“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)

Call of Cthulhu

Indie TTRPG

GURPS

Delta Green

Nobilis: the Game of Sovereign Powers (2002 Edition)

Exalted 2nd Edition

Exalted 3rd Edition

Over the Edge

The One Ring 1e

The One Ring 2e

Exalted Essence

Twilight 2000

Feng Shui 2

Trail of Cthulhu

Shadowdark RPG

Unknown Armies 2e

Unknown Armies 3e

Horror

High Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Low Magic

Scifi

Cyberpunk

Modern

Imaginative

Cosmic Horror

Eldritch Horror

Anime

Dark Fantasy

Sci-fi

Christopher

Christopher

My preferences