Title kinda says it all.
I have Foundry so that’s sweet. Oh yeah, and don’t be afraid to recommend me some obscure ones as well as popular ones.
Let’s see… I like Star Wars, Appalachia, labor movement, Star Trek, the Pathfindner games by Owlcat, Warhammer 40k (syke! but I may get into it due to its increased popularity recently), Arthurian legends, Lord Dunsany, horror, foreign shit (like, foreign novels, foreign games, foreign everything), Chinese stuff, Chinese web novels, etc.
What else, what else… Pluto and other space shti? Eh, idk. Africa, non-European fantasy, noir, neurodiversity/autism, desert fantasy, weird fiction, Gothic literature, Nintendo, dwarves, Ottoman empire, pirates, tropical settings, OMORI, ASOIAF book series, Assassin’s Creed (ig? back then, but i don’t know about now as I haven’t played the recent ones), history in general, sociology, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, anything like the upcoming Dolmenwood TTRPG, and I guess anything like the Enclave TTRPG.
No to: more Viking shit (Viking shit seems to everywhere and I hate it), Orientalist two-dimensional shenanigans, “you can be the bad guys in this setting… even though they’re technically the good guys now but with a dark aesthetic to them!,” Numenera (I hated the video game), Game of Thrones TV show, zombies, Bethesda Game Studios, and, err, yeah, I’ll leave it at that.
So yeah, now that you know what my interests are, how about I dox myself, yeah?
Okay, look down to see what I look like:
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Okay, gimme your recommendations, of any kind, but mostly of anything that might pique my interest (based on the, well, interests I posted above).
I will always recommend Lancer!
It’s a mecha-themed tabletop game with tons of customization and a great emphasis on battle strategy. The combat is super fun and works a lot like a tactics video game such as XCOM. The out of combat gameplay is lighter than most, but still has plenty of stuff to customize and do. The game’s lore is well-written and actually interesting, and a lot of fun to look through (but ignorable if you want to customize, of course). The game also has a ton of free modules and stuff online such as Comp/Con that allows you to customize characters and mechs easily and for free. In fact, the game as a whole is very cheap, and only requires the GM to purchase the books.
Best of all, the Devs are amazing (if they aren’t leftists, they’re very close) and the community is incredibly wholesome and is very LGBTQ friendly. Lots and lots of trans comrades are always talking about the game and stuff on the official Discord. The Discord also has a million free resources like maps and art and all that to make GMing that much easier.
If you want to hold campaigns where trans mech pilots destroy capitalists with heavy weaponry and eldritch-adjacent superweapons, Lancer has you covered!
I’ve always wanted to try out Lancer, but never found a group to play with. I wouldn’t mind joining one now if anyone knows good places to look.
I play with a group in-person (when we can all get around to it), but the Lancer Discord is probably your best bet at finding groups online. I haven’t tried asking myself so I can’t say how easily you can get something set-up, but it’s a great place to ask anything Lancer related. Plus, they’re mostly leftists there (probably Western-brained ones but I’ll take what I can get).
Otherwise, this project called Lancer Tactics just finished its Kickstarter campaign. It’s a strategy video game intending to preserve the rules from the tabletop game. You can play the demo now! It’s pretty fun (if a little buggy). Hopefully they do a solid job on the full release.
I didn’t even know there was an official discord. I’ll definitely check it out.
Is it multiplayer? In any case, it sounds awesome and I’ll check it out. Thank you for the advice!