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Some RPGs are suited to telling a tight story, and some work best in a sandbox where players can explore and adventure as they please. The Elite: Dangerous RPG definitely falls into the latter category. That makes sense, though, as the original Elite is arguably the granddaddy of open-world...

There are some role-playing games that aim to strip out complexity wherever possible - in the rules, in character creation, even in the setting itself. And then there are those like the Infinity RPG Core Book which choose to embrace it; to lean into a universe stuffed to the brim with backstory...

Luckily, two of the cons where they'll be showing it off are within about 25 minutes of my house. How very convenient.

Looking at their FAQ they're still going to be using the OGL, so it's going to be interesting how much this changes. EDIT: Just realised that D&D 5E also used the term OGL. Maybe they'll switch which OGL they're using? Other interesting bits to pull out: And: This is all sounding very 5E-ey.

The quest for a truly universal RPG system has been bubbling away for decades, and while Genesys won't be to everybody's taste it certainly carves out its own niche in the middle-ground between lighter systems and their monolithic, crunch-heavy cousins. On a first flick through the book it...

Some of the results here are a little unexpected, though when I think about it they may some sense. I loved XG2E, but I've seen a lot of negative reviews from people annoyed about reprinted material and not being a standard PHB2. The only one that truly surprises me is SKT - it seemed to have...

I must admit, I'm not really familiar with VtM and it's setting, so when I was skimming the PDFs the ISIS stuff in the playtest scenario kind of made me do a double-take. I get that some people want something more real-world-ey but to be honest it puts me off. Different people come to...

I would say there are a few things that separate even a grid-based RPG from a boardgame. The biggest, perhaps, is that RPGs give you much bigger scope for non-obvious solutions - dropping a chandelier on a foe rather than attacking them, or stealing some guard uniforms and trying to bluff your...

Warhammer is/was (probably?) the most popular fantasy wargame out there. Like it's sci-fi sister, Warhammer 40k, it differs from other fantasy settings by having a focus on over-the-top, semi-ironic grimness. In the RPGs, this usually manifests in the form of sky-high lethality and stupid accents.

I got to play a few hours of the Discworld RPG with the author at a UK convention, and it worked out pretty well. I'm not hugely familiar with GURPS, but it seemed like they stripped out some of the crunchier parts. Combat, in particular, was very straightforward and enough things had been...