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Daggerheart. ** Squee! ** :)

To @Reynard 's point, the existence of a Thief/Rogue as a dedicated "profession" is a vestigial relic of D&D being a level + class based system. It exists because in D&D's game terms, you are required to represent "differentiated specializations" as a class. If you don't think there's enough...

I've found that for the most part, Owlbear Rodeo gets me 97% of what I really want. I have a full Foundry license that I self-host on a private domain that I own, but I don't really use it. Don't get me wrong, it's very, very capable. Can really do some amazing stuff when put through its paces...

I'm on record in these forums as being a fairly vociferous naysayer around GURPS generally, with the "roll under" component being one of my major complaints. I've read several places online that you somewhat easily port GURPS to a "roll over" system simply by inverting the base "skill bonus"...

Oh! And for sure pick up the Interface Zero 2.0 setting book for Savage Worlds. It adds a huge selection of gear and weapons.

Having played a metric ton of Savage Worlds and a minor quarter ton of Star Wars Edge of the Empire, take a look at EotE's gear upgrade mini-system. It implements an "upgrade rating" for gear items that allows you to fill in upgrades that are at or below the upgrade rating number. So if an...

Both of my GUMSHOE based systems are anxiously awaiting the day they can come off the shelf and hit the table. I really like both Night's Black Agents and Swords of the Serpentine though I have never played/GM'd either.

(bold emphasis mine) I may literally be one of the only human beings on planet earth in my current age bracket (mid-40s) and hobby spectrum (PC gamer, D&D gamer) who has literally never played a single minute of any Diablo video game. (Though I daresay Torchlight probably comes close enough to...

There's a space between "casual" and "hardcore" that isn't well represented in the OP. I'd define "hardcore" as essentially playing or running at a frequency of at least once weekly. Doesn't matter if the weekly participation is spread across one, two, or more groups/campaigns; if life...

Just as a fun exercise, I'm continuing to monitor Amazon's projected ship dates for copies of Daggerheart core (still not a single copy available through FLGS locally in the Salt Lake City market). For today, July 16, they've now revised delivery dates to a range of August 12 - September 10...

If you're just talking about attack roll / to-hit only, I think SWADE's model is a really elegant balance. For HTH, skill of the opponent sets the target number. For ranged, it's a static number +/- mods for range and cover. Armor is DR. The damage modeling is something else entirely (too...

I'll throw out one more into the mix --- if it was with a group that had never played RPGs before, Tiny D6 would be a very possible option. If the goal is to just get an adventure off the ground in as little time as possible, it's definitely on the list.

Savage Worlds or Ironsworn. Can easily run either with near zero prep. Choice would depend on the group and the vibe they're looking for.

Question for those of you familiar with print production business -- After the near-immediate sellout of the first print run, Amazon showed the Daggerheart core listing as out of stock. Late last week, I checked the Amazon listing again and it showed up in stock with a guaranteed delivery date...

I think Tiny D6 is about as minimalist as I'm willing to go, rules wise, to try a **serious take on roleplaying. It's maybe .... 18 pages total, for all of the rules, plus all of the available racial abilities? **Serious as in, I'd attempt to create a somewhat cohesive play continuity / shared...

Hmmm..... Just checked, Daggerheart completely sold out on Amazon. That's pretty surprising, but in a good way for Darrington / CR. Wouldn't have suspected even Amazon would run out of stock. Guess I'll just have to wait for next printing.

The cooperative LOTR collectible card game by FFG is another good option.

The Deep Rock Galactic cooperative board game is utterly fantastic for situations where you can't get the full group together. Some weeks, depending on GM and game, DRG might be an upgrade in fun over an RPG in the first place.

This is one of those interesting things that I took from Court of Blades / Ironsworn and applied it to my more "trad" running Edge of the Empire Star Wars campaign, which is to be more explicit about "position / effect vs. intent" with the players. This goes in hand with a major part of the...