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Savage Worlds

4.9

(29)

"Look at Savage Worlds."

"I don’t need any other one."

"Swade allows me to build essentially whatever I want within its system."

"Savage worlds."

"Savage Worlds"

"Savage worlds or GURPS would have to be on my list as they are so versatile."

"Savage Worlds"

"Savage Worlds. Medium crunch."

"Savage Worlds is a ton of fun."

"Savage Worlds"

Call of Cthulhu

4.8

(17)

"Call of Cthulhu"

"To answer completely."

"Hard assignment!"

"Call of Cthulhu"

"Call of Cthulhu has been a long-time love of mine."

"Something mystery oriented like Call of Cthulhu."

"Call of Cthulhu"

Mausritter

4.9

(14)

"Mausritter Into the ODD for small mouses."

"My recommendations would be Mausritter and Trophy Dark as top picks."

"I am thinking mausritter, simple and cute."

"Mausritter. It's well received, rules are free online for review."

"Seconding Mausritter."

"It's Mausritter, baby."

"I'd go with Mausritter."

"Mausritter (my favorite system, very fun and also very versatile)"

"Mausritter is really good, at least I think so!"

"Would be pretty good I reckon."

Pathfinder 2nd Edition

4.9

(13)

"Pathfinder 2e and Lancer for sure."

"The game I know the best."

"Pathfinder 2e for the high fantasy adventure."

"Pathfinder 2nd edition."

"Pathfinder 2e - Anything High Fantasy"

"Pathfinder to cover actually finding a play group."

"Pathfinder 2nd Edition"

"Pathfinder 2e"

"Pathfinder 2e."

Shadowrun

4.5

(11)

"Old school FASA days."

"2. Shadowrun (2e or 4e20A)"

"- Shadowrun"

"Shadowrun...2nd/3rd mixed with a little 1st matrix."

"Shadowrun"

"If forced I would pick Shadowrun."

"Sci-Fi AND Dark Fantasy: Shadowrun."

"Shadowrun 5e"

"Shadowrun."

"Shadowrun"

Dragonbane

4.7

(10)

"**Dragonbane**. Pretty easy rules, familiar fantasy themes."

"Dragonbane"

"Quickstart is great."

"I think you should have a look at Dragonbane by Free League."

"Dragonbane is similar enough to 5e to grasp quickly but different enough to be a totally new experience."

"Dragonbane or Index Card RPG for fantasy."

"3rd place is currently Dragonbane."

"The standard rules are very simple (roll under your stat), but it can be expanded when they grow older."

"Like a few others I definitely recommend Dragonbane if you want a d20 system."

Ironsworn

4.6

(10)

"Without a doubt, the first two would be Ironsworn and Fate."

"I would recommend checking out Ironsworn."

"A very narrative focused game that's free."

"Check out Ironsworn. It's designed for small groups, anywhere from 1 to 4 players."

"Check out Ironsworn and Ironsworn: Starforged."

"One of the most popular now is Ironsworn or Starforged."

"I recommend ironsworn."

"You can get started in Ironsworn for free."

"I'd suggest Ironsworn, a low-to-mid-fantasy game designed to work with or without a GM."

"But Ironsworn and Starforged."

Shadowdark

4.6

(10)

"You might want to try out the Quick Start of Shadowdark, which is free."

"Shadowdark for traditional fantasy."

"Highly recommended."

"It's so full of win it hurts."

"Shadowdark. It's 5e with an incredibly simplified system for leveling and spellcasting."

"My group has recently broke into Shadowdark and it's been a really great space for me to add on complexity."

"I’d throw in Shadowdark (the QuickStart materials are free)."

"ShadowDark is D&D 5e but very simplified, with OSR stuff mixed in."

"Shadowdark."

"I think shadowdark would be pretty good ngl."

Traveller

4.6

(10)

"My personal recommendation is Traveller."

"If you're into classic sci-fi, Traveller is fantastic too."

"SciFi: Traveller."

"If you want to go full-in Traveller will be hard to beat."

"To answer completely."

"Traveller."

"For SF in general our group has used Traveller and GURPS as the main systems."

"Traveller"

"Maybe Traveller."

#10

Delta Green

4.8

(9)

"Delta Green."

"Hard assignment!"

"Delta Green."

"Delta Green"

"Delta Green."

"Delta green is a coc spinoff of sorts basically built for one shots."

"Delta Green."

#11

GURPS

4.6

(8)

"GURPS."

"GURPS. It's the system my DM likes to run."

"GURPS"

"GURPS, to cover all my bases."

"Gurps"

"The latter two are "Powered by GURPS" but they are technically separate games."

"GURPS"

"Just to play the setting I am longing for."

#12

Fabula Ultima

4.9

(7)

"Fabula Ultima for the JRPG aesthetic."

"Fabula Ultima"

"Fabula Ultima, its inexpensive at around 35 bucks for the core book."

"I own Fabula Ultima and is a great game!"

"Fabula Ultima is a must."

"Fabula Ultima."

"Fabula Ultima"

#13

Cyberpunk 2020

4.6

(7)

"Cyberpunk 2020"

"Cyberpunk is one of my favorite systems and settings."

"Cyberpunk 2020"

"Assuming that you're saying 'Cyberpunk' as in the franchise, it did start as a TTRPG."

"I'm about to try Cyberpunk for the first time."

"Probably Cyberpunk."

#14

Vampire: The Masquerade

5.0

(6)

"Vampire: The Masquerade."

"Vampire mascarade."

"Probably VtM."

"In no particular order: Vampire the Masquerade"

"Vampire The Masquerade / World of Darkness"

#15

AD&D 2nd Edition

5.0

(6)

"AD&D 2e"

"AD&D 2nd Edition"

"AD&D 2e."

"AD&D 2nd edition for ease of use since I know all the rules by heart after so many decades."

"AD&D 2e"

#16

Fate

4.8

(6)

"Fate"

"Fate - For a more narrative system"

"Fate"

"It's the simplest system that I know of."

"Fate. I'm working on my next campaign with this system."

#17

Mythras

4.8

(6)

"Mythras"

"Mythras - Classic Fantasy."

"Mythras, because I can do a lot with it and cover a lot of genres"

"Mythras, Mythras and Mythras."

"Mythras, vtm, gurps."

"Dark fantasy: Mythras!"

#18

Dungeon Crawl Classics

4.8

(6)

"My current fave. So gonzo and fun."

"DCC, D&D Becmi, Call of Cthuluhu."

"Dungeon Crawl Classics."

"Dungeon Crawl Classics, Hyperborea, and Alien RPG."

"DCC"

"For a fantasy feel: Dungeon Crawl Classics. Easier than 5e."

#19

Lancer

4.8

(6)

"If you’re looking for mechas you’d be hard pressed to find better systems than Lancer."

"Lancer because it has the single most compelling setting sandbox of any TTRPG I've ever played."

"Lancer for the sci-fi mech action."

"Lancer"

"Do you like mechas? Lancer my dood."

#20

Mork Borg

4.7

(6)

"Morkborg?"

"Mork Borg"

"Morkborg is great and free."

"Mork Borg! And can be run as Cyberpunk as well with CyBorg!"

"Mork Borg, is a nice dark fantasy lighter rules system."

"If you want something lighter prep and lighter rules, I'd suggest Mork Borg for a grimdark/hilarious change of pace."

#21

Mothership

4.7

(6)

"Extremely solid OSR game. Easily the best ecosystem of adventure modules I've ever seen for any ttrpg."

"Mothership."

"Is really good and has the creation steps included."

"Dark sci-fi - mothership and across a thousand dead worlds."

"I like Mothership a lot as an easy to learn pick up and play game."

#22

Cairn

4.7

(6)

"Cairn into the ODD heroic fantasy."

"It's also free to download (both first edition and second edition) on Drivethrurpg."

"Cairn is easy enough. And free!"

"Most NSR games especially Cairn, Mausritter and Liminal Horror."

"Cairn is itch.io free based on ODD system."

"Or Knave (1st edition is $3)."

#23

Genesys

4.5

(6)

"I'm actually tempted to recommend the Genesys system to you."

"Genesys"

"Genesys. It uses special narrative dice and symbols."

"I really like Genesys Narrative Dice System by Edge studio."

"I like what I like lol"

"Genesys"

#24

Star Wars d6

5.0

(5)

"Star Wars D6 small amounts of Jank, but super simple."

"D6 Star Wars (Original or Revised and Expanded)."

"Star Wars D6"

"Star wars D6"

#25

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

4.8

(5)

"Dark Fantasy: Warhammer fantasy roleplay."

"WFRP"

"Warhammer 1e or 2e possibly house-ruled."

"Warhammer FRP: Favorite game."

"Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay"

#26

Ars Magica

4.8

(5)

"Ars Magica as it's great for long term games."

"Ars Magica."

"Ars Magica"

#27

Cortex Prime

4.8

(5)

"Cortex Prime"

"Cortex because it's cheating."

"Cortex Prime. Its basically unlimited systems."

"Cortex prime, because if I can't do it easily in mythras, I probably can do it easily here"

#28

Starfinder

4.6

(5)

"For scifi I love Starfinder."

"Starfinder is great for a Star Wars-like game."

"Starfinder."

"Starfinder. White Star Galaxy Edition. Scum and Villainy."

"Starfinder is science fantasy if you also want magic in your science fiction RPG."

#29

Stars Without Number

4.6

(5)

"For SciFi I’d probably also recommend Stars Without Number as one of the best systems."

"Stars Without Number"

"Stars Without Number."

"If you want more straight sci-fi (albeit with psychic powers), Stars Without Number might work."

"Stars, Cities, and worlds without number can be good for each of these."

#30

D&D

4.6

(5)

"D&D...preferably our version."

"D&D"

"D&D and World of Darkness are my easy choices."

"If you make me choose an edition I will say 4th"

"D&D- Because you can usually find players."

#31

Pathfinder 2e

4.4

(5)

"PF2E"

"- Pathfinder 2e. SO. MANY. OPTIONS."

"Pathfinder 2E or DnD 3.5."

"I say PF2e will take some time to learn but is free to get into."

#32

Blades in the Dark

4.2

(5)

"Blades in the Dark."

"I've been enjoying Blades in the Dark. There's enough crunch to keep players excited."

"For dark fantasy it's wfrp, blades in the dark and zweihander."

"- Blades in the Dark: You're criminals in a legally distinct version of Dunwall."

"The crunsh level is not as high as in DnD."

#33

The One Ring

5.0

(4)

"The One Ring"

"- The One Ring"

"The One Ring."

"The One Ring"

#34

EZD6

4.8

(4)

"EZD6"

"Is simple, fun and was developed by running one-shots."

"EZD6 and TinyD6."

"EZD6 is great for one-shots, really fun and simple mechanics."

#35

Legend of the Five Rings

4.5

(4)

"L5R"

"Legend of the Five Rings - although I'm not sure which edition :D"

"Legend of the Five Rings."

"L5R"

#36

Alien RPG

4.5

(4)

"ALIEN RPG."

"Dungeon Crawl Classics, Hyperborea, and Alien RPG."

"I always speak highly of Alien RPG whenever it comes up."

"It's mechanically designed to be narrative."

#37

Dark Heresy

4.5

(4)

"Dark Heresy"

"Dark Heresy, being a Warhammer 40k game is a Dark Fantasy Sci-fi."

#38

Ryuutama

4.3

(4)

"Ryuutama!"

"Another option is Ryuutama, which uses all the dice, though the d20 pretty rarely."

"I'm surprised Ryutaama hasn't been mentioned."

"If you want a chill rpg with Chibli vibes, Ryuutama is a lot of fun."

#39

Numenera

5.0

(3)

"Fantastic reading and fantastic game with a good and friendly system."

"Numenera (Cypher system) is a great rules-lite sci-fi system."

"Nhmenera (cypher if I can choose the entire system)"

#40

Dread

5.0

(3)

"Dread is the glaring omission in your horror listings."

"-Dread"

"Dread"

#41

Monster of the Week

5.0

(3)

"Monster of the Week. I simply really love the system."

"I’d also suggest Monster of the Week, easy to pick up, run a one shot or two."

"Which is a PBTA system that takes almost no learning player side."

#42

Ironsworn: Starforged

5.0

(3)

"You could also get similar space vibes in a narrative game from Ironsworn: Starforged."

"Ironsworn: Starforged for sci-fi"

"Ironsworn: StarForged."

#43

BRP

5.0

(3)

"Probably the BRP from Chaosium."

"BRP (Basic Roleplaying from Chaosium) for historical and horror games"

"Basic Roleplaying, so I can have a universal game engine."

#44

D&D 3.5

5.0

(3)

"D&D 3.5."

"D&D3.5."

"DnD 3.5."

#45

HackMaster 5e

5.0

(3)

"Hackmaster 5e"

"HackMaster 5e, because it's the best iteration of D&D ever."

#46

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e

5.0

(3)

"Warhammer Fantasy 4e."

"WHFRP 4e."

#47

Apocalypse World

5.0

(3)

"Apocalypse World."

"Apocalypse World"

#48

Forbidden Lands

5.0

(3)

"For Dark Fantasy nothing really beats Forbidden Lands for me."

"Forbidden lands."

#49

Fate Accelerated

5.0

(3)

"I stated GM' ing using FATE Accelerated so that I could focus on the GM' ing part instead of the rules."

"Check out fate accelerated. its universal with very simple descriptive rules."

"Fate Accelerated is free, or $5 for a printed copy, and it plays really well."

#50

Roll for Shoes

5.0

(3)

"Is extremely simple."

"Roll for Shoes! So simple."

"Great game, super low bar for entry."

#51

Hero Kids

4.7

(3)

"I started them with Hero Kids."

"The system is very simple."

"You could also check out Hero Kids."

#52

Tiny D6

4.7

(3)

"Tiny D6, EZD6 and Dragonbane are easy to learn."

"Consider Tiny D6. Easy rules, DnD adjacent, and preps people for future playing with other systems."

"Tiny d6 system ( tiny dungeons, tiny cthuhlu, tiny frontiers, stranger stuff, there are soooooo many in so many flavors)."

#53

Tricube Tales

4.7

(3)

"Rules-lite Tricube Tales has 40+ two-page micro-settings; that's 40+ one-shots all using the same rules-lite system."

"1. [Tricube tales] One book, generic system, uses D6 suitable for all genres."

#54

Cortex

4.7

(3)

"It's bar none the best generic toolkit."

"It's designed to be modified to suit individual games."

"Cortex Prime."

#55

The Quiet Year

4.7

(3)

"The Quiet Year is a GMless mapping RPG."

"Bit of an oddball, but The Quiet Year should be right up your alley."

"The Quiet Year is a GMless mapping RPG where you create a doomed community."

#56

Amazing Tales

4.7

(3)

"Amazing Tales is incredibly simple, incredibly cheap."

"It's a very simple system, but a great introduction to roleplaying for kids."

#57

Cthulhu Dark

4.7

(3)

"Try Cthulhu Dark."

"4 pages of rules."

"Cthulhu Dark."

#58

2400

4.7

(3)

"Would be my vote for this!"

"2400 is an anthology of microgames that are each 3 pages long and use the same core rules."

"I think you'd get a kick out of 2400, an anthology of 20 3-page microgames."

#59

Index Card RPG

4.3

(3)

"Simple and quick and supports multiple genres in the one book."

"Index Card RPG with the sci-punk anthology and you'd be set."

#60

Exalted

4.3

(3)

"Exalted"

"Exalted <- for large campaigns with incredible escalation."

"Exalted."

#61

Fate Core

4.3

(3)

"Fate Core."

"Fate Core perhaps"

#62

Feng Shui

4.3

(3)

"If your group ever saw an action flick or any of the pulpy corny fantasy/sci-fi/action movies of the 80's you should try out 'Feng Shui'."

"Feng Shui https://atlas-games.com/fengshui"

"Personally I might use a martial arts-focused system since that's a key part of the video games."

#63

Quest

5.0

(2)

"Is almost designed specifically for this."

"Quest! It’s my default for quick games, and I like it a lot even for campaigns."

#64

Barbarians of Lemuria

5.0

(2)

"I really like Barbarians of Lemuria from Beyond Belief Games."

"Barbarians of Lemuria."

#65

The Black Hack

5.0

(2)

"For fantasy I have The Black Hack and Knave 2e."

"I gotta vote for."

#66

City of Mist

5.0

(2)

"City of Mist"

"In no particular order: City of Mist"

#67

Symbaroum

5.0

(2)

"I really love Symbaroum (the original rule system, not the 5e one)."

"Symbaroum: The main Campaign will take my group at least 10 years."

#68

Paranoia

5.0

(2)

"Paranoia"

"* Paranoia, because I love playing in that setting."

#69

Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

5.0

(2)

"Star Wars is just cool so no explanation is needed there"

#70

Mekton Zeta

5.0

(2)

"Mekton (II or Zeta)"

"Mekton Zeta."

#71

Drakar och Demoner

5.0

(2)

"Swedish Drakar och Demoner 91-version."

"Drakar och Demoner aka Dragonbane."

#72

GURPS 4e

5.0

(2)

"Gurps 4e."

"GURPS, DnD, and Call of Cthulhu."

#73

Scum and Villainy

5.0

(2)

"Scum and Villainy."

"There's also blades in the dark in space - Scum and Villainy that will let you play in the vein of Firefly or star Wars."

#74

MUTANT YEAR ZERO

5.0

(2)

"Mutant Year Zero post apo."

"**MUTANT YEAR ZERO** - Zero prep."

#75

Death in Space

5.0

(2)

"Death In Space. If you want some dark sci-fi that isn't so much locked into horror like Mothership- I can't recommend DIS enough."

"The book looks gorgeous, I’ll try it as soon as possible."

#76

Into the Odd

5.0

(2)

"All the Into the Odd games are _amazing_."

"Into the Odd. Others are suggesting Cairn, which is more explicitly fantasy themed."

#77

Armour Astir

5.0

(2)

"Armour Astir is very good if you like mecha stuff!"

"Armour Astir is designed to feel just like Zeta Gundam."

#78

FIST

5.0

(2)

"If you don't have FIST, you should pitch in just for that."

"FIST, Brewkessel, Songbirds, and more for $5."

#79

Coriolis

5.0

(2)

"I recommend Coriolis by Free League. It's 1001 Nights in space."

"Stars and Cities Without Number. Coriolis. Cypher is great doe sci-fi as well."

#80

Honey Heist

5.0

(2)

"If you wanted to play a game about thief bears trying to get honey, you can't go wrong with Honey Heist."

"Fun, Silly, Simple: Honey Heist."

#81

Fiasco

5.0

(2)

"For a one shot, I'd go for fiasco."

"* Fiasco, because I love me some GMless that I can just throw out at the drop of a hat."

#82

OSE

4.5

(2)

"OSE."

#83

Wildsea

4.5

(2)

"Wildsea for the interesting and fun setting/mechanics"

"The *Wildsea*, *Blades in the Dark*, *Heart: The City Beneath*."

#84

Chronicles of Darkness

4.5

(2)

"Chronicles of Darkness"

"Chronicles of Darkness (and all its splats muahaha)."

#85

OSR

4.5

(2)

"There is a charity bundle of over 500 TTRPG products on itch.io."

"I think you should consider OSR for a few reasons."

#86

Worlds Without Number

4.5

(2)

"Worlds Without Number."

"Worlds without Number."

#87

BESM

4.5

(2)

"BESM"

"BESM is basically anime roleplaying designed for whatever genre."

#88

Cyberpunk

4.5

(2)

"For Sci-Fi like you want, go for Cyberpunk and Mekton by R Talsorian Games."

"Cyberpunk"

#89

Gallant Knight Games

4.5

(2)

"Tiny D6 is great I'd say, or maybe EZ d6."

"You might want to look into Advanced Tiny D6."

#90

Cypher System

4.5

(2)

"-Cypher Sistem"

"Cypher System and Savage Worlds are my go-to simple TTRPGs."

#91

Alien

4.5

(2)

"Maybe Alien, although I am a broken record suggesting it."

"We have really enjoyed playing Alien."

#92

ICRPG

4.5

(2)

"Is the best at teaching the base level of skills for playing AND GMing a dnd-like game."

"ICRPG is the way to go if you, the GM, are already familiar with 5e."

#93

Lady Blackbird

4.5

(2)

"[Lady Blackbird](https://ladyblackbird.org/). Every. Single. Time."

"Lady blackbird, OG: Unearthed, Troika!"

#94

The Sprawl

4.5

(2)

"The Sprawl PbtA cyberpunk."

"It was pretty much a pick-up-and-play experience."

#95

Maid RPG

4.0

(2)

"Maid RPG <- yes, it's better than it sounds."

"Maid RPG is a good candidate."

#96

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2e

4.0

(2)

"Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play 2e."

"Warhammer 2e"

#97

Shadow of the Weird Wizard

4.0

(2)

"Shadow of the Weird Wizard"

"(4. Shadow of the weird Wizard)"

#98

Knave

4.0

(2)

"Knave (1e at least). 20 minutes character creation tops, super easy inventory management."

"Knave (especially the 1E version) has a very slim set of rules."

#99

Mörk Borg

4.0

(2)

"Literally any of the Borg systems as someone else said."

"A weird and satirically over the top take on the dark/low fantasy setting."

#100

No Thank You Evil

4.0

(2)

"No Thank You Evil. It is made for kids of all ages and can be used to play pretty much any genre."

"Or No Thank You Evil, which are both well regarded."

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