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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9509334" data-attributes="member: 18182">I'm with you on this.If a pal asks our gaming circle . . . &quot;Hey, I want to run a Star Trek game! Who's in?&quot; We all have at least a rough idea of what to expect, even those of us who aren't super Trekkies. But if a friend say, &quot;Hey gang, I'd like to run a sci-fantasy D&amp;D game inspired by Star Trek and Babylon 5! Who's in?&quot; That could be a lot of fun, but even when citing the inspirations, we have a lot less to go on, both when deciding if we want to play and as we get started. Nothing wrong with that, but it is a difference.If a friend goes, &quot;Hey, want to join my D&amp;D game? I've been running this homebrew world for over 30 years, and my initial description isn't going to sound super different than the Realms or Middle-Earth, but for reasons, NO DRAGONBORN.&quot; Eh . . . I'm not that excited. It could be a fun game and well realized setting, but I'm initially put off, there are &quot;red flags&quot;. Now, if I know this friend well, I might choose to join the game so that I can game with THEM, not so much their setting. But as an adult, I also might think, &quot;Eh, my gaming time is limited, I'll pass on this one. Hope everyone has a good time.&quot;I just started a Lord of the Rings 5E campaign with my friends. I was offering to take over for our DM who needed a break, these guys are all friends, but they don't have a lot of experience with me running games. I initially gave them 4 options: 1) LotR 5E, 2) Greek-themed campaign (Odyssey of the Dragonlords), 3) Star Trek/Star Wars inspired sci-fantasy D&amp;D, and 4) homebrew D&amp;D heavily inspired by the Mystara campaign. I was most excited to run the sci-fantasy game or my version of Mystara, but . . . overwhelmingly, everybody got excited by the setting we all shared as fans, Middle-Earth. Which is cool, we're having a lot of fun!We're sticking pretty close to the LotR rules and setting, but it was a group decision, not DM fiat. If my players had said, &quot;Let's play LotR 5E, but with tieflings and dragonborn!&quot; I would've gone for it. I do have one player playing a druid from regular 5E, to model a Radagast-style Istari.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9509334, member: 18182"] I'm with you on this. If a pal asks our gaming circle . . . "Hey, I want to run a Star Trek game! Who's in?" We all have at least a rough idea of what to expect, even those of us who aren't super Trekkies. But if a friend say, "Hey gang, I'd like to run a sci-fantasy D&D game inspired by Star Trek and Babylon 5! Who's in?" That could be a lot of fun, but even when citing the inspirations, we have a lot less to go on, both when deciding if we want to play and as we get started. Nothing wrong with that, but it is a difference. If a friend goes, "Hey, want to join my D&D game? I've been running this homebrew world for over 30 years, and my initial description isn't going to sound super different than the Realms or Middle-Earth, but for reasons, NO DRAGONBORN." Eh . . . I'm not that excited. It could be a fun game and well realized setting, but I'm initially put off, there are "red flags". Now, if I know this friend well, I might choose to join the game so that I can game with THEM, not so much their setting. But as an adult, I also might think, "Eh, my gaming time is limited, I'll pass on this one. Hope everyone has a good time." I just started a Lord of the Rings 5E campaign with my friends. I was offering to take over for our DM who needed a break, these guys are all friends, but they don't have a lot of experience with me running games. I initially gave them 4 options: 1) LotR 5E, 2) Greek-themed campaign (Odyssey of the Dragonlords), 3) Star Trek/Star Wars inspired sci-fantasy D&D, and 4) homebrew D&D heavily inspired by the Mystara campaign. I was most excited to run the sci-fantasy game or my version of Mystara, but . . . overwhelmingly, everybody got excited by the setting we all shared as fans, Middle-Earth. Which is cool, we're having a lot of fun! We're sticking pretty close to the LotR rules and setting, but it was a group decision, not DM fiat. If my players had said, "Let's play LotR 5E, but with tieflings and dragonborn!" I would've gone for it. I do have one player playing a druid from regular 5E, to model a Radagast-style Istari. [/QUOTE]

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