Above VTT

D&D Beyond

D&D Beyond Maps

Demiplane

Discord

Foundry VTT

“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

“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)

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

Star Trek Adventures - Second Edition

Gothic Horror

Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Post-Apocalyptic

Cyberpunk

Futuristic

Supernatural

Steampunk

Super Heroes

Pirate

Cosmic Horror

Western

Eldritch Horror

Dark Fantasy

Romance

Urban Fantasy

Victorian

Superhero

Maxxine

Maxxine

My preferences