D&D Beyond

Fantasy Grounds

Foundry VTT

Roll20

Tale Spire

“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

“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

Gothic Horror

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Gritty Fantasy

Post-Apocalyptic

Viking

Steampunk

Survival

Western

Dark Fantasy

Espionage

TaleSpire

TheChaosShaman

I've been a player since I was 17. I was a theatre major. Gave up theatre life because I was sick of the drama...

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I've had a fun, chaotic life, drifting between being an actor, a director, a writer, a stagehand, a short order cook, a professional grillardin chef, a milkman, a bassist in a traveling punk band, a manager and barista at a honky tonk bar, a professional head brewer, a trumpet player, an amateur Youtuber, a laboratory technician in a synthetic yarn factory, and I currently produce parts for an astronautics company full time. 

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