Do you have a favorite system to run each genre? And if so, what do you like about them?
For example:
- Sci-Fi: Stars Without Number
- Horror: Call of Cthulhu
Do you have a favorite system to run each genre? And if so, what do you like about them?
For example:
- Sci-Fi: Stars Without Number
- Horror: Call of Cthulhu
7 Comments
Ziggurat@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
ErrorCode@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I love Fading Suns. We have not played that in years. And the folks at Holistic were awesome.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I pretty much hang around the Heroic Fantasy genre, and my thoughts on running it are very different from my thought's on playing it or otherwise. But Pathfinder 2e is definitely my go-to for running. Shit just works. I cannot express how much I appreciate the encounter budget actually being accurate instead of just a vague shoulder shrug like earlier systems.
As far as other genres go... I've run Scum and Villainy for sci-fantasy crime dramas, and it wins by doing absolutely nothing! I'm just not enough of a Sci-fi Greg to run more in the genre, heh.
ErrorCode@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
ZDL@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 1y
nafzib@feddit.online · 2 pts · 1y
nickdrawthing@dice.camp · 1 pts · 1y
@nafzib Just looked up the supers game and learned it's a One Roll Engine game! I love that system! I've only played Monsters and Other Childish Things with it, but it was really neat. I'd love to take another crack at it.
HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 1 pts · 1y
I mean pathfinder is sorta my current go to but you know one of my favorite groups I was in the dm used the hero system where he used the champions variable power pool for spells so that you can describe to him what you would like a spell to do and he would sorta run it through to see how much mana it would cost and if its doable and would suggest ways to save or such with it. It was a blast. sci fi is tough because I liked playing d20 star wars but also like star frontiers and like d20 babylon five. so the systems made and integrated with the ip were sorta nice. that being said I used to love star frontiers. for superhero I like champions. champions online is actually sorta cool as it uses the rules as a basis for the game which is why you can freeform characters.
psion1369@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I really enjoy using FATE for plenty of different genres. I played in a magic/cyberpunk/not shadowrun game, and the stunts worked really well for the magic spells second character had, and an aspect for the brain implant that allowed my first character to see magical energies. And a fantasy game I ran once it worked really well in letting my players explore character types without the strict adherance to class in D&D. And I'm using it currently for a Space Pirate game.