Happy New Years - What is your RPG resolution for 2024?

honeydipperdavid · January 01, 2024, 02:36:49 AM

-Do better at not snickering when the party thinks they are going to TPK when they have a 70% chance at winning when they can drop 8 smites in one round.

-Work on my dungeondraft to make better looking maps

Kerstmanneke82 · January 01, 2024, 04:01:14 AM

Trying something different: DCC or CY_Borg - I was going to do that last year but life intervened.
As for 5e - it is the most widely accesible RPG in my country - I think I will buy the core rulebooks and cherrypick what I think is best and implement it in my 5e games. Race remains race, fixed ability increases stay (in the form of +2 for race and +1 for background) and orcs and drow remain, as a rule, evil.

Ratman_tf · January 01, 2024, 04:34:19 AM

I don't have anything for RPGs, so I'm going to add my table top gaming-

I wouldn't call it a resolution, but one of my goals for 2024, is to get the Snap Ships Tactics group at my local gaming pub rolling.
So far it's just me and one other X-Wing miniatures player who bought into the kickstarter.
For now, grow the group, introduce new players to the game, and work up to the point where we're having tournaments and a league night.

BadApple · January 01, 2024, 04:51:18 AM

Quote from: Kerstmanneke82 on January 01, 2024, 04:01:14 AM
Trying something different: DCC or CY_Borg - I was going to do that last year but life intervened.
As for 5e - it is the most widely accesible RPG in my country - I think I will buy the core rulebooks and cherrypick what I think is best and implement it in my 5e games. Race remains race, fixed ability increases stay (in the form of +2 for race and +1 for background) and orcs and drow remain, as a rule, evil.

You're breaking my heart here...

Before deciding on a cyberpunk game, give my reviews a look-through: https://www.therpgsite.com/reviews/badapple-reviews-cyberpunk-games/
Neon Blood is a banger of a cyberpunk game. It's similar to Cy_Borg mechanically but a way better game and the support it's getting is real rather than pile on schlock like the -Borg series is getting.

As for fantasy, you have a lot of options and Goodman Games is starting to put out some real drivel. If you stick to their older DCC you'll do fine.

As to the thread topic. I have several more games to review. I'm going to get the reviews out so people can make better choices when they look for their next product.

Thor's Nads · January 01, 2024, 05:54:04 AM

I have a good campaign lined up for my D&D group. I also want to play more other RPG's like Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, and some homebrews.

On the publishing front I'm getting Gunslinger out the door in January, finally. Also have some other excellent RPG's to get out including some dark fantasy, cosmic horror, and sci-fi stuff all related to my "Gateway" universal RPG. Also have a pile of adventures and supplements that are in various stages of completion I'd like to kick out the door at last.

My Guardians RPG has a remastered edition that is complete, sitting on my hard drive waiting for final processing like getting hard copy proofs.

If all goes according to plan it will be a kick-ass year.

Kerstmanneke82 · January 01, 2024, 05:59:01 AM

Quote from: BadApple on January 01, 2024, 04:51:18 AM
Quote from: Kerstmanneke82 on January 01, 2024, 04:01:14 AM
Trying something different: DCC or CY_Borg - I was going to do that last year but life intervened.
As for 5e - it is the most widely accesible RPG in my country - I think I will buy the core rulebooks and cherrypick what I think is best and implement it in my 5e games. Race remains race, fixed ability increases stay (in the form of +2 for race and +1 for background) and orcs and drow remain, as a rule, evil.

You're breaking my heart here...

Before deciding on a cyberpunk game, give my reviews a look-through: https://www.therpgsite.com/reviews/badapple-reviews-cyberpunk-games/
Neon Blood is a banger of a cyberpunk game. It's similar to Cy_Borg mechanically but a way better game and the support it's getting is real rather than pile on schlock like the -Borg series is getting.

As for fantasy, you have a lot of options and Goodman Games is starting to put out some real drivel. If you stick to their older DCC you'll do fine.

As to the thread topic. I have several more games to review. I'm going to get the reviews out so people can make better choices when they look for their next product.

I do appreciate the feedback. However, TTRPGS are, and you can contradict me, a mainly Anglo-Saxon thing (as in England, US, mostly where English is mainly spoken). Being from a country that is not so, I must take what I can get. Also, that is only from a GM / DM point of view. Then too, you must consider player perspective as well. Because, 5e is the easiest to learn, and it is hard enough to get people to play the game as it is.

Will check out your reviews though!

Grognard GM · January 01, 2024, 06:01:16 AM

I'm eagerly watching a project to bring an official, full Hero System module to Foundry VTT, which I intend to support. Then if all goes well, I'll restart my Dark Champions campaign. I mean technically I could restart it now, but the players really struggled with the maths, which gave me even more to do, so some automation would take some weight off.

Go back to working on extensive Marvel FASERIP house rules. I've certainly put time and money into tokens and such, so in for a penny, in for a pound.

I managed to get some play in last year, but only of a very limited sort. Hopefully this year I can play in more systems and settings. With gaming, I need variety.

BadApple · January 01, 2024, 07:22:45 AM

Quote from: Kerstmanneke82 on January 01, 2024, 05:59:01 AM
Quote from: BadApple on January 01, 2024, 04:51:18 AM
Quote from: Kerstmanneke82 on January 01, 2024, 04:01:14 AM
Trying something different: DCC or CY_Borg - I was going to do that last year but life intervened.
As for 5e - it is the most widely accesible RPG in my country - I think I will buy the core rulebooks and cherrypick what I think is best and implement it in my 5e games. Race remains race, fixed ability increases stay (in the form of +2 for race and +1 for background) and orcs and drow remain, as a rule, evil.

You're breaking my heart here...

Before deciding on a cyberpunk game, give my reviews a look-through: https://www.therpgsite.com/reviews/badapple-reviews-cyberpunk-games/
Neon Blood is a banger of a cyberpunk game. It's similar to Cy_Borg mechanically but a way better game and the support it's getting is real rather than pile on schlock like the -Borg series is getting.

As for fantasy, you have a lot of options and Goodman Games is starting to put out some real drivel. If you stick to their older DCC you'll do fine.

As to the thread topic. I have several more games to review. I'm going to get the reviews out so people can make better choices when they look for their next product.

I do appreciate the feedback. However, TTRPGS are, and you can contradict me, a mainly Anglo-Saxon thing (as in England, US, mostly where English is mainly spoken). Being from a country that is not so, I must take what I can get. Also, that is only from a GM / DM point of view. Then too, you must consider player perspective as well. Because, 5e is the easiest to learn, and it is hard enough to get people to play the game as it is.

Will check out your reviews though!

Carbon 2185 may be the right game for you then. It is 5e so the players aren't learning a new system, just a new genre and PC functions.

That's it for me, I'm not trying to derail the thread.

Dropbear · January 01, 2024, 07:54:12 AM

Getting into Talislanta Epoc Edition when I finally receive it. Quitting crowdfunding altogether. Rebuilding a complete SR3 collection and getting back into that. Selling off a bunch of stuff.

yosemitemike · January 01, 2024, 08:32:26 AM

I want to actually run one of the pile of horror movie emulation rpgs that I have bought. Also, I'm not going to back any more crowdfunding projects until the late projects I have already backed actually deliver.

Persimmon · January 01, 2024, 10:24:42 AM

Multiple ones, I guess.

1. Continue revising, expanding & converting an old Apocalyptic/Underworld campaign from AD&D to Castles & Crusades

2. Start a new face to face OSR campaign--Was going to be Swords & Wizardry, but I really like Gods of the Forbidden North for OSE, so we may end up doing that.

3. Continue online C&C game

Dropbear · January 01, 2024, 10:45:27 AM

I'm going to add one more resolution:

Attend a con. One where I don't have to walk on eggshells about remembering to use everyone's obscure and mentally-ill neopronouns and gender identities. One where I don't have to worry about walking into colorized segregation spaces. One where I don't have to sweat over what's going to be called a microaggression.

I'd love to play in a game of Dragonslayer or Hyperborea or Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

All of which leads me to only one place as far as I know of - NTRPG Con.

1stLevelWizard · January 01, 2024, 11:07:35 AM

Happy New Year!

I've got a bit of a controversial one, and it brings great shame to my family to inadvertently admit this, but:

I'm going to keep all the dice rolls I make behind the DM screen. No fudging any rolls.

I'd also like to commit to playing through the entire T-series/G-series/D-series mega-campaign with my friends from High School.

Fheredin · January 01, 2024, 11:42:50 AM

Actually put some gusto into the Module which will need to go alongside the system I'm designing.

This module has the potential for time travel. One of the characters has the ability to Groundhog Day one session in the campaign at the cost of XP, so one of the key things I'm hoping to do with the module is write branching pathways so that most of the time when players hit the panic-rewind button they also wind up jumping to a different pathway. I don't use that many modules when I run, so I am at a loss for any prior art in this department.

Svenhelgrim · January 01, 2024, 02:58:38 PM

Since it will be the Year of the Dragon, I intend to play many games with many people and have a grand time doing it.

I hope to introduce more people to playing rpgs and other table top games.

I will paint my damned minis!

I will publish a game that I have been working on.