“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

“Combat Heavy” games emphasize the combat mechanics within their systems over roleplay or puzzle solving. There are frequent and longer battles with enemies and a greater emphasis on tactical game play.

Combat Heavy

“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)

“Roleplay Lite” games typically include some story and character interactions but keep the emphasis on other gameplay elements like exploration or combat. While these games can still feature character-driven moments, they tend to favor quicker scenes with less focus on extensive backstories or dramatic roleplay.

Roleplay Lite

“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

“Hexcrawl / Exploration” games are all about the journey. Whether you're uncovering ancient ruins, navigating dangerous terrain, or charting new territory, the focus is on discovery and player-driven adventure. Hexcrawls add additional structure by using a map where each hex holds new surprises, challenges, or story hooks.

Hexcrawl / Exploration

Pathfinder 2e

Homebrew Game

A Song of Ice and Fire RPG

Alien: The Roleplaying Game

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay

BattleTech RPG

Elite Dangerous

7th Sea

Paranoia

Stars Without Numbers (Revised)

Only War RPG

Rogue Trader

Worlds without Number

King Arthur Pendragon RPG

Traveller

Deathwatch

Sword Chronicle

Twilight 2000

Cities Without Number

Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Maledictum

Basic Roleplaying

Coriolis: The Great Dark

Horror

Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Low Magic

Scifi

Space Opera

Modern

Futuristic

Imaginative

Pirate

Survival

Grimdark

Dark Fantasy

Sci-fi

Stars without Number (Revised)

Omar Krieg

In short, I love the roleplaying experience.  I am confident and comfortable as a GM, and equally love starting a new character and having that individual grow and become better skilled/more powerful over time.

Omar Krieg

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