“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

“Combat Heavy” games emphasize the combat mechanics within their systems over roleplay or puzzle solving. There are frequent and longer battles with enemies and a greater emphasis on tactical game play.

Combat 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)

“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

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Space Opera

Cyberpunk

Futuristic

Supernatural

Cosmic Horror

Isekai

Dark Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Political Intrigue

Travis

Been playing table top RPGs since the late 90s. DND mostly: 2nd, 3rd and 5th edition. Ive dabbled in Shadowrun, Played some Pathfinder, Vampire, werewolf, Dungeon World. Love the story aspect of RPGs. Like the action as well, but it can get boring if the action is there just to have a fight and it doesnt do anything for the story. Open to Just about any genre.

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