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What 5 games would you recommend for the broadest possible sample of table top RPGs and story games? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by naught101@lemmy.world to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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If someone was interested in understanding as much as possible what the world of TTRPGs and story games had to offer, which 5 games would you suggest they play first, and why?

Ideally this would include a broad array of mechanics, themes and settings.

Inspired by a discussion over at !rpgmemes@ttrpg.network : https://lemmy.world/post/33918016/18604654

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[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Ordered list because some differences can be understood better in relation to others, but then dropping someone new into the deep waters of crunchy games would probably only confuse them

Knave/MorkBorg/Fireball
Use applicable setting if fantasy is not their thing
- get them introduced easily
- show more or less what we are coming from
- to understand later on, what this branch distills to
Something Gumshoe based
- it needs to be understood that without combat, TTRPGs are not "20 questions" - guess what GM wants you to do
Blades in the Dark
- show that it can also be very gamified, almost approached like a series episode
- narration doesn't have to be only in GM's hands
Shadowrun/GURPS/Traveller
- crunch games can be heavy to play but offer the most character customization possible
- lore doesn't have to fit in the rulebook
SWADE/D&D
- see what kind of games have the crown currently

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Awesome list, thanks! A few I've never heard of in there, and lots of good reasoning!

BTW, I think maybe your lists need 4 spaces before the second level, and maybe no newlines between items?

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

BTW, I think maybe your lists need 4 spaces before the second level, and maybe no newlines between items?

No, those are second level lists (under the numbering), so that's why are the empty ones. Deleting the sub-listing __ prefix makes numbering stop, adding additional two doesn't change anything

* thing 1
  * thing 1.a
* thing 2

thing 1
- thing 1.a
thing 2

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

OK, it wasn't rendering properly for me the first time I saw it

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Huh. What are you viewing with?

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EDIT: You're right. Apparently Lemmy needs 3 spaces before a sub-level, where PieFed is happy with 2

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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, first one is borked, second one looks good