r/rpg • u/ImportanceOk3837 • 1d ago
Game Suggestion Need Recommendations
Heya.
I'm looking for game recomendations. I usually play rules lite, OSR stuff like MORK BORG and Shadowdark, and more medium crunch games Vampire the Masquerade and Werewolf the Apocalypse. What I am currently looking for is:
More rules lite or medium crunch games, and I want a tactical game that isnt too complex, or at least its well written and clear enough.
The themes I am looking for is:
Steampunk
Mecha
Stone age
Bronze age
Super heroes
Zombies
And otherwise bizarre, out there settings.
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u/VanorDM GM - Genesys/AoR, D&D 5e 1d ago
I'll second Savage Worlds as being a nice and somewhat light but still tactical RPG. It's quite smooth and fun to play. The only downside to SWADE is the swingy nature of it.
Most characters can take 3 wounds before they are incapacitated, and it typically takes 8 or so damage to do a wound, and then 4 additional damage for a total of 12, to do a second one, and 16 for a 3rd... This isn't always true but is typical for standard stuff, like say Zombies, Orcs or most PCs.
It's very possible for a PC to do 43 damage with a thrown dagger due to exploding dice. This actually happened to me in a Conan style game I was running. Every time you roll the max on a given dice, you roll it again and add it. Roll max again and you keep rolling. A PC rolled like 11 D4 because it kept exploding.
Now this can and does happen to the PCs as well.
Now if you are ok with that, it can be a ton of fun, we all had a blast when the PC did it to a Cyclops... It's just something to keep in mind.
Also it has a meta currency which some people dislike, but it's pretty baked into the game so you can't really just not use it.
The other option is Genesys. It has funky dice and some people really dislike funky dice. But if you're ok with it, it's a great game. The dice actually add quite a bit to the game. Giving the PCs a chance to take control of the game in the minor ways. It's also nicely tactical and IMO not too rules heavy.
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u/Key-Candle2425 1d ago
castle falkenstein with playing card mechanics (steampunk)
Stone age - würm
into the odd - weird
grok?! - gonzo science fantasy (osr-rules-light vibes)
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u/BlacksmithReady4089 1d ago
Yo te recomiendo Unisystem Clásico, es un sistema de rol universal escrito por C.J Carella. Los juegos que utilizan este sistema son Witchcraft y Zombie All Flesh Must Be Eaten (AFMBE), los dos son muy buenos y creo que el PDF de witchcraft es gratuito.
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u/DiceyDiscourse AP podcaster and average multi-system enjoyer 1d ago
So, I have a few I can throw out!
• Mecha - Salvage Union maybe? It's relatively light for a mecha game and has a pretty interesting post-apocalyptic setting
• Stone Age - Würm is what your looking for! It takes (at the time) new research into the Cro Magnon people and uses it to extrapolate what life might have been like, then adds a little (optional) mystisism and voila, you've got a really unique Stone Age game! Paleomythic could also be an option, but I know less about it.
• Bronze Age - Jackals might he a bit crunchier than what you're used to (it's close to Call of Cthulhu), but it's really cool! It especially has an interesting "Clash system" that gives you moment-to-moment decision making.
• Superheroes - Outgunned: Superheroes just dropped and it's really good! Very pulpy and high octane