Alchemy

D&D Beyond

Discord

Foundry VTT

Owlbear Rodeo

Roll20

“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

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Pathfinder 1e

Fate Core System

Homebrew Game

World of Darkness

Gothic Horror

Mystery

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Viking

Historical

Wacky

Imaginative

Supernatural

Steampunk

Survival

Comedy

Grimdark

Battle Royale

Cozy

Isekai

Anime

Dark Fantasy

Heartwarming

Romance

Urban Fantasy

Victorian

Political Intrigue

darkninjaraven

Casually playing TTRPG on and off for the past 20 years. I love creating character concepts even if I don't get to play them. I tend to do my own character art.

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