Alchemy

Discord

Roll20

Kanka

“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

“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

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

Cyberpunk Red

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1e

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

Harnmaster

Pendragon 6th Edition

Vampire: The Dark Ages

Gothic Horror

Mystery

Gritty Fantasy

Scifi

Cyberpunk

Viking

Modern

Historical

Imaginative

Cosmic Horror

Comedy

Dark Fantasy

Political Intrigue

Sci-fi

Dunchan Hunter

Viking Skald

Player, GM and Storyteller since the Viking Age.

Then began I to thrive,
and wisdom to get,
I grew and well I was;
Each word led me on, to another word,
Each deed to another deed.

Hávamál

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ok vaxa ok vel hafask,
orð mér af orði
orðs leitaði, verk mér af verki
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