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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

“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)

Shadowrun

Lancer

Alien: The Roleplaying Game

Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition

Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game

Mystery

Horror

Fantasy

Scifi

Post-Apocalyptic

Cyberpunk

Modern

Futuristic

Imaginative

Supernatural

Cosmic Horror

Survival

Space Western

Grimdark

Eldritch Horror

Cozy

Heartwarming

Romance

Rustic

Urban Fantasy

Sci-fi

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