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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)

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

“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

“Puzzle / Mystery Focused” games are traditionally built around uncovering secrets, solving strange occurrences, and using clever thinking to move through the story. Players may investigate clues, crack riddles, or unravel a deeper story hidden beneath the surface.

Puzzle / Mystery Focused

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Pathfinder 1e

Savage Worlds

Call of Cthulhu

Kids on Bikes

Blades in the Dark

Deadlands

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

Star Wars D6

Villains & Vigilantes

Kids on Brooms

Star Wars 5e

Brindlewood Bay

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

Candela Obscura

Vampire: The Dark Ages

Daggerheart

Vampire: The Masquerade 1st Edition

Gothic Horror

Mystery

Horror

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Scifi

Space Opera

Post-Apocalyptic

Cyberpunk

Futuristic

Imaginative

Supernatural

Steampunk

Super Heroes

Pirate

Western

Space Western

Dark Fantasy

Espionage

Victorian

Sci-fi

Superhero

Rosemary

Rosemary

My preferences