Roll Call: Who Plays ONLY D&D+Variants? Who Plays Other Systems?

RPGPundit · January 21, 2018, 06:05:32 AM

As the question says, I want to get an idea of the composition of the group. Never mind how many games you may actually own. In the present time (say, the last 5 years) how many of you have only played/run D&D/D20/OSR games? And how many have played/run games other than those?

S'mon · January 21, 2018, 06:28:33 AM

I have played some Savage Worlds (War of the Dead) & Call of Cthulu (Achtung! Cthulu) within the 5 year window, and I played a storygame type RPG at Dragonmeet in December, but as GM especially I would consider myself very much a D&D + variants/OSR GM. Currently running 2e, 4e & 5e D&D.

finarvyn · January 21, 2018, 07:29:27 AM

Most of my play in that span has been OD&D/C&C/DCC/5E, so D&D-style RPGs. I have also played a lot of Amber Diceless and Metamorphosis Alpha.

jeff37923 · January 21, 2018, 07:46:38 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1020879As the question says, I want to get an idea of the composition of the group. Never mind how many games you may actually own. In the present time (say, the last 5 years) how many of you have only played/run D&D/D20/OSR games? And how many have played/run games other than those?

I've played enough D&D to get an idea of the current version, but I primarily play d6 Star Wars, Labyrinth Lord, and Traveller (MgT1E and Classic). I still putz around with Mekton Zeta and Mekton II for my anime fix.

Christopher Brady · January 21, 2018, 07:54:25 AM

Erf? In the past 5 years? Let's see, I ran 4e Essentials, was part of the 5e beta, and I run a game for the local Adventure League. I also was in a Marvel Superhero Game before that folded, then when M&M 3e came out, I started running that. I've also run Savage World's Pirates of The Spanish Main one shots for a local con several years in a row.

Steven Mitchell · January 21, 2018, 08:58:05 AM

In the past 5 years, I've run D&D 4E, play test, and 5E. We also had a short campaign of Torchbearer. Call it about 80% D&D.

That's been a fairly typical mix over my entire playing time, too, though there were times when I practically never played anything but D&D, and others when I never played it. That near decade of mostly Fantasy Hero--even if it was played a lot like D&D--skews the numbers.

Dumarest · January 21, 2018, 10:13:20 AM

Pretty much 0% D&D and its numerous derivations as it's about my least favorite rules set. Instead I'll be enjoying Traveller, The Fantasy Trip, Boot Hill, Flashing Blades, James Bond 007, and some other games I like much better.

David Johansen · January 21, 2018, 10:21:54 AM

I probably run more GURPS than D&D, really, if I wasn't in retail I wouldn't touch D&D with a stick.

Dumarest · January 21, 2018, 10:53:23 AM

Quote from: David Johansen;1020917I probably run more GURPS than D&D, really, if I wasn't in retail I wouldn't touch D&D with a stick.

How about a ten-foot pole?

Armchair Gamer · January 21, 2018, 11:07:16 AM

A mix of D&D versions (2E, BECMI, 5E) and d6 Star Wars.

HappyDaze · January 21, 2018, 11:50:44 AM

In the last 5 years, I've actually played or run:
Rogue Trader
WFRP 2e
Conspiracy X 2.0 (Classic Unisystem)
Pathfinder
D&D 5e
Star Wars (a mix of the three FFG lines)

KingCheops · January 21, 2018, 12:12:17 PM

Played or run:
D&D 4e & 5e
Earthdawn
Shadowrun
Dresden Files

under_score · January 21, 2018, 12:13:46 PM

Pretty much all D&D variants for me. Swords & Wizardry, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea are my 3 favorites. Aside from a couple sessions of 5e, I haven't played any official D&D in years though.

I've run a few sessions of Call of Cthulhu over the past year as well, but it's a rarity.

Trond · January 21, 2018, 12:19:16 PM

I haven't played D&D in a long while, maybe ten years. I have played lots of other RPGs though, versions of BRP being one favorite kind of system.

Skarg · January 21, 2018, 02:10:40 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1020879In the present time (say, the last 5 years) how many of you have only played/run D&D/D20/OSR games?

Only if you count TFT as an OSR game.

QuoteAnd how many have played/run games other than those?

Yep: GURPS, homebrew, and a few outside experiments.