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The latest version of 2300 AD, a near-future hard-SF tabletop role-playing game set in a hostile universe. To borrow from Star Cops: "You leave Earth and anything you forget to bring with you will kill you. Anything you do bring with you which doesn't work properly will kill you. When in doubt, just assume *everything* will kill you."

2300 AD by Colin Dunn

Award-winning game designer Meguey Bakerwas diagnosed with cancer last year and is undergoing treatment. Lumpley Games has collaborated with DriveThruRPG to organize a fundraising initiative titled “Meguey Baker vs Cancer.”

Meguey Baker vs Cancer [BUNDLE]

I am going to run an adventure from the 2022 Runequest Starter set. The current RuneQuest edition is a bit of a tome, but I am hoping the more streamlined version from the Starter set is within my ability to keep track of all the whirling gears.

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A modern take on extremely streamlined tabletop roleplaying game rules.

The Comae Engine by Clarence Redd

Poll #30545 RQ

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 48

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If you were going to introduce new players to RuneQuest, which edition would you use?

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RuneQuest, 1st Edition (Chaosium)
1 (2.1%)

RuneQuest, 2nd Edition (Chaosium)
3 (6.2%)

RuneQuest, 3rd Edition (Avalon Hill)
3 (6.2%)

RuneQuest III (Games Workshop)
1 (2.1%)

RuneQuest 90s (Hobby Japan)
0 (0.0%)

RuneQuest, 4th Edition (Unpublished)
2 (4.2%)

RuneQuest Slayers (Unpublished)
0 (0.0%)

Mongoose RuneQuest I (Mongoose)
0 (0.0%)

Mongoose RuneQuest II (Mongoose)
2 (4.2%)

RuneQuest, 6th Edition (The Design Mechanism)
1 (2.1%)

RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (Chaosium)
1 (2.1%)

You Missed an Edition (see comments)
1 (2.1%)

I Incorrectly Believe HeroQuest can be considered a version of RuneQuest
7 (14.6%)

Cats are not in fact a form of RuneQuest
43 (89.6%)

Whether fleeing kaiju, huddling in a fallout shelter, or dodging the organ draft, tabletop roleplaying games can provide useful entertainment.

Five RPGs to Keep on Hand in Case of Emergency

A stroll through the latest edition of Sweden's venerable tabletop roleplaying game, Drakar och Demoner.

Dragonbane: Mirth and Mayhem Roleplaying by Tomas Härenstam

Hero Games' table-top roleplaying game of global adventure, spanning the post-war era from the recent past of 1945 to the distant future of TWO THOUSAND AD.

Danger International by Douglas L. Garrett, George MacDonald & Steve Peterson

GURPS, 3rd Edition (Revised) by Steve Jackson

In which we examine TFT's (sufficiently different to avoid lawsuit) offspring, the Generic Universal Roleplaying System.

The Fantasy Trip by Steve Jackson

In which I revisit one of TTRPG’s most venerable games.

Big Eyes, Small Mouth
Basic Role-Playing
Champions (4)
DC Heroes
Jovian Chronicles
RuneQuest
Universe
Vampire: The Masquerade
Worlds of Wonder

Swords of the Serpentine by Kevin Kulp & Emily Dresner

A Gumshoe-based sword and sorcery tabletop roleplaying game.

Mythras by Pete Nash & Lawrence Whitaker

Design Mechanism’s foray into a setting-free Basic Roleplaying-based fantasy roleplaying game.

Tales from the Loop by Simon Stålenhag, Nils Hintze & Tomas Härenstam

A Swedish roleplaying game set in a weirder 1980s. No need to fear death but there’s plenty of trauma.

2300 AD by Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, Timothy B. Brown & Lester W. Smith

A now venerable hard SF game offering players the chance to explore a diverse, if compact, interstellar setting.