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Using Cortex Prime's Challenges mechanic (introduced in Tales of Xadia) might work well here. It's not quite the typical scenario used for the mechanic, but it still ought to work. It is explicitly is round-robin, which avoids too much downtime for each player. Each character in turn creates...

Reverse aging vampire causes confusion.

Ah! OK cool, an i2i gen. :)

Woah... is this just asking it something like "First printing of the AD&D Player's Handbook done in the style of Studio Ghibli"?

Always a double thumbs and ear tufts up from me for industrious beaver-folk and lynxes! :)

If I'm going to step away from a strict silo/slot and/or a limiting "power expenditure" model, I generally am going to do so for all aspects of the game and go towards a more "narrative" system such as Cortex Prime or FATE. In that way, doing things with magic is handled much the same way as...

Interesting! Never given this thought before. Hmm, I would say I (and my groups) fall into the camp of: If it's a long-form/story-path -- Yes If it's a major/well known module, with the intent that will be the majority of the 'campaign' -- Yes If I'm using a series of adventures (and...

I love how this one could be totally changed by a single comma: Giant frogs, terrified by necromancer Or make it into a book title! Giant frogs terrified, by necromancer ;)

Mostly online (either with or without an explicit VTT, depending on what we're playing), as one of the players in my weekly group moved out of the area. My other monthly group we get together to play, albeit with some people still remoting in.

Improvised antimagic trebuchet gambit succeeds!

I have indeed! For games and personal use (see my avatar) and also for teaching a quick Shaolin hand form at a convention. :D

I'll second the notion about setting/theme/tone/genre "setting," is really important in system choice. An episodic Firefly-esque game of jobs and heists can work great with a FitD-type system (such as Scum & Villainy (which also throws in outer-rim Star Wars flavour)). But a more freewheeling...

I didn't check for how many went in alone when I was there, but I think you'd enjoy it on your own! The challenges in the main 'dungeon' part are intended* to be completed by each individual, so even if you went as a group you'd have to either split up or do each one sequentially. And the...

Oh, this one for me is a total "yes yes yes!" Top Secret was my first RPG and I'll always have a soft spot for good superspy action. (I even got to play in a James Bond game recently at a convention, using the 1983 rules :)) That's an interesting one... I last tried Paranoia some 30ish years...

Genres-wise, I would go with horror in general and Cthulhu specifically. The big-C seems super popular right now (both in TTRPGs but also board games and even finding its way into other genres and mini games), but it holds no interest for me at all. I also haven't tried a soap-opera-esque game...

Aye. While the session phases were straightforward, it took about 3 to 4 sessions before it fully clicked for me (in one of those hilarious, "just doing something around the house when it hit me" kind of ways): each of the encounters are, in a way, played backwards to more traditional cycles...

BattleTech has a lot that could be mined and brought to the screen. It's perhaps not the best-known property, but at the same time it both has proven longevity as well as a ream of lore + novels written for it. And it's got a good mix of 'mech action + politics + personal arcs and dramas...

Haha, hilarious, that's a smile for me too. :)

Ahh, this is the kind of continuity and longevity that I love the about this hobby! From the 80s to today, that question from those unfamiliar with RPGs forever endures. :D (Funnily enough, I was also recently telling someone at work about playing games at the local convention and got that...

Hmmm! I adore Wanderhome and its pastoral playstyle (albeit one that can also be laden with some rich vibes and emotional exploration)... I'm going to keep an eye on this one too. :)