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<blockquote data-quote="DammitVictor" data-source="post: 9096455" data-attributes="member: 6750908"><p>I keep a list of games I want to run. There are a handful of ideas <em>always</em> on that list-- <em>Super Mario Bros isekai</em>, <em>Street Fighter </em>anything, <em>Spelljammer </em>sandbox, MHR <em>eXiles</em>-- and I've usually got a few more that I'm dying to run, like D&D in a <em>Groundhog Day</em> loop or <em>Terminator RPG </em>in LA in the Summer of 1998.</p><p></p><p>If you're really tapped, get you a checklist of all of the GURPS supplements for 3rd or 4th edition-- you don't need to own them-- make a random d% chart out of them, and roll to select three or four. Just make sure to run the final results past your players, because <em>Biotech</em> plus <em>Horror</em> plus <em>Bunnies & Burrows </em>can be a little divisive.</p><p></p><p><strong>edit: </strong>Also, don't feel too obligated to the results. If you <em>really</em> don't want to run the mess the dice handed you, it probably either told you the game you'd rather run instead... or you still have the chart to roll again. Maybe instead of a fixed number, just keep rolling the bones until all of your results make sense or they're too borked and you start over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitVictor, post: 9096455, member: 6750908"] I keep a list of games I want to run. There are a handful of ideas [I]always[/I] on that list-- [I]Super Mario Bros isekai[/I], [I]Street Fighter [/I]anything, [I]Spelljammer [/I]sandbox, MHR [I]eXiles[/I]-- and I've usually got a few more that I'm dying to run, like D&D in a [I]Groundhog Day[/I] loop or [I]Terminator RPG [/I]in LA in the Summer of 1998. If you're really tapped, get you a checklist of all of the GURPS supplements for 3rd or 4th edition-- you don't need to own them-- make a random d% chart out of them, and roll to select three or four. Just make sure to run the final results past your players, because [I]Biotech[/I] plus [I]Horror[/I] plus [I]Bunnies & Burrows [/I]can be a little divisive. [B]edit: [/B]Also, don't feel too obligated to the results. If you [I]really[/I] don't want to run the mess the dice handed you, it probably either told you the game you'd rather run instead... or you still have the chart to roll again. Maybe instead of a fixed number, just keep rolling the bones until all of your results make sense or they're too borked and you start over. [/QUOTE]
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