Your Three Desert Island RPGs

DragonLancer · Oct 28, 2025

D&D 2024 - I'm a D&D fan and coming back to the game with this edition, I'm enjoying far more than any previous.
Call of Cthulhu - Third RPG I ever bought and loved it ever since.
Deadlands: The Weird West - Original 1990's before it lost it's way and became a different game. We had such fun with this.

Parmandur · Oct 28, 2025

So, the consesnus choices:

5E D&D by a landslide (10 for "5E" or "2014, 5 for "2024"): also 14 for various older editions of D&D
Traveller (11)
Daggerheart (8)

Angus MacDeth · Oct 28, 2025

In alphabetical order:

ACKS II
Call of Cthulhu
Dolmenwood

The runners up (coincidentally, also in alphabetical order):

Demon Lord Engine (Shadow of the Demon Lord/Weird Wizard)
Gumshoe (Night's Black Agents/Trail of Cthulhu)
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Evaniel · Oct 28, 2025

I hesitate to commit, but the top two for me are pretty easy: OSE (Advanced Fantasy) and original Marvel. The third is tough, but I'm leaning toward Call of Cthulhu at the moment.

Parmandur · Oct 28, 2025

OK, I didn't save my counter, but I think Call of Cthulu just passed Daggerheart...

Old School representing hard.

Reynard · Oct 29, 2025

Parmandur said:
OK, I didn't save my counter, but I think Call of Cthulu just passed Daggerheart...

Old School representing hard.

EN World runs very old. You are a Millennial if i recall, and represent one of the younger regular posters.

Parmandur · Oct 29, 2025

Reynard said:
EN World runs very old. You are a Millennial if i recall, and represent one of the younger regular posters.

Yup, Elder Millennial as they reckon it, but yeah.

Interesting that Daggerheart is neck and neck for inclusion with the OG stuff.

Reynard · Oct 29, 2025

Parmandur said:
Yup, Elder Millennial as they reckon it, but yeah.

Interesting that Daggerheart is neck and neck for inclusion with the OG stuff.

Daggerheart's great strength is that it liberally borrows from a lot of games to create something that is simultaneously new feeling and comfy.

mamba · Oct 29, 2025

Parmandur said:
Interesting that Daggerheart is neck and neck for inclusion with the OG stuff.

it’s the new hot thing, would be interesting to see where it is on a poll like this in two to three years

mamba · Oct 29, 2025

Mine would be

Shadow of the Weird Wizard / Demon Lord (the better 5e)
Dragonbane (as old school as I would like to get)
Savage Worlds (for everything else)

Your Three Desert Island RPGs

DragonLancer

Hero

Parmandur

Book-Friend, he/him

Angus MacDeth

Gabba Gabba Hey!

Evaniel

Filthy Casual (he/him)

Parmandur

Book-Friend, he/him

Reynard

aka Ian Eller

Parmandur

Book-Friend, he/him

Reynard

aka Ian Eller

mamba

Legend

mamba

Legend

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