more suited to campaigns that i’ve never gotten around to trying. Two that come to mind:
- Ars Magica
- Pendragon
I want to try blades in the dark, I just love the idea of the flashback mechanic. Also, I’ve ran a good amount of PF2e, but never got to play it.
So so many, honestly! “So many games/books/etc. and yet so little time” truly is the story of my life.
Currently at the top of my list are DIE PRG and Colostle though, followed by Wildsea and Household.
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. I’ve played it before, but I really want to run it myself.
I’m also interested in either playing or running Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition. I’ve run the regular first edition Black Hack, but I much prefer the overt Sword & Sorcery style of BSH.
Frankly, I’d really like to play D&D 5e, but I can’t get anyone else to DM. Same for Call of Cthulhu 7e.
As far as systems I haven’t run before, I’m interested to see what MCDM’s system turns out to be.
Stars without Numbers seems cool (though I do prefer a system that lets me use dice I can’t find in a Monopoly box).
I own, but have not played (player or GM) the Avatar Legends system. It looks very lovingly put together, but I wish it hadn’t been built on Fate.
I’ve also got a neat little indie(?) system called Upwind that is very narrative focused, and has players sort of bet on suggested conflict outcomes against the GM with a hand of cards. Very interesting, but I haven’t had the bandwidth to get ready to run it for anyone.
Re: SWN just saying, you use the full array of TTRPG dice. D20s for attacks and various other dice for weapon damage rolls
I’ve been meaning to run a Savage Worlds game for the longest time, mostly hoping for a Weird West, classic fantasy or a XCOM/SCP kinda game, but nothing has ever come of it.
Savage Worlds has been in my orbit for a while but I’ve never played it or ran it. I’m working on a Weird West campaign at the moment that will likely be played in Genesys but I’ve been reading and stealing from Savage Worlds things along the way.
- Barbarians of Lemuria
- Forbidden Lands
- Hillfolk
- Mythras
- Lancer
- ICON
- Eclipse Phase 1e
- Worlds Without Number
- Shadow of the Weird Wizard
- Swords of the Serpentine
There are probably a lot more that I’m forgetting at the moment, but these have been on my mind a lot lately. Everyone’s gravitated toward D&D5e for the last ~10 years, so I haven’t had a lot of chances to play in or run campaigns in many other systems.
Essence20. I want to join or run a Power Rangers game.
Pretty much any at this point, but I currently don’t have the free time for any, to say nothing of knowing anyone to play with.
I’m especially interested in Dicefunk’s modified DnD rules though.
- Ironsworn: You’d think this wouldn’t be on the list considering that it’s free and solo but I can’t seem to motivate myself to start a campagin
- Fabula Ultima: Bought it cuz the aesthetics appealed to me. Was not able to start anything after reading though.
- Pathfinder 2e
And also a lot of other stuff from previous itch.io queer/ charity bundles:
- Michtim
- Parselings
- Gubat Banwa
- Armor Astir
Your comment about Ironsworn hits way too close to home.
I’ve got 3 systems I’d either like to play in or run:
- Traveller
- Avatar Legends
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I’m hoping to be a PC in Traveller but likely will try and run the other two at some point in the future.
Right now I’m planning some Vaesen and would like to run Tales from the Loop and Things From the Flood afterwards. Also want to run The One Ring and Star Trek Adventures but at least I’m a PC in an STA game so that’s good.
Oh geez. Where do I start?
- Legend of the Five Rings. It’s hard to find people to play it, let alone people willing to invest time reading the lore.
- The One Ring 2E. This one I can play in Strider mode, but I’d love to play with a Fellowship.
- Esoteric Enterprises. Nobody seems interested in playing this one.
- Ironsworn and Starforged in co-op mode. These two are amazing for co-op, but again, little interest from others.
I’ve got hundreds of others, but these are the ones I think about most.
Any sci-fi on your wishlist?
Let’s see…
- Black Star. This is a new game, so not too many people are aware of it. I’d consider this a rules light Star Wars game.
- White Star. Despite the similar names, it’s made by different people than Black Star and the mechanics are wildly different. However, I’d also say this is Star Wars-esque sci-fi.
There are also a couple Savage Worlds sci-fi settings that look neat, like Titan Effect and Interface Zero. I feel like I’m missing a big sci-fi game I really want to play, but I can’t think of it off the top of my head.
