What Are Your Favorite TTRPG Genres

[Reynard]

Just out of curiosity, what genres do you like specifically in TTRPG form? I will try and make the poll as comprehensive as possible, but I am sure I will miss something so feel free to mention it in the comments.

 

[payn]

I lean more on the mundane side. So, sword and sorcery, hard sci-fi, cyberpunk noir, Mythos horror, etc...

 

[Corinnguard]

Urban Fantasy, Mecha, Modern Supers.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

I'd call "Comedy" a genre of its own, although it usually overlaps with one or more others, eg Paranoia is some kind of scifi/scifan, TOON! is Cartoons (another missing genre with other reps like Cartoon Action Hour), and Tales From the Floating Vagabond is as much of a genre-blender as Rifts is. It's a bit more than just a play style, given that whole games are designed around the comedy instead of just having supplemental stuff like Sentinel Comics' Guise Book.

Heck, Fiasco is usually a comedy game in practice, even if the humor tends to go very dark.

 

[Reynard]

I'd call "Comedy" a genre of its own, although it usually overlaps with one or more others, eg Paranoia is some kind of scifi/scifan, TOON! is Cartoons (another missing genre with other reps like Cartoon Action Hour), and Tales From the Floating Vagabond is as much of a genre-blender as Rifts is. It's a bit more than just a play style, given that whole games are designed around the comedy instead of just having supplemental stuff like Sentinel Comics' Guise Book.

Heck, Fiasco is usually a comedy game in practice, even if the humor tends to go very dark.

Added!

 

[payn]

I do find it funny that mecha is combined with kaiju but supers have like 9 categories.

 

[Tonguez]

What is the meant by Science Fantasy?

Also what is space opera v space fantasy?

I'm also becoming increasing charmed by Napoleonic, and other Georgian era roleplay, mostly military and gothic horror but also some regency 'comedy of manners' play

 

[payn]

What is the meant by Science Fantasy?

Also what is space opera v space fantasy?

 

[Corinnguard]

If I was a Kenku, I definitely would open up that can of worms.

 

[Corinnguard]

If I was a Kenku, I definitely would open up that can of worms.

Oh, you meant a metaphorical can of worms, right?