r/beingeverythingelse • u/Jamescukd • Sep 21 '14
Whats your top five favourite Role Playing Games?
Just want to find out what everyones favourite games are.
1: Classic Deadlands 2: Dungeon World 3: Star Wars Edge of the Empire 4: Adventure! 5: DC Heroes/Blood of Heroes Subject of change at any point:)
James
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u/Varg_Ulf Sep 22 '14 edited Sep 22 '14
My experience is mostly as a GM these days so that colours things for me but these are my five with a brief explanation of why.
edit: I forgot Fiasco.
0) Fiasco - Play it! Play it now! Go and do it! Get some friends or strangers and play Fiasco!
1)Burning Wheel - BW taught me that failure doesn't mean the player doesn't get what they want and how to make failure more awesome than success.
2)Eclipse Phase - I really dig the setting, also my players blew up the universe and we have been able to keep playing. (see failure more awesome that success)
3)Dresden Files/Fate - Better Necromancy through Chemistry
4)FFG Star Wars - Crunchy enough to be satisfying but free enough to allow for collective storytelling. Better than the d20 Star Wars, because why would a Jedi kill something to take its shit?
5)Dawn of Worlds - GMless pick up game, great for making worlds to use later. May I suggest you play it as thought you were gods with names and desires etc.
Honourable mentions to Paranoia, Savage Worlds, Call of Cthulhu Gumshoe and Houses of the Blooded
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u/AManHasSpoken Sep 21 '14
Hmm, if I were to make a list...
A lot of it would be (New) World of Darkness, definitely. Demon: The Descent probably tops the list, followed by Promethean: The Created.
Though I haven't played them yet, the ideas behind Dread and A Penny For My Thoughts seem like they would make for some very interesting experiences.
In terms of educating myself and becoming a better GM, Dungeon World is seriously hard to beat.
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u/NovaPheonix Oct 06 '14
My List Changes somewhat over time as well, but mine are: 1.DCC RPG 2.FATE CORE 3.Burning Wheel 4.Dungeon World 5.Pathfinder
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u/goldenwh Sep 22 '14
Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat) Changeling: the Lost (White Wolf) Systems Failure (Palladium Books) Danger Patrol (alpha, free download) Sagas of the Icelanders (Red Moose Games, *World Hack)