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“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

A “Dungeon Crawl” is a scenario where players navigate a dungeon or labyrinth-like environment for the entirety of the adventure. It emphasizes battling monsters, collecting loot, and avoiding traps to survive to the end!

Dungeon Crawl

“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)

Organized Play uses a standardized ruleset for character creation, leveling, and rewards. Every character plays by the same rules. Its strength is flexibility: bring your character to any table and jump right in. With tight rule adherence, every game feels consistent, fair, and ready for adventure.

Organized Play

“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

“Realm Building” games focus on the development, expansion, and management of something bigger than a single party, where the characters may find themselves in charge of a kingdom, faction, settlement, or organization. Over the course of gameplay, players might manage resources, make decisions that shape nations, or even guide large-scale conflicts as part of the ongoing story.

Realm Building

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Dungeons & Dragons 3/3.5e

Eclipse Phase

Lancer

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

D20 Modern

Cyberpunk Red

Forbidden Lands

Traveller

Star Wars D20

Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Maledictum

Daggerheart

Draw Steel

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Scifi

Space Opera

Cyberpunk

Futuristic

Steampunk

Cosmic Horror

Dark Fantasy

Espionage

Urban Fantasy

Political Intrigue

Sci-fi

Nathan

I've been playing TTRPG's for more than 20 years.  I started with D&D 2e Skills and Powers, and migrated to D&D 3/3.5 and played a bunch of the variants like Star Wars and d20 Modern.  I've also played Palladium's Robotech, Vampire 3rd Edition, and some BESM one shots.  I also have experience DMing for a Slayers D20 and a Star Wars D20 campaign.

Nathan

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