The Strange – The mechanics of this game are pretty much identical to those of Numenera, although the setting is very different. What little substance there is ends up being Generic Fantasy World #37, just with “ancient technology of unknowable purpose” standing in for “ancient magic”. This, unfortunately, makes the setting feel rather arbitrary and all style over substance. The central premise of the game is exploration and discovering the world’s wonders, but the game takes a firm line that nothing should ever be explained and things should always stay mysterious. Unfortunately the setting doesn’t live up to the promise of that description I’ve just given.
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The Earth has been so thoroughly and repeatedly terraformed that the air and soil are full of nanotechnology and the place is full of the artefacts and sites of lost eras, the function of most of which is completely beyond the understanding of its current inhabitants. Not all of the previous civilisations were even human. It’s set in a far, far distant future where there have been many previous civilisations that have risen and gone over billions of years – some have fallen, some have moved on, some have transcended flesh in one way or another. Numenera – This was the first Cypher System game. When it comes to comparing the three games: Here is a summary someone did on the differences between The Strange, Numenera, and The Cypher System Not a huge fan of the rules inconsistencies, excess crunch, and color-blind unfriendly aspects, but maybe they’ll fix some things. Genesys - Upcoming system from FFG will play like Star Wars but will support Fantasy, Steampunk, Weird War, Modern, and Sci Fi.Expanded Worlds companion book adds genre support for post-apocalyptic, mythological, fairy tale, childhood adventure, historical, crime and espionage, and hard science fiction settings. Pretty expensive, but supports fantasy, science-fiction, horror, modern-day, and superhero in the core book. Cypher System- Gorgeous system from Monte Cook Games.New ‘Cortex Plus’ system will combine all the genre rules under one cover and will be out in April, 2018. Cortex Plus/Cortex Prime - Mature system used in licensed settings such as Marvel Heroic, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, etc.A toolkit really, if you want to create a setting you’ll likely need to create a family of stunts and maybe use some community content. BRP is a bit dated and you’ll need to use Errata. Great focus in zoomed-in personal combat and high lethality. d100 - Basic Roleplaying or Mythras Imperative mixed with various monographs from Chaosium.Tends towards pulp-style games and longer, miniature oriented combat. Here then are my top choices for multi-genre games : Tactical Systems (focus on combat) This then would exclude games like GURPs and WEG d6 (out of print) as well as Apocalypse World Systems (small community hacks but no universal system in print).
For our game club, I think the systems that will work best for us are in-print, have some mechanical depth (not complex math or rules per se, but deep character options to keep players interested as they level up). Here are my thoughts (personal opinions will vary of course).
What systems currently on the market are best that support multiple genres? Top Current Multi-Genre Systems Many of the campaigns I’d like to run though are custom settings that in many cases are genre-mashups (Sci Fi Horror, Steampunk Supers, etc.). There are a lot of setting-specific RPGs (D&D for Fantasy, Shadowrun for Cyberpunk, Traveller for Galactic Sci Fi) which are very cool. Leviathan: Campaign Overview & House Rules.The Taurus Reach and Starbase 47 (Vanguard).
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