dampscot, 10 months ago

@golgaloth one of my own, naturally

But what sort of experience are you after? Anything goes fantasy? Try Basic Fantasy

Dark sword and sorcery, "Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerors of Hyperborea" or "Shadow of the Demon Lord"

If you can stop the options getting out of hand, GURPS

For Lord of the Rings, The One Ring

Swords of the Serpentine is also really worth a look

Oldmanstan, 10 months ago

@golgaloth
#TTRPG
Delta Green because I like the bonds mechanic & Blades in the Dark.
Mostly I go for settings rather than rules. I used to buy gurps sourcebooks, but use the basic role playing rules booklet that came with the old Runequest/Cthulhu boxes.
BRP rules can be adapted to pretty much anything, and it's great for first timers coz everyone understands having a % chance to do stuff.
What I don't like is spending half the session looking up specific rules spread over half a dozen books.