“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

“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

Call of Cthulhu

Indie TTRPG

Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

World of Darkness

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

Mothership

Cyberpunk Red

Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary

Fallout: The Roleplaying Game

Changeling: The Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition

Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

Daggerheart

Mystery

Horror

High Fantasy

Low Magic

Historical

Pirate

Cosmic Horror

Comedy

Grimdark

Eldritch Horror

Dark Fantasy

Romance

Pedro-GM

Gabe

Gabe

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