Top 5 Roleplaying Games

Top 5 Roleplaying Games

Top 5 Roleplaying Games

Give me your Top 5 tabletop RPGs or LARPs as of right now. No need to justify your picks, but if you want to have a good-natured discussion in the comments, I’m cool with that, too.

Mine:

1. Monsterhearts 2

2. World of Dungeons

3. Cheat Your Own Adventure

4. Dungeon World

5. My Life with Master

206 thoughts on “Top 5 Roleplaying Games”

  21. Right now:

    1)Operators (we playtested it some more and it’s awwwwseome. Kyle might even run NBA with it, can’t wait!!)

    2)Monsterhearts 2 Tied for number 1, though

    3)Space Wurm Vs Moonicorn

    4)7th Sea Khatai

    5)Coriolis

  22. Right now:

    1)Operators (we playtested it some more and it’s awwwwseome. Kyle might even run NBA with it, can’t wait!!)

    2)Monsterhearts 2 Tied for number 1, though

    3)Space Wurm Vs Moonicorn

    4)7th Sea Khatai

    5)Coriolis

  33. 1. Sorcerer

    2. Dungeon Planet (does that count?)

    3. Monster of the Week

    4. King Arthur Pendragon

    5. Primetime Adventures

    Honourable mentions: Apocalypse World, The Veil, Call of Cthulhu

  34. 1. Sorcerer

    2. Dungeon Planet (does that count?)

    3. Monster of the Week

    4. King Arthur Pendragon

    5. Primetime Adventures

    Honourable mentions: Apocalypse World, The Veil, Call of Cthulhu

  43. 1. The Veil

    2. Fellowship

    3. World Wide Wrestling

    4. Vornheim (ok, its a setting not a game, but i don’t think LotFP or DnD5e deserves the mention)

    5. Bluebeard’s Bride

    Honorable Mentions: Space Wurm vs. Moonicorn & A Red and Pleasant Land

  44. 1. The Veil

    2. Fellowship

    3. World Wide Wrestling

    4. Vornheim (ok, its a setting not a game, but i don’t think LotFP or DnD5e deserves the mention)

    5. Bluebeard’s Bride

    Honorable Mentions: Space Wurm vs. Moonicorn & A Red and Pleasant Land

  67. 1. The Quiet Year

    2. Fall of Magic

    3. Alas for the Awful Sea

    4. Dungeon World

    5. Rockerboys and Vending Machines (and other Lasers and Feelings hacks). 🙂

  68. 1. The Quiet Year

    2. Fall of Magic

    3. Alas for the Awful Sea

    4. Dungeon World

    5. Rockerboys and Vending Machines (and other Lasers and Feelings hacks). 🙂

  69. Apocalypse World / World of Dungeons

    Fate Core

    The Black Hack

    In Nomine

    Castle Falkenstein

    This exercise forced me to confront the fact that my favorite games are my favorite because I like building other games upon them, rather than because I actually like playing them. 😳

  70. Apocalypse World / World of Dungeons

    Fate Core

    The Black Hack

    In Nomine

    Castle Falkenstein

    This exercise forced me to confront the fact that my favorite games are my favorite because I like building other games upon them, rather than because I actually like playing them. 😳

  117. Blades in the Dark

    Dresden Files Accelerated

    Monsterhearts 2

    Young Centurions (Fate Accelerated)

    Moldvay/Cook D&D (B/X)

    Honourable Mentions:

    – Lady Blackbird, Witch: The Road To Lindisfarne, Poor Amongst the Stars (Malandros), Masks and City of Mist

  118. Blades in the Dark

    Dresden Files Accelerated

    Monsterhearts 2

    Young Centurions (Fate Accelerated)

    Moldvay/Cook D&D (B/X)

    Honourable Mentions:

    – Lady Blackbird, Witch: The Road To Lindisfarne, Poor Amongst the Stars (Malandros), Masks and City of Mist

  139. I tried to stick with published, but honorable mention definitely for Crossroads Carnival. Also, now reading through other people’s answers and kicking myself for forgetting WWW. 🙂

  140. I tried to stick with published, but honorable mention definitely for Crossroads Carnival. Also, now reading through other people’s answers and kicking myself for forgetting WWW. 🙂

  141. Robert Nolan Ooh, would love to hear about Serial Homicide Unit sometime. I only recently learned of its existence. Don’t know anything about it, but it sounded neat! (We can take it elsewhere.)

  142. Robert Nolan Ooh, would love to hear about Serial Homicide Unit sometime. I only recently learned of its existence. Don’t know anything about it, but it sounded neat! (We can take it elsewhere.)

  143. Rob Abrazado and Robert Nolan, if you do take it elsewhere leave a trail of breadcrumbs. I’ve had 13th Age for ever but never gotten to play it and am interested in Forthright, SHU and some of the other stuff I’ve seen go by.

  144. Rob Abrazado and Robert Nolan, if you do take it elsewhere leave a trail of breadcrumbs. I’ve had 13th Age for ever but never gotten to play it and am interested in Forthright, SHU and some of the other stuff I’ve seen go by.

  147. Graham Meinert Honestly (har har), I don’t know much about Forthright yet except that I am totally in love with its introductory sections, so it goes on the “right now” list. Opinion may change when I get to the system part. 😉

  148. Graham Meinert Honestly (har har), I don’t know much about Forthright yet except that I am totally in love with its introductory sections, so it goes on the “right now” list. Opinion may change when I get to the system part. 😉

  167. Jesse Donavan Edmond Daaaaaang Better Angels. 🙂 I loved the idea of it, but I could not grok that system. Always told myself I’d sit down with it another day and try again. Maybe that day should be soon. 🙂

  168. Jesse Donavan Edmond Daaaaaang Better Angels. 🙂 I loved the idea of it, but I could not grok that system. Always told myself I’d sit down with it another day and try again. Maybe that day should be soon. 🙂

  175. Lowell Francis I didn’t get on with the quickstart at all (and still don’t) but the full book is excellent. It’s a very dense game and I don’t think it can be done in a quickstart format – if I’d have been asked the same question this time last year, it wouldn’t have been on my list at all.

  176. Lowell Francis I didn’t get on with the quickstart at all (and still don’t) but the full book is excellent. It’s a very dense game and I don’t think it can be done in a quickstart format – if I’d have been asked the same question this time last year, it wouldn’t have been on my list at all.

  179. Lowell Francis A lot more Blades in the Dark than I expected, too. I still need more time with it myself. Love the text, but the gameplay is just kind of rough for how I run a game. I’ll be interested to hear what you say about it on Gauntlet 122.

  180. Lowell Francis A lot more Blades in the Dark than I expected, too. I still need more time with it myself. Love the text, but the gameplay is just kind of rough for how I run a game. I’ll be interested to hear what you say about it on Gauntlet 122.

  185. In no order whatsoever:

    * A Real Game

    * Witch: The Road To Lindisfarne

    * The Burning Wheel

    * Old Friends

    * Bedlam Beautiful

    (and honorable mentions to MH2, Bluebeard’s Bride, The Watch, Ten Candles, Murderous Ghosts, SWvM, DitV, Kagematsu, Lovecraftesque, Tension, Our Radios Are Dying, Crossroads Carnival, and Manic Pixie Dream Girls Anonymous)

  186. In no order whatsoever:

    * A Real Game

    * Witch: The Road To Lindisfarne

    * The Burning Wheel

    * Old Friends

    * Bedlam Beautiful

    (and honorable mentions to MH2, Bluebeard’s Bride, The Watch, Ten Candles, Murderous Ghosts, SWvM, DitV, Kagematsu, Lovecraftesque, Tension, Our Radios Are Dying, Crossroads Carnival, and Manic Pixie Dream Girls Anonymous)

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