{"id":2417,"date":"2011-08-29T17:34:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/random-average.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2011-08-29T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T17:38:01","slug":"what-to-play-what-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/what-to-play-what-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"What to play, what to play…"},"content":{"rendered":"

De’s providing all my material lately.<\/p>\n

This weekend, she writes me and says:\u00a0get to start GMing here shortly. What indie RPG should I take a look at, that we haven’t played? High story, low\/medium number crunching, run it for about six sessions before we decide whether to keep going\/try something else.<\/p>\n

So De’s played Burning Wheel with me, which is certainly on the high end of number crunch. Also In a Wicked Age, though not Dogs. The Shab al-Hiri Roach. The Mountain Witch. Spirit of the Century. Stuff like that. Assume she’ll be playing with Lee, who tends to like stuff that’s a little more trad in how it expresses characters, cuz he’s old school awesome.<\/p>\n

The problem: I have a 7 month old, so I basically haven’t played anything but Pilgrims of the Flying Temple and Castle Ravenloft in the last (feels like a) year. Therefore, I can’t knowledgeably recommend stuff like Apocalypse World or Dungeon World or whatever the current hotness of trad-like indie gaming is. I believe them to be awesome, but I don’t know for sure.<\/p>\n

What I do know, however are the things I put on my “OMG I Wanna Play This” list before Sean was born. So I grabbed the ones on there that looked like they’d meet her criteria, and when it was all done it looked halfway useful for more than just her, so:<\/p>\n

Some Cool Games to Play<\/strong><\/p>\n

De didn’t specify genre, so this list is all over the place. Only thing you’re not seeing on here is Fantasy, because for that I like Burning Wheel too much, and it doesn’t meet her criteria. Still: Burning Wheel Gold<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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