Most common RPGs of today?

[Bomberooski]

In the city I live in the games being ran at all the games stores are 80% Dnd with a couple tables playing "Shadowdark", a couple tables playing "Draw Steel", a table that plays "Mothership", and a table that plays "Traveller".

 

[Tigris]

I find it amazing the PDF is $60 thank you none the less

And its not only expensive, its also really bad laid out, felt for me really unprofessional especially since it makes reading the rules take even longer than normal..


I would start with something cheaper and easier to read maybe ironsworn which is free and more different to D&D: Free Ironsworn Downloads

 

[Willie the Duck]

Honestly I have no niche in mind. I am looking for systems to potentially make character sheets for. Many are so simple it's not really needed, but I still find it fun.

If your goal is character creation with no specific campaign to join or game to play, GURPS and Hero System are still outright winners. D&D 3rd edition not bad either, if you make something above 1st level.

 

[Bomberooski]

I find it amazing the PDF is $60 thank you none the less

It's BOTH books PDF for $60. Considering the hours of play you can get out of books like this I feel like that price isn't really that bad.

You can get just the Heroes book for $40

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

I believe the top ones that aren't 5e D&D are, by volume of players, in no particular order:

• Pathfinder (both editions)
• Call of Cthulhu (all editions)
• D&D (All editions other than 5e + Retroclones)
• World of Darkness (all versions)

Pretty much anything else is just a rounding error relative to 5e.

 

[mamba]

I find it amazing the PDF is $60 thank you none the less

it’s the same $30 per digital book as you play for D&D and others… except that D&D has 3 of them

 

[Umbran]

Popular RPGs that aren't D&D:

I think we ought to be clear that many of the games on that list are very new. Saying Daggerheart is popular and Savage Worlds is popular are two rather different statements.

 

[Micah Sweet]

it’s the same $30 per digital book as you play for D&D and others… except that D&D has 3 of them

I can get a slightly better deal for PDFs than $30 each most of the time, even corebooks. Also they're charging more than that for individual PDFs. $30 is the bundle price.

 

[Bomberooski]

I know that for me at least (coming from someone that loves other board games and video games) I'm getting way way more than $60 worth of value from TTRPG books.

Honestly with the countless hours of play time these games give it dwarfs a $40 board game or $60 video game

 

[Errant Thinking]

The Bastionlands or Into the Odd derivatives are pretty popular in some circles with Mythic Bastionland and Cairn being two common one besides Mausritter.

I think Mausritter and Mythic Bastionland are the most refined versions (that I know of). All would have simple character sheets with Mausritter possibly being a bit more involved if you match the design as if it were physical with tiles.