…and why haven’t you run it yet? :D
I have lots, but the top of the list is probably Cairn - doubly so now that the Cairn 2e Kickstarter is out. It seems like the perfect mix of light mechanics and shenanigans.
Like many others, I haven’t played because my group is in the middle of a multi-year D&D campaign. That, however, got put on a deadline, as our second child will be along later this year, so who knows what the future holds?
Lancer, I need to finish my Curse of Strahd campaign first…
I need to finish my Curse of Strahd campaign first
That’s my reason too.
Is the game you’d like to run also Lancer? That would be a wild coincidence.
Edit: Oops, nevermind, I just saw your other comment!
Haha unfortunately I haven’t even heard of Lancer before your comment!
I’veran a beam saber test game, and plan a campaign soon. If you’re not hyped by D&D but with mecha, it May be a solid alternative
Mouse Guard, definitely. Lack of time and energy, mostly.
After watching a surreal Acid Western (which started out deceptively straightforward and veered endearingly off the rails by the final act), I’m itching to run “In The Light of the Setting Sun” (Bonanza Edition). But I’m at the end of my current FIST: Ultra Edition campaign and don’t want to rush anything. :D
What was the film? Enquiring minds want to know.
It’s called Walker (1987). Directed by Alex Cox (Repo Man) and starring Ed Harris. Not currently streaming anywhere I know of, but if you can find it on DVD or something I highly recommend it. The less you know going in the better. :)
wanderhome! i don’t have a group of friends who are
cringecreative enough to do a fully nonviolent gameAnything sci-fi, using the Savage Worlds system.
I can’t find players. Locally, I can’t find anyone playing anything other than 5e. Online, I’ve been able to find players for various non-5e systems, but haven’t managed to organise a sci-fi SWADE campaign (yet).
Some day I’ll probably run Fate. I’m currently playing Fate as a player, but some day when that campaign’s over I’ll probably start a Fate game as a GM.
As to the “why haven’t I run it yet”, mostly because it wasn’t really on my radar until recently. Once it was on my radar, I happened to stumble across someone else advertising to run a Fate game, so I focused my energies on getting into that game as a player.
I’ve really wanted to learn Delta Green so I can run a SCP story I love (What Happened to Site 13?) and at the end the site teleports out of the world.
Then I’d run a fantasy campaign that is cleaning up the mess they left in the Delta Green one.
Eclipse Phase. It’s a d100 body-swapping cyberpunk scifi horror game partly inspired by the Altered Carbon novels. In the default campaign the players are part of a conspiracy to steer humanity away from tampering with X-threats like alien viruses and tech left behind by hostile superintelligent AI.
I still might run it. My group cycles through GMs, each one of us running a campaign that can be years long. Last time it was my turn I ran Genius: the Transgression, next time could be Eclipse Phase.
I’d love a go at Crown and Skull by Runehammer. It looks really interesting. I’d like to play it before I run it and, frankly, just don’t have the time.
Paranoia, Don’t have anybody that would want to play
Paranoia. I’m afraid I’ve hyped it up too much internally and there’s no way any real play will meet my expectations.
High expectations are considered treason, please consider a more reasonable expectation before attempting Paranoia
I’d love to play in a Vampire: The Masquerade campaign, or to GM an Avatar Legends campaign. But I’ve only got one gaming group, we’ve got one ongoing campaign, and even getting them to play Pathfinder rather than D&D was an unusual and new experience for them.
We just wrapped up an avatar game. It has some oddities but overall really fun!
Oh nice! Good to hear. What were your thoughts on the system more specifically, if you don’t mind my asking?
Combat felt a bit clunky until we starred treating it more as roleplay and less as “DND combat.” Overall, the mechanics encouraged interparty role play which was sooo much fun. I’d highly recommend it
Are you me? This is almost my exact situation. Only difference is that I convinced them to PF2e from The Dark Eye 5 (DSA5).
Three-way tie. Unfortunately there hasn’t been movement on any due to personal stuff, but hopefully soon:
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Pathfinder 2e for a modern D&D-type experience. (Not to yuck anyone’s yum, but I have plenty of gripes with 5e.)
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Dolmenwood. Currently awaiting delivery of the Kickstarter. For those old-school D&D vibes.
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Burning Wheel. My favorite game I’ve never played, even after owning the books for nearly two decades. :P But for real this time!
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So many. And the answer to all “why nots?”. Time. It’s time. So off the top of my head
Eat the Reich - “The year is 1943. You are a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler’s blood”
Conan 2d20
Legend of the Five rings (5e)
Stoneburner - Deep Rock Galactic the TTRPG
Vaesen - Call of Cthulhu but rooted in nordic mythology
Heart the City Beneath - an award-winning complete tabletop roleplaying game about delving into a nightmare undercity that will give you everything you’ve ever dreamed of – or kill you in the process.
I haven’t played Stoneburner yet, but I ran a 10 session campaign of Tales of the Burned Stones (the free fantasy version released as a reward from the Stoneburner Kickstarter), and it was super fun! If you get a chance I highly recommend bumping Stoneburner up in your queue.