I like the new Tri-Stat system. It's polished and perfectly serviceable as a generic game. I can't for the life of me recruit players for anything that is not mainstream 5e. I'm just learning to like it and run the best games I can.

Quote from: trechriron on September 29, 2023, 04:30:38 PM
I can't for the life of me recruit players for anything that is not mainstream 5e. I'm just learning to like it and run the best games I can.

I used 5e as a recruiting tool for a while.  I ran a 5e game on Tuesday and set myself up a game for a system I wanted on Thursday.  I'd get to know the players through 5e and then extend a "private invitation" to a super exclusive game "only for the best RPG players."  It worked.  The players that were at my Thursday night game really wanted to be there and I got to run things at the level I wanted.  (If you are going to do this, you damn well better bring your A-game as a GM.)

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Quote from: trechriron on September 29, 2023, 04:30:38 PM
I can't for the life of me recruit players for anything that is not mainstream 5e. I'm just learning to like it and run the best games I can.

I used 5e as a recruiting tool for a while.  I ran a 5e game on Tuesday and set myself up a game for a system I wanted on Thursday.  I'd get to know the players through 5e and then extend a "private invitation" to a super exclusive game "only for the best RPG players."  It worked.  The players that were at my Thursday night game really wanted to be there and I got to run things at the level I wanted.  (If you are going to do this, you damn well better bring your A-game as a GM.)

Literally my plan between now and the end of the year. Lol

The games I most chat up are Talislanta, the Without Number trio, Castles & Crusades, and Savage Worlds above all others and not always in that order. But usually Talislanta first.

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I see you shilling this in several threads.  That's a no-no.  The way you're doing it will turn people off.

If you're just really excited about a game, you can always start a thread and tell people about it and talk about what makes it fun for you.

If you associated with the publication or distribution of the game, there's legitimate ways of representing a game on this site.

Feel free to report me if you think I've broken a rule. Your opinion of my conduct isn't really interesting or useful.

I think he was trying to give you a friendly warning. We all make mistakes, but you don't want make them twice. That is called a nice thing to do. Your response 'isn't really interesting or useful'... and not very wise.

I'll decide what's wise, thanks.

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Quote from: Domina on September 26, 2023, 12:04:07 PM

Quote from: BadApple on September 22, 2023, 11:07:59 AM

Quote from: Domina on September 22, 2023, 08:59:03 AM
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/346742

I see you shilling this in several threads.  That's a no-no.  The way you're doing it will turn people off.

If you're just really excited about a game, you can always start a thread and tell people about it and talk about what makes it fun for you.

If you associated with the publication or distribution of the game, there's legitimate ways of representing a game on this site.

Feel free to report me if you think I've broken a rule. Your opinion of my conduct isn't really interesting or useful.

I think he was trying to give you a friendly warning. We all make mistakes, but you don't want make them twice. That is called a nice thing to do. Your response 'isn't really interesting or useful'... and not very wise.

I'll decide what's wise, thanks.

'Cause that's been working so well for you up until this point...

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Quote from: Domina on October 04, 2023, 03:27:09 PM

Quote from: squirewaldo on September 26, 2023, 01:05:41 PM

Quote from: Domina on September 26, 2023, 12:04:07 PM

Quote from: BadApple on September 22, 2023, 11:07:59 AM

Quote from: Domina on September 22, 2023, 08:59:03 AM
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/346742

I see you shilling this in several threads.  That's a no-no.  The way you're doing it will turn people off.

If you're just really excited about a game, you can always start a thread and tell people about it and talk about what makes it fun for you.

If you associated with the publication or distribution of the game, there's legitimate ways of representing a game on this site.

Feel free to report me if you think I've broken a rule. Your opinion of my conduct isn't really interesting or useful.

I think he was trying to give you a friendly warning. We all make mistakes, but you don't want make them twice. That is called a nice thing to do. Your response 'isn't really interesting or useful'... and not very wise.

I'll decide what's wise, thanks.

'Cause that's been working so well for you up until this point...

Yes, it has, and I've been right in every case.

Quote from: Domina on October 04, 2023, 03:27:09 PM

Quote from: squirewaldo on September 26, 2023, 01:05:41 PM

Quote from: Domina on September 26, 2023, 12:04:07 PM

Quote from: BadApple on September 22, 2023, 11:07:59 AM

Quote from: Domina on September 22, 2023, 08:59:03 AM
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/346742

I see you shilling this in several threads.  That's a no-no.  The way you're doing it will turn people off.

If you're just really excited about a game, you can always start a thread and tell people about it and talk about what makes it fun for you.



If you associated with the publication or distribution of the game, there's legitimate ways of representing a game on this site.

Feel free to report me if you think I've broken a rule. Your opinion of my conduct isn't really interesting or useful.

I think he was trying to give you a friendly warning. We all make mistakes, but you don't want make them twice. That is called a nice thing to do. Your response 'isn't really interesting or useful'... and not very wise.

I'll decide what's wise, thanks.

Spoken like a total fool.

I often bring up Artesia, because that one RPG book is just choking full of goodies. The rules are pretty crunchy, but they make sense. You have tons of world building, interesting and different character development, lots of ways to get a spooky atmosphere if you like that, fairly detailed maps, and a starting adventure. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite at that level.

Quote from: trechriron on September 29, 2023, 04:30:38 PM
I like the new Tri-Stat system. It's polished and perfectly serviceable as a generic game. I can't for the life of me recruit players for anything that is not mainstream 5e. I'm just learning to like it and run the best games I can.

Wait, I missed this. There's a new version of Tri-Stat?

I really liked BESM (well, for the most part) and the simplicity so I would love to read more. (The only thing that ever gave me pause was how "magic" worked in the system.)

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To answer the original question, I have a lot of time/evangelise for:

• GURPS. Mea culpa and all that, but I just like using the system and feel that, if one can get past the tropes and negative stereotyping, that more people would love it within its niche.
• EABAv2. I just wish more people knew about this system. It also has some really, really great settings.
• Earthdawn / Shadowrun (etc.). The setting more than the mechanics, but I love these so much. Hence my recent thread.
• Pawn's Dream. This is a setting from Eric S. Nylund, but I would love for it to get an RPG treatment. I imagine it would be like Amber had a child with Lords of Gossamer and Shadow and a more rigorous mechanical representation.
  

Blue Planet, particularly the 2nd edition powered by the Synergy engine.

Setting wise, it's moderate to hard Sci-fi with a concrete high-concept: in the nearish future humanity discovers a wormhole at the distant edge of the solar system leading to a system with another habitable world.

This world is ~95% covered by oceans and is named Poseidon. We build a ship, genetically modify some colonists and send them to settle.
While they're on the trip (in cryosleep) a virus devastates the world's grain supplies and needs to near-apocalyptic conditions on Earth. A mostly benevolent world government arises.

Meanwhile the colonists land, and with no follow-up from Earth, settle the planet becoming the human natives with a tech level that varies between cyberpunk and Polynesian islands.

Earth gets its shit together and 80 years later, sends another ship to contact Poseidon and reclaim/resettle the colony.
Hilarity ensues.

System wise, a character has attributes, skills and aptitudes.
Attributes vary between -3 and +3 (unmodified human) and skills range 0-10.
To make a roll, add your attribute+skill for a target number (TN) and roll a number of D10 equal to your aptitude with that skill group (1-3).
Any dice rolling below the target number means you succeed.

Combat is a skill roll. If you hit you roll three dice against a target number of weapon damage - defender's armour rating.
One dice underneath the target is a minor wound, two dice is critical, three dice is a fatal wound.
Wounds have a dice roll penalty and critical/fatal roles also involve rolling attribute checks to not:

• Instantly pass out and;
• Die (in rounds or minutes)

It's a lightweight, but freaking deadly, sci-fi game with an awesome setting that has a lot of space to explore.

It also has up-lifted, sentient dolphins.
Some of whom have formed an apocalyptic, sex, death cult after interacting with the actuals indigenous sentients of the planet.

Settings I evangelize much more regularly than systems, and these are my favorites:

- Greyhawk
- MERP Ardor
- Blue Planet's Poseidon
- Eclipse Phase's future solar system
- Warhammer FRPG's Old World
- Kult's Metropolis

Some systems also go hand-in-hand with their settings, and are pretty much inseparable in my mind:
- Paranoia's Alpha Complex
- Ars Magica's Mythic Europe
- Vampire's World of Darkness
- Amber Diceless

Ignoring licensed media properties like Star Wars, Dune, et al.

Allan.