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Tabletop RPGs? - BurritoBeans - 02-06-2020
little bit of a stretch on "cross-platform" but hey different systems same dice, playing in-person and over computers, tabletop games and console/pc adaptations etc. so it fits enough right?
Simple enough question, does anyone else on here either run or play in any tabletop RPGs?
If so, what systems do you run/play in, and do you have any preferred method of playing?
If not, do they interest you at all?
I've been in a fair amount of DnD games, mainly 3.5E with some 5E mixed in, for the last eight-ish years since I was introduced to it in middle school. Every place I've been to and every group I'm in it seems that finding a playgroup isn't too tough, I enjoy seeing how people write even if it feels a little cliched most of the time because of how repeated some concepts get anyways. We only ever do in-persons, no computers or phones at the table, get a few pizzas and sit around for four hours as it's tradition so at once-a-month it's a fun little social gathering. I've always wanted to try playing Shadowrun more than I have as I loved the video games and would enjoy actually playing in the tabletop more than three sessions and I've heard tons of good about Starfinder but have yet to find anyone wanting to run it - who knows, maybe in the future now that I'm opening up more to web-based systems I'll get in a group.
In regards to running, well I've been GMing between one and four games of Cyberpunk 2020 almost constantly since 2015 when I found out about the system and got books at GenCon, and man has that been a blast. I absolutely dread writing fantasy in a traditional sense, I'm a notably poor GM when it comes to DnD unless I run old ADnD modules which have it all out for me since I can't really get into the mindset too well, but something about the oddball stuff you can do with the neo-futuristic 1980s/1990s just clicks better and players seem to enjoy more so far. Having a "simpler" system to run, being more able to have players do real-world tasks which integrate, and doing things that link to other hobbies I'm into a la running a system off an old IBM that ties in to the story and hosts the old Netrunner door game is just cool stuff to me - I definitely didn't feel like I had as much freedom with DnD.
I used to pretty exclusively be on in-person games, like mentioned with DnD "no computers/phones, sit down, maybe some food, and listen to the GM/rest of the party" when I play which ran over into what I ran, but I've found that using programs like Tabletop Simulator is nice as all hell in the last year or so.