“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire. 

Roleplay Heavy

“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions. 

Theater of the Mind

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

“Combat Lite” games typically focus less on combat encounters and more on roleplay, storytelling, and exploration. Combat tends to be shorter, less frequent, resolved in a more narrative style, or absent altogether, while keeping the story as the primary focus.

Combat Lite

“Tactical / Crunchy” games are all about mastering the rules and making smart, mechanical choices. These games place a strong emphasis on strategy, planning, and system knowledge. Players who enjoy complex combat, optimized builds, or detailed mechanics will feel right at home here.

Tactical / Crunchy

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Rifts

Call of Cthulhu

Marvel Super-Heroes FASERIP

Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory

Blades in the Dark

Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games

Monster of the Week

Mutants & Masterminds

World of Darkness

Cortex RPG

BattleTech RPG

7th Sea

Masks: A New Generation

Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies

Fallout: The Roleplaying Game

Wicked Ones

Thirsty Sword Lesbians

Spire: The City Must Fall RPG

Heart: The City Beneath RPG

Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game

Hunter: The Reckoning

Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of

Heckin' Good Doggos

BREAK!!

Legend of the Five Rings First Edition

EAT THE REICH

James Bond 007: Role-Playing In Her Majesty's Secret Service

Mecha

Cosmere Roleplaying Game

Daggerheart

Honor + Intrigue

Robotech

Gothic Horror

Fantasy

Scifi

Space Opera

Futuristic

Historical

Wacky

Imaginative

Super Heroes

Survival

Western

Comedy

Grimdark

Espionage

Heartwarming

Political Intrigue

Sci-fi

Superhero

Tulio

Julia LaFond

GM Dayv

Angelle

GM Dayv

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