Sunday Nonsense: Which TTRPG Systems Survive

[Thomas Shey]

Hard row to hoe.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I would love to see a head to head thread discussing 13th Age vs. Shadow of the ____ vs. other not-D&D fantasy RPGs, personally. A lot of those other games sound really good, but outside of Daggerheart and Draw Steel, I'm unclear why one would choose those games versus the alternatives.

Notably, 13th Age is the only D&D-adjacent I've run in a decade, and one of the only two others I'd consider was Shadow of the Weird Wizard (its a little less dark than its predecessor).

 

[Thomas Shey]

I just realized I had to resist picking "Generic/Universal Systems Numbers One, Two and Three."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Notably, 13th Age is the only D&D-adjacent I've run in a decade, and one of the only two others I'd consider was Shadow of the Weird Wizard (its a little less dark than its predecessor).

I would love a thread explaining what each of those has to offer versus main line D&D or Pathfinder or Draw Steel or Daggerheart. They sound good, for sure, but I don't know what the big hook of why them versus the others.

With Draw Steel or Pathfinder or even Daggerheart, those hooks are pretty well known to me, but I can't articulate them for 13th Age and Shadow, although I'm sure they have similar clear hooks.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I would love a thread explaining what each of those has to offer versus main line D&D or Pathfinder or Draw Steel or Daggerheart. They sound good, for sure, but I don't know what the big hook of why them versus the others.

With Draw Steel or Pathfinder or even Daggerheart, those hooks are pretty well known to me, but I can't articulate them for 13th Age and Shadow, although I'm sure they have similar clear hooks.

Well, the third one I care about is Pathfinder 2e, so in some ways I consider them as different spots on the same line (though there are some individual things each does separately that I consider to have their own virtues).

 

[Voidmoji]

I just realized I had to resist picking "Generic/Universal Systems Numbers One, Two and Three."

This is me! I went with GURPS and Mutants and Masterminds, as the range of games I could run, and discuss, is pretty vast.

I then went with 3.5e/Pathfinder. Three months ago I wouldn't have even given the system a second thought, but now I am super into running a Pathfinder E6 game.

But I seriously considered Cortex as a third game.

 

[Thomas Shey]

This is me! I went with GURPS and Mutants and Masterminds, as the range of games I could run, and discuss, is pretty vast.

I then went with 3.5e/Pathfinder. Three months ago I wouldn't have even given the system a second thought, but now I am super into running a Pathfinder E6 game.

But I seriously considered Cortex as a third game.

I could easily have had Savage Worlds, Hero and GURPS if I'd let myself (as it was, I think I just subbed in 2D20 for GURPS...)

 

[definiteFreakyFishGuy]

Does Nimble deserve a place on this poll?

Not saying it should go up there, but it's interesting how DC20 seems to be completely forgotten...

 

[Reynard]

Does Nimble deserve a place on this poll?

Not saying it should go up there, but it's interesting how DC20 seems to be completely forgotten...

Is Nimble even out? I thought it was still KSing.