Whether it be due to scheduling, lack of interested players, or some other reason, what’s an RPG system you’re just hoping to get to the table one of these days but haven’t been able to yet?
- Barbarians of Lemuria
- Forbidden Lands
- Hillfolk
- Mythras
- Lancer
- ICON
- Eclipse Phase 1e
- Worlds Without Number
- Shadow of the Weird Wizard
- Swords of the Serpentine
There are probably a lot more that I’m forgetting at the moment, but these have been on my mind a lot lately. Everyone’s gravitated toward D&D5e for the last ~10 years, so I haven’t had a lot of chances to play in or run campaigns in many other systems.
Burning Wheel is my #1 system I’ll never get to play (as a player) cause I can’t get anyone else to read the required 600+ pages to GM it…
Some of these I have/am running as a GM, so it’s mostly “in what game do I want to be a player in”? Shadowrun, Traveller, Symbaroum, Rogue Trader, Warhammer Fantasy RPG, Cyberpunk RED and/or 2020, Star Trek Adventures
Worlds Without Number, Black Sword Hack, Hell Night, Zweihander
Oh geez. Where do I start?
- Legend of the Five Rings. It’s hard to find people to play it, let alone people willing to invest time reading the lore.
- The One Ring 2E. This one I can play in Strider mode, but I’d love to play with a Fellowship.
- Esoteric Enterprises. Nobody seems interested in playing this one.
- Ironsworn and Starforged in co-op mode. These two are amazing for co-op, but again, little interest from others.
I’ve got hundreds of others, but these are the ones I think about most.
Let’s see…
- Black Star. This is a new game, so not too many people are aware of it. I’d consider this a rules light Star Wars game.
- White Star. Despite the similar names, it’s made by different people than Black Star and the mechanics are wildly different. However, I’d also say this is Star Wars-esque sci-fi.
There are also a couple Savage Worlds sci-fi settings that look neat, like Titan Effect and Interface Zero. I feel like I’m missing a big sci-fi game I really want to play, but I can’t think of it off the top of my head.