D&D Beyond

Discord

Foundry VTT

Roll20

Tabletop Simulator

“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

“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

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Pathfinder 2e

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

Cyberpunk Red

Gothic Horror

Mystery

Horror

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Scifi

Post-Apocalyptic

Cyberpunk

Futuristic

Imaginative

Supernatural

Pirate

Cosmic Horror

Survival

Comedy

Grimdark

Eldritch Horror

Dark Fantasy

Espionage

Heartwarming

Romance

Political Intrigue

Universal

Sci-fi

Valerie

I've loved TTRPGs ever since I was first introduced to them via Pathfinder. Learning new systems is very fun for me, though I don't know a lot of them. I also like to do voices and accents, with aspirations of being a voice actor, and love incorporating it into my roleplay.

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