“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

“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

“Realm Building” games focus on the development, expansion, and management of something bigger than a single party, where the characters may find themselves in charge of a kingdom, faction, settlement, or organization. Over the course of gameplay, players might manage resources, make decisions that shape nations, or even guide large-scale conflicts as part of the ongoing story.

Realm Building

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Pathfinder 1e

Gothic Horror

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Post-Apocalyptic

Imaginative

Pirate

Cosmic Horror

Grimdark

Eldritch Horror

Dark Fantasy

Dylan

Hi! My name is Dylan! I also go by Dasa, that being the gamer tag that I have had for well over 20 years now. 

I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons (2014) and Pathfinder 1e for about 11 years now, and am hoping to keep those years coming! I love heavy roleplay, as well as world building and story telling in my games to make things feel like real living worlds. I definitely have my preferences when it comes to the games that I enjoy and want to play in, but I am always open to new experiences!

I enjoy theory crafting about character builds, and have a whole hoard of unused ones that I cherish that are just begging to be played!

Dylan

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