“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

“Hexcrawl / Exploration” games are all about the journey. Whether you're uncovering ancient ruins, navigating dangerous terrain, or charting new territory, the focus is on discovery and player-driven adventure. Hexcrawls add additional structure by using a map where each hex holds new surprises, challenges, or story hooks.

Hexcrawl / Exploration

Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Low Magic

Sci-Fi

Space Opera

Post-Apocalyptic

Cyberpunk

Futuristic

Steampunk

Cosmic Horror

Survival

Space Western

Dark Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Vann

Hey there! 👋 New to D&D/Roleplaying tabletops but very interested in joining story driven campaigns, dramatic twists and turns, improv active DMs, and reasonably loose rules mostly within Space Fantasy genres at the moment (also love fantasy inspired by Arthurian legends!).

Some media I really like: Matrix (first mainly), Cowboy Bebop, Aeon Flux (anime), Starwars (e4-6 + Andor), Fifth Element, Diablo II, Final Fantasy VII (prefer the original), anything written by Ursula K Le Guin, Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson, Dune (only the first book and encyclopedia tbh), The Actual Star by Monica Byrne, art by Yoshitaka Amano, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Herb Kane, Ash Thorpe, Ami Thompson, Robert Valley, Seth Ickerman - you get the idea 😅

Vann

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