So basically I want to start running different kinds of settings/scenarios with friends.None of us have ever been too into board games, it is primarily me that kind of brings them up and has the most experience but still nothing substantial.Now the thing is, I want us to start running some more specific settings for example stuff like The Dark Tower books by Stephen King as a setting and the likes.My question is, because D&D requires a lot of homebrewing, is something like GURPS the best more universal ruleset for wanting to try out a lot of differently themed campaign settings or is there something better than GURPS? And if so what edition?
>>97682762Wow, I was actually seriously considering that until I got to Baldur's Gate 2. Fuck off bro, literally the most overrated CRPG of that era.
>>97682792First off, I'm a white muscular Slav.Secondly, Fallout 2 is literally my least favorite Fallout of the ones I've tried. I barely give a fuck about series and the only one I even enjoy is the first.My favorite CRPGs aren't even shit like Baldur's Gate 2 but rather dungeon crawls like Wizardry (especially 6-8) or Eye of the Beholder. Also what the fuck are you talking about railroading you actual worthless nigger scum? Jesus I can feel your seething rage at not being fully white from behind the screen dude, talking to me about railroading when praising THE amusement park CRPG of the 90s. That game is beyond railroaded.Why didn't you pick BG1 for your dogshit example? It would actually make sense then.
>>97682754ACKS *Waiting for Bluesky fucker to Reee hearing ACKS mention*No in all seriousness. I don't think you can said one system as the best system. It all depends on what you're into and wanting from said system.ACKS is great for late game and more "Nationbuilding" style of TTRPG, games like "X without Number" are great for mixing their settings together without much issue. Then you have games like D&D that work due to it's fame. Then games like GURPS that basically make a system for everything but they often feel like offical homebrew over a full system.So at the end of the day, it just depends on the game you want to run as there is no one game fits all.
>>97682754Universal systems are (almost?) universally trash.
>>97682854>No in all seriousness. I don't think you can said one system as the best system. It all depends on what you're into and wanting from said system.Mainly was just looking for a system with decent general roleplaying and combat rules that wouldn't take an extreme amount of time for my friends and that is flexible, mainly because I would enjoy doing some more unique settings at some point.I'll check out ACKS, not overly familiar with it but the name did make me chuckle a bit.
>>97682894ACKS is a great system but is very crunchy. There was a meme that it had a system for everything, and ACKS II basically took all of ACKS I and put it in three books for the most part. (The Wargame and Drawf books are the only parts not in there.) If you like old school games you like it. Also great world setting and system to let you do almost anything you want. (Want to make a store and corner the market. They have systems for that, want to be a spy master and rule from the shadows, they have systems for that. Want to be king of the world for real. Again systems for that.)Also it's name piss off Bluesky users cause the creator wasn't a leftist and didn't bend the knee.
>>97682754Genuinely, I think it's worth tracking down a few of the shorter examples and just seeing what has a core mechanic you like. Mini Six, Unisystem, JAGS, GURPS Lite, wushu, Risus, SW, etc. Read quick starts, see what has your X factor.
>>97683171Woohoo culture war shit in my RPGs
>>97683235Just ignore the ACKShill. He's in one of his "flood the board with shill shit" moods.
>>97682792>>97682852Based Eye of the Beholder slav BTFOs Baldur's Gate 2 cuck
>>97682894>general roleplaying and combat rules that wouldn't take an extreme amount of time for my friends and that is flexible,Oh man, this is gonna be good->>97683171HOLY SHIT!The ACKShill kept trying!Holy fucking shit this is too good. He kept going, despite ACKS being the slowest, clumsiest game where even the simplest things take forever to resolve.It's like a guy shopping for a car says "I drive quite a bit, so good fuel efficiency is pretty important to me," and the salesman just keeps going with "You're in luck! The Crapomatic F-1900 gets 3 miles to the gallon!"
>>97683245There the Bluesky fucker REEEing about ACKS I mentioned.Also I mention ACKS along with other games and didn't even say "ACKS IS THE BESTEST EVAR" Just it has many systems for late game that I like. Among other game systems I like, I don't know why you have such a hate boner for ACKS but stop it and get some help. ACKS didn't leave to get milk and never came back, or was that teacher that try to groom you into being trans and gay now.
>>97683385ACKShill, who are you trying to fool. Are you gonna have another meltdown?
>>97683385This is a thread about "Best Universal Tabletop Ruleset."Aside from ACKS being far from the best, it's all built around a specific faux-roman-esque setting and is useless outside of that. This is not the thread to be advertising your game.
>>97683389????You're the one having "another meltdown," and I hope someone picks up soon, cause I fucking called it. >>97682854
>>97683411Now I can tell why you hate ACKS. Too many words and not enough "feelings."I know this is hard for you but read this dumbass. >>97682854Also why are you even here? Just to REEE on ACKS like I fucking said would happen for mention the fucking game? Cause you haven't talk about anyting but ACKS now
>>97683430>try to shill acks>knows /tg/ is going to roast his ass for doing soWhy even bother shilling then? Don't you have a hugbox you can stay contained in?
>>9768344690% chance he's just trolling.ACKS is almost the perfect game to troll with too.It's bad enough to piss off people who care about good games, and overcomplicated so you can just throw up huge walls of rules text and then demand people to explain what's wrong with gigtantic walls of rules text for resolving what should be simple and straightforward.And, if things are looking really bad for the troll, he can just start screaming about politics.It's at least guaranteed it's more fun to troll about the game than it is to actually play it.
>>97682754My favorite universal rules engine is BRP (more specifically in the form of Mythras). A great number of varied games are broadly compatible with BRP, including: Runequest, Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, Aquelarre, Stormbringer/Elric!, Elfquest, Renaissance Deluxe, Clockwork & Chivalry, Pirates & Dragons, and Legend are all broadly compatible and adaptable as well.It's an underappreciated gem with enormous potential.
>>97683446>Keeps REEEing about ACKS like a moth to a flame. Not adding to the topic or suggesting their own game systems. Then thinks if they said they're winning and the chad it's enough.Yeah, Bluesky is that way snowflake. Go before you have another temper tantrum
>>97682754OVA
>>97683504This is why you've been banned from every community with any moderation.
>>97682762D&D is gay, always has been and always will be.
>>97682754I always wanted to get into gurps despite the name sounding like an oesophegal condition. >can I do mass combat, I don't mean in some gay handwavey way like in d and d facti9n play where I just tell you 5000 orcs killed 5000 pensioners i mean can it scale to a decent wargame of a couple of hundred figs on the table>does it encompass historical stuff with a basic level / pulp literacy (I am ok with Hollywood historicals as long as they are in the ballpark)>can I do something really simple with it, like play granular Heroquest>how much random table goodness do I get, I want weather, personality, anything>what is the difference between 3rd snd 4th and is there some bsckwards compstibility>can I use it to generate hex maps or explore that way
>>97682792I'm still stuck pretty early in the game when you meet the Japanese dude and there is a room full of lightning mephits
>>97686016Zip it "ACKSREEEEER"
>>97682754GURPS has lots of rules for lots of things, but they're generally quite specific - there's A spellcasting system, A psi system, etc, that you staple on.Universal systems tend to either be:- Crunchy, but you create your own crunch, where there's a respectable underlying chassis to create rules with. I found Valor: the Heroic Role-Playing System a pretty good set up for this; Hero System is the classic example.- Quite light, and you create your own crunch, where there's a functional underlying chassis and also some superstructures to hook stuff into. I like Technoir the most of all these, though it's very weighted towards investigative games; Fate is the classic, and functional.- Extremely light, and the rules are just "lol, make it up," so you just make up whatever you need. There are so many of these it'd take forever to list. You just roll some dice and add whatever bonuses the GM feels like.GURPS, unfortunately, is none of these. If you wanted to do (say) Avatar: The Last Airbender, you'd have to beat it into shape.>>97682894Ignore the ACKS-shilling retard. It's not anything even vaguely close to a universal system, it's an AD&D fork but with even less of a design ethos. You'd be better off trying Hero System than ACKS. Notice how he has to blame politics for people disliking the shit game, rather than them having read it.>>97683484>It's at least guaranteed it's more fun to troll about the game than it is to actually play it.Well, yeah, but that's not saying much.
>>97683486>>97682754>Open the thread to say BRP>Anon already beat me to itIt's a very straightforward system, anon. Percentages are very approachable, and everyone "feels" like they understand them (until one of your guys gets incredulous that he failed a 77% check). And like he mentioned, there are a ton of bespoke game systems so it can function both as a toolbox and has stuff ready for you if you're in the mood to try a different genre or theme. Take the BRP pill.
>>97693392You don't fucking read do you. I have said (>>97682854) I said I don't believe in that one system that can do it all. Some systems have better systems and mechanics for different things. Hell, you love this example. I like ACKS as a system. However, I steal some mechanics and systems from SAKE since ACKS is heavy Roman theme where SAKE 15/16th century East Asia sailing. So I tend to use their ship mechanics if I want a more high seas adventure.Though look at you, you talk shit about it, but it's very bare bones "I just hate it" rather than a real reason. Just be honest, you were just told to hate it by the mob and you being the blind little dumb sheep follows the herd no matter what.
what is this ACKS guy's retardation and why does he keep posting
>>97695296Keep REEEEing hater. I like a system you were told was bad, get over it tourist
>>97682754If you really want to jump settings, I think picrel is your best bet because it's going to be pretty easy
>>97682754I love GURPS but it basically relies on lots of crunch (that at least the GM needs to know really well). You can't really shake that, so if it doesn't fly with you, you won't get much mileage out of it.I also like Savage Worlds, but it's really limited in what it does. It's basically a wargame turned RPG (because it literally is), but in my experience it gets out of the way enough to play a cool story.The D6 System is kinda neat and quite simple too. It's the same system used in the Star Wars d6 games. I don't really like how damage works in it, and the target numbers vs average number for each dice pools can get wonky, but it's worth a look..I've read Big Eyes Small Mouth 4e and it seems decent - though I haven't actually played it and for some reason nobody seems to talk about it ever.I think the morale of the story is that no single system is boundlessly universal, so you're going to have to end up figuring out what you want out of it and try a bunch.
>>97682894>Mainly was just looking for a system with decent general roleplaying and combat rules that wouldn't take an extreme amount of time for my friends and that is flexible, mainly because I would enjoy doing some more unique settings at some point.SWADE is this, with the caveat that all your games will feel like SWADE.
Maid RPG.
>>97699417That and FATAL are good universal systems for the whole family.
>>97682754GURPS is good. I think their combat is overly granular, admittedly. But unless you're buying a "Powered by GURPS" game, it's more of an "RPG Building Kit" than a prebuilt RPG.
>>97707942>it's more of an "RPG Building Kit"I see this leveled at GURPS a lot but I still don't think it's true, it works on certain assumptions and definitely has its own flair. Just because it doesn't have much of a bestiary (unless you count the umpteen splatbooks) doesn't make it not an RPG
>>97710532The best way I can describe GURPS for tourists is GURPS is the "UNREAL engine." The system has add-ons for different systems and styles of play. However the engine is the same.
>>97707942>it's more of an "RPG Building Kit" than a prebuilt RPGYou can describe BRP this way too
