Hi everyone,
So during nearly two decades of RPGs I reached a point where I became tired of all the generic, stereotypical settings and my players constantly using mainstream movies as reference.
My first step was towards Savage Worlds, to provide a single rules-system to my players but be flexible to switch between settings.
In the meantime turned towards the PbtA games. The reason for that is the high amount of Indie content as those developers fell the freedom to diverge from the mainstream.
I recently backed “The Last Days of Angelkite” (http://kck.st/1CesWWA) a project by Mark Diaz Truman and Brendan Conway because I love the grim and fatalistic World that will for sure take my players out of their comfort zone. And I am thrilled to receive my final copy of “No Country for old Kobolds”
Now I am wondering which “different” Settings and Hack you favor.
Which ones are those special worlds you want to explore with your players?
WWII over Germany / Russia at night, in biplanes held together by love and guts.
Mark Diaz Truman this was where I got confused.
Somehow I read this post completely wrong and posted a weird response elsewhere.
To answer your question:
I want a setting that is Urban Fantasy, but completely about the RE-Discovery of Magick and Myth. A cross of Part-time Gods meets Ars Magica…but in a modern city of my choosing.
I also really want a Spelljammer-esque or Dragonstar type Space game.
Here is the big list of hacks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1whsN3C5e31CZfo8hqlJbiKTPBX9kkCDSEG_An9FlP5s/edit#gid=0
I think The Last Days of Angelkite will be pretty cool too. I tend to use Dungeon World (Grim World in particular). As far as one offs, I like the Mass Effect books, the AP Rules handle it pretty nicely and No Rest for the Wicked depending on the group and the flavor of the night. I have heard good things about Monsterhearts, but haven’t tried it yet.
For Rich Glover I havent read it but you may want to check out Urban Shadows RPG, they have a google community and I know that kind of the standard for grim modern/world of darkness type games, or Houses and Wands if you want Harry Potter type lightheartedness. For Spelljammer, no clue to be honest but the big list should help with that.