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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Top Five RPGs - Spring 2018 - From ICv2 - 5e #1 -Starfinder #2?

I'm not surprised by D&D 5e being in the #1 spot. I AM surprised by Starfinder in the #2 Spot. Not even sure I know about Genesys...

Link to original article: https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/41009/top-5-roleplaying-games-spring-2018

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Cross PlanesJuly 31, 2018 at 11:05 PM
I can only speak for my 2 stores. But #1 is DnD; #2 is Call of Cthulhu; #3 is Pathfinder #4 is Star Wars WEG Reprint; #5 is Savage Worlds. I haven't sold a copy of Starfinder since last October.
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Laramie WallJuly 31, 2018 at 11:30 PM
Genesys is essentially their Star Wars funky dice resolution mechanic with the Star Wars license peeled off and open to whatever you want to do with it.
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Brett SlocumJuly 31, 2018 at 11:36 PM
I've played 5E. I know nothing about the test.
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Moe TAugust 1, 2018 at 12:06 AM
Genesys is really hot right now.

It's a univeral system based on the Fantasy Flight narrative dice first used in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, then used in the various Star Wars games. They also have a setting out based on the world all the Fantasy Flight games are set in (Descent, Runebound, etc).
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foreshameAugust 1, 2018 at 5:21 AM
FFGs attempt at WFRP is why I won't touch FFG RPGs. Shame they got Lo5R.
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DesaAugust 1, 2018 at 10:47 AM
Would love to see a setting based on their LCG cyberpunk setting.
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John B. McCarthyAugust 20, 2018 at 1:07 PM
My local FLGS used to be Pathfinder, and then D&D5E slowly became more and more popular.

Currently it seems to be solidly D&D5E with Starfinder in second place, then maybe a little Pathfinder and a little Star Wars.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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