“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)

In "Sandbox" or "Open World" games, players are given a tremendous amount of freedom to pursue their stories without the restrictions of a more linear game style. Players are encouraged to explore and engage with the world, and find their own story as they do so. These games offer the players the opportunity to help drive the narrative, and allow for the story to evolve organically through the choices they make.

Sandbox / Open World

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games

Cyberpunk Red

The Sea of Thieves Roleplaying Game

Star Trek Adventures - Second Edition

Gritty Fantasy

Scifi

Space Opera

Post-Apocalyptic

Cyberpunk

Historical

Steampunk

Pirate

Dark Fantasy

Romance

Universal

Sci-fi

Hiya folks!

I'm a mid 40s'ish dude from the Appalachians who has tabletop gamed since I was 9 years old. I adore roleplaying, and while I tried at one point to parlay that love of exploring another being's life, emotions and experiences into an acting career, instead I spent over a decade in disaster response and critical aid.

Now I'm just a Dad with too little time, but a genuine desire to rekindle my love of gaming, roleplaying and collaborative storytelling. I look forward to joining a few games, meeting some new folks and creating beautiful worlds with everyone!

Jay

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