I'm Ready For A New [BLANK] RPG

[Retreater]

D&D.
Like a bona fide new edition.
Balanced, playable, great DM tools, fast paced action, easy for new players, etc.
(Maybe a sort of 4E OSR - even though it wouldn't have the massive appeal of 5.x.)

 

[thullgrim]

So umm . . . you haven't checked out Interface Zero 2.0 for Savage Worlds yet?

I'm not exaggerating when I say it's easily one of the top 5, possibly top 3 RPG hardcovers I've ever owned. I freaking LOVE IZ 2.0. It's an amazing sourcebook for Savage Worlds. And it's absolutely gorgeous cover to cover. I will never sell my copy.

Yeah I have it. It’s very good and I run a lot of Savage Worlds. But I can’t run it out of the box for SR. As a foundation it is great. In some ways better than Sprawlrunners.

Back on topic I’d like to see a new Blades in the Dark with a more traditional bent. I love so much of what Blades brings to the table but I want something that’s more traditional, I want combat and a little more granularity.

 

[Reynard]

D&D.
Like a bona fide new edition.
Balanced, playable, great DM tools, fast paced action, easy for new players, etc.
(Maybe a sort of 4E OSR - even though it wouldn't have the massive appeal of 5.x.)

I think that ship has sailed, my friend, perhaps for the last time.

Or, 2024 will tank and we will get 6E in 2 years. Who can know?!?

 

[thullgrim]

I think that ship has sailed, my friend, perhaps for the last time.

Or, 2024 will tank and we will get 6E in 2 years. Who can know?!?

This and @Retreater comments have at least made me think about what it would take for me to come back to a D&D branded game.

 

[Retreater]

Yeah, unfortunately that discussion of what our preferred 6E could look like is beyond the scope of this thread.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

Earthdawn is a great choice. I ran some 4e and while I love the setting the rules were not for me. Genesys would be awesome here, a credible SWADE hack, even something crunchy like HERO or GURPS.

It makes Matrix a sad boy that the Savage Worlds version of Earthdawn was so poorly done that there will neveer be another try - even though SWADE is almost a perfect fit. Heck, both systems even have exploding dice!

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

Earthdawn is a great choice. I ran some 4e and while I love the setting the rules were not for me. Genesys would be awesome here, a credible SWADE hack, even something crunchy like HERO or GURPS.

My choice would be Shadowrun. It has great, great setting content but the rules are a hot mess. Every edition. I’m not sure what use system wise. Something that handles gear-porn.

Well, if you like SWADE, you should check out Sprawlrunners. It's basically Shadowrun for Savage Worlds with the serial numbers filed off.

Edit: ah, you know

 

[Tony Vargas]

Gamma World.

So it'd be, like, the 8th edition, so what, bring on the whacky mutants....

 

[overgeeked]

I think that ship has sailed, my friend, perhaps for the last time.

Or, 2024 will tank and we will get 6E in 2 years. Who can know?!?

I kinda think it will tank a bit. They spent all this money on surveys, try all these changes, only to roll most of them back. They released the SRD into Creative Commons, are publishing essentially errata in 2024, and they're bragging about how no printer can handle how many books they want to print. After the OGL catastrophe, most of the 3PP have already pivoted to making their own core 5E rulebooks. Critical Role and MCDM, two of the bigger and more well-known 3PP, are straight up making their own new games using entirely new game systems. This could be a perfect storm of WotC taking a massive hit.

 

[overgeeked]

I'm ready for a new Marvel Superheroes RPG. I know one just came out, but it's...not great.

I'm ready for a new Star Trek RPG. I don't like the Modiphius 2d20 system.

I'm ready for a new Mutants & Masterminds game. I'm honestly surprised they haven't done a Supers AGE game yet.

I'm ready for a new Shock: Social Science Fiction game. Haven't even heard anyone mention it in years. Fantastic premise and game that was ahead of its time.

I'm ready for a new Fate game. There are three competing editions currently in print and it's a bit much. Revise Core and Accelerated with the updates made to Condensed.