Which RPG Are You?
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Stumblewyk
Adventurer
Conan (Mongoose).
I might have to look into this. Of course, just because I'm into low fantasy doesn't mean my players are.
I might have to look into this. Of course, just because I'm into low fantasy doesn't mean my players are.
austinhaws
First Post
On the left of the quiz is a link for "Games List". On that list RIFTS actually shows up twice. It is one of the few games that has more than one path to it. You can click on the RIFTS links on the "Games List" page to see how to get to it.
Happy RPGing!
scruffygrognard
Adventurer
I came up with Harnmaster... which I just picked up, so that I can check it out! 
ExploderWizard
Hero
I got Pendragon. I played briefly years ago and enjoyed it. 
Shades of Green
Explorer
Traveller, as was fitting.
Zinovia
Explorer
I got Burning Wheel, which sounds fun to me. I like the idea of life paths, at least in theory. I'd have to look over the mechanics to see how well it works in practice.
My players are another story however. The last time I used the phrase "narrative control" at the table, most of them stared at me in slack-jawed beffudlement, with no clue as to the meaning of my cryptic utterance. I have been using a modified fate point system for a year or so. Despite the explanation I gave when introducing the system, and the text printed on the fate point cards, it came as a complete shock to one of the players when my husband pointed out that instead of using his fate point to reroll a fumbled lock picking check, he could use it to decree that the door was unlocked to begin with. It wasn't an important door, so that was perfectly fine. He had no idea, because all they ever use fate points for are rerolls and the occasional recharge of an encounter power. It says right on the card "Use this to change the world in a minor way". Narrative control is too scary to a group that wants to sit there and be fed the story like baby birds safe in their nest. My group is reactive, not proactive, with the exception of the only two players to have ever GMed.
I think Burning Wheel or similar narrative games would freak them out.
My players are another story however. The last time I used the phrase "narrative control" at the table, most of them stared at me in slack-jawed beffudlement, with no clue as to the meaning of my cryptic utterance. I have been using a modified fate point system for a year or so. Despite the explanation I gave when introducing the system, and the text printed on the fate point cards, it came as a complete shock to one of the players when my husband pointed out that instead of using his fate point to reroll a fumbled lock picking check, he could use it to decree that the door was unlocked to begin with. It wasn't an important door, so that was perfectly fine. He had no idea, because all they ever use fate points for are rerolls and the occasional recharge of an encounter power. It says right on the card "Use this to change the world in a minor way". Narrative control is too scary to a group that wants to sit there and be fed the story like baby birds safe in their nest. My group is reactive, not proactive, with the exception of the only two players to have ever GMed.
I think Burning Wheel or similar narrative games would freak them out.
The Shaman
First Post
I didn't make it past the first page - no historical roleplaying.
Neonchameleon
Legend
I made it through to "Genre shouldn't matter" then "Not really" and got caught in a loop. (Eventually breaking out into GURPS). The way I cut my genres is by style of game, not by period - games like Dread, Wushu, and Dogs in the Vineyard are easy to port out of their default settings.
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