So I am living in Las Vegas for the summer and there is a gameshop for old tabletop RPG games and I would like to know what are s good RPG games to get? I have tried the original D&D red box and I am interested in more sci fi and fantasy games. What can I pick?
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I'm trying to get into table top this year and so far the table top series here on the escapist has been super helpful, so I'd browse through their videos. I've read some good things about Rifts on a few table tip forums, so that might be a good sci fi RPG to jump into.Boo8er said:
Well, there are lots.Boo8er said:
Let's see - fortunately, most fit that category, so I don't know if you want to narrow it down a bit. But here is a quick list:Boo8er said:
Dungeons and Dragons - of course. Must be mentioned - if you want a dungeon crawler-y game, D&D has been there and crawled for 40 years now. Disregard what people say about editions - it actually depends on the group, anybody who tells you to go for a particular edition (especially if it's to the exclusion of others) is not in a position to recommend anything due to the fact that they cannot see the fact that a good group can make any game fun, and a bad group would continue being bad despite the edition.
Pathfinder - worth mentioning only to the extent that you can consider it D&D but it is not called such. Mentally substitute it with "D&D 3.5+" if people start going off about something like "D&D edition 3.5, 4th edition, Pathfinder and D&D Next".
D&D Next - again, worth mentioning it just as a quick explanation - seems like this is shaping up to be the name of the new edition. If you want to associate a number with it, it'd be 5.
Shadowrun - a mix of cyberpunk and fantasy - it's sort of what you'd get if you get D&D and place it in the near future, then equip characters with cybernetic enhancements and such.
World of Darkness - it's contemporary horror fantasy - you can play anything from a random dude, through a random dude with some supernatural powers, to a supernatural baddie like a vampire or an animated corpse[footnote]actually, when I think about it - there do seem to be quite a few playable animated corpses, including vampires[/footnote]. Comes in two...let's call them flavours - "new" and "old". If you need a guide on how to handle suggestions which one to pick, look up what I wrote about D&D editions.
Dark Heresy - set in the Warhammer 40k universe, you can play as an agent of the Inquisition. Go find and root out heresy, for the Emprah!
FATE - it's not actually a specific setting, FATE is just the system. It's fairly universal, so you can play pretty much anything with it. It offers a lot of flexibility and interesting options to players - I quite like it. There are many games that actually use it, for example, there is a Dresden Files RPG which runs on FATE and it runs quite well.
GURPS - similar to FATE, it's an universal system. This one is more designed to be universal. It works - it's a toolbox and you can build whatever game you want out of it. Just mentioning it in case you came across it.
Paranoia - it's a future dystopia setting which, surprisingly, is where this really fun game takes place. It's all about back stabbing your buddies while being back stabbed yourself.
This can serve as a quick guide - these are probably some of the most prominent names out there.
I use to be really big into Rift's myself. I use to GM for a lot of people for a few years. It's honestly my favorite, not because of the system (It has it's flaws. You will probably want to make your own house rules once you get a feel for it), but because of the story/setting. I haven't played it in years, but I still buy the books just to see how the universe/story is progressing. For a mix of fantasy/sci-fi it's hard to beat. It has everything.AdagioBoognish said: