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D100 or Percentile. Like in Mythras. Thought Pendragons D20 version (5% increments) is also good. Most other dice mechanics just seem either too complex or simply lacking in usefulness.

In a nutshell, it's the whole point. If I wanted to do anything other than get immersed in my PCs life, I would play something else. If I want complex tactical combat, I'll play a minis combat game. If I want complicated resource management, I'll play a board game that concentrates on such...

Mythras baby! Armor straight up reduces the amount of damage taken. With each hit location (head, chest, torso, arms, legs) having a very limited number of HP. The math works wonderfully. The best armor will negate a blow from a long sword, but there are ways to get past it. Definitely makes...

I would prefer TOR to AiME, but right now local groups are D&D 5e only, and not willing to try new systems. ☹️

Has anyone played it? Has anyone used the Mirkwood Campaign? What did you think of it? Good? Bad? Playable? Unplayable? House rules? Mods? Opinions? I am actually thinking of doing some 5e D&D as other games have withered on the vine and I am really not a fan of vanilla D&D but I think (after...

If I was running a historical game with historical accuracy being a main theme, I would make it historically accurate.

Have them wake up the next morning fresh as daisies but without any equipment or armor, just their clothes.

My aim has always been to allow the players to engage in things they find interesting or entertaining. If the players wish to use an entire session to shop for supplies, or party it up in a local tavern, so be it, even if the choices they make have no consequences in future sessions. To me the...

Tales from the Loop!

Class. Level. Zero to Hero. Readily available magic. Thousands of monster species. Multitudes of PC races.

The runequest family.

Somehow, you acquired the rights to Star Wars. However, one of the stipulations of the deal is that you must reboot the franchise. The original movies, the Legends EU, all the Disney Wars stuff, it's all in the past. It's your Star Wars universe now. What is your reboot like? What's changed...

If looking for detailed mapping, look no further than Kingdoms of Kalamar. It has an atlas that is hundreds of pages. It features borders, roads, trails, villages. The detail is unbelievable.

Often as a central aspect of the events happening in the world the PCs live in. War is devastating. Destruction of infrastructure and massive loss of life can ruin whole societies. It can take generations to recover from such conflicts. As a central conflict. As background events. As something...

Based on real physics!

It's pretty simple. Few skills and little in the way of advancement. You could probably do a short campaign with it, but I doubt it would hold up for a hundred session epic. Unless the players are far more focused on story over stats, then it might work fine. I think it works better as an intro...

Mythras Legend (Mongoose) Burning Wheel Chronica Feudalis

Yeah, but the HP attrition is still the main factor, it just gets worse in the newer editions as HP bloat makes combat take forever. It's just tedious.

I can't stand D&D hit point attrition style combat. I find the monotony of it extremely tedious and boring.

1988, D&D Red Box. Taught myself to DM with a small group of friends as players. Switched to WEG Star Wars shortly thereafter.