# Role-playing games **URL:** https://discussion.tekeli.li/c/role-playing-games/5.md?page=1 [Latest](https://discussion.tekeli.li/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discussion.tekeli.li/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discussion.tekeli.li/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [RPGs played in 2025](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/rpgs-played-in-2025/6569)
**Author:** [@DrBob](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/DrBob)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [6 May 2026 02:23 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/rpgs-played-in-2025/6569 "2026-05-06T02:23:50Z")
Last year I apparently was in 96 sessions of RPGs. I ran 31 sessions, played in 65. 18 of the sessions were at conventions. PLAYER: The game I played most was Star Wars (5e D&D) at 37 sessions. Which had many fun sessi… --- ## [Episode 158: Crawling Around the Ankles of the Great Cyclopæan Ones](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-158-crawling-around-the-ankles-of-the-great-cyclopaean-ones/6678)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [14 April 2026 02:54 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-158-crawling-around-the-ankles-of-the-great-cyclopaean-ones/6678 "2026-04-14T02:54:37Z")
This month, Mike and Roger talk about getting NPCs more involved in play, and how to work with PC backstories. We mentioned: Smashing one’s face with a brick, Retrophrenology, Trail of Cthulhu Megabundle a… --- ## [Amazing Adventures: The Heart of Yhtill](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/amazing-adventures-the-heart-of-yhtill/6553)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [3 April 2026 09:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/amazing-adventures-the-heart-of-yhtill/6553 "2026-04-03T09:02:35Z")
@Lordof1 takes on Amazing Adventures, Jason Vey’s Siege Engine game of pulp action. Session 0: Maybe My Dump Stat Shouldn’t Be Wisdom: Character generation. Session 1: They’re Wearing… Clothes: A dame i… --- ## [Episode 156: Like Performing Divination From Entrails](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-156-like-performing-divination-from-entrails/6598)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [24 March 2026 12:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-156-like-performing-divination-from-entrails/6598 "2026-03-24T12:15:54Z")
This month, Mike and Roger talk about demonstration games and Roger rants about dice pools. We mentioned: Game demonstration topic on tekeli.li, The Last Province, The Cthulhu Hack, Dread, Earthdawn, Ever & … --- ## [Episode 154: Little Sisters of Shub-Niggurath Bake Sale](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-154-little-sisters-of-shub-niggurath-bake-sale/6540)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [24 March 2026 11:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-154-little-sisters-of-shub-niggurath-bake-sale/6540 "2026-03-24T11:59:27Z")
This month, Mike and Roger talk about current hotness Brindlewood Bay, and games for children. We mentioned: Outgunned at the Bundle of Holding (expires on the release day for this episode, 1 December), Ri… --- ## [Episode 157: You're Thinking Of Barry Morse Aren't You?](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-157-youre-thinking-of-barry-morse-arent-you/6631)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [20 March 2026 09:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-157-youre-thinking-of-barry-morse-arent-you/6631 "2026-03-20T09:38:08Z")
This month, Mike and Roger look at the detectability of metagame traits, and revisit random encounters. We mentioned: Good Society at the Bundle of Holding (until 16 March), Northanger Abbey, The Castle of… --- ## [Looking for Ideas for a teenager to try TTRPGs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/looking-for-ideas-for-a-teenager-to-try-ttrpgs/6487)
**Author:** [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [13 March 2026 10:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/looking-for-ideas-for-a-teenager-to-try-ttrpgs/6487 "2026-03-13T10:59:57Z")
My now 14 yo nephew has recently dabbeled a bit with perplexity.ai and roleplaying. Now he has expressed a desire to play TTRPGs. He lives to far away for me to show him a one-shot. Anything online would soon end with a … --- ## [Episode 151: You Get To Choose The Type Of Lunatic You Are](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-151-you-get-to-choose-the-type-of-lunatic-you-are/6444)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [11 March 2026 19:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-151-you-get-to-choose-the-type-of-lunatic-you-are/6444 "2026-03-11T19:38:48Z")
Michael apologises for leaving the episode to languish in his inbox past the deadline. It may be related to the bad attack of Renovation his landlords put him through. This month, Mike and Roger once again … --- ## [IT and All the Jobs Which Involve Expertise With Computers in GURPS Terms and Skills](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/it-and-all-the-jobs-which-involve-expertise-with-computers-in-gurps-terms-and-skills/6639)
**Author:** [@Icelander](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Icelander)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [6 March 2026 19:12 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/it-and-all-the-jobs-which-involve-expertise-with-computers-in-gurps-terms-and-skills/6639 "2026-03-06T19:12:58Z")
Many people here seem to be in IT. Now, I don’t pretend to know all the job titles, but one of my players is a programmer. He programs various business solutions for clients, e.g. an online ordering system for a chain of… --- ## [Looking for players, 1930s adventure with marvellous intrusions, schedule to suit the Americas (Thursday evenings US time)](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/looking-for-players-1930s-adventure-with-marvellous-intrusions-schedule-to-suit-the-americas-thursday-evenings-us-time/6628)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [5 March 2026 01:18 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/looking-for-players-1930s-adventure-with-marvellous-intrusions-schedule-to-suit-the-americas-thursday-evenings-us-time/6628 "2026-03-05T01:18:25Z")
I’m planning to run a series of adventures by way of Jitsi videochat, at 02:00–05:00 UTC on Fridays, starting on Friday 13th of March, 2026. That will correspond to Thursday evenings in the USA : 9 PM to midnight US East… --- ## [Setting premises #3: Reality plus marvellous intrusions & inventions](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/setting-premises-3-reality-plus-marvellous-intrusions-inventions/6619)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [4 March 2026 23:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/setting-premises-3-reality-plus-marvellous-intrusions-inventions/6619 "2026-03-04T23:31:14Z")
Back in the thread Episode 126: The friends you leave in shallow graves Our Roger posted The variety in Our Roger’s examples illustrates the fact that this scheme of settings overlaps with a choice of genres on each si… --- ## [Looking for players, 1960's spy-fi with marvellous intrusions, schedule to suit Europe (Sundays daytime) and Oz (Sunday evenings Aussie time)](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/looking-for-players-1960s-spy-fi-with-marvellous-intrusions-schedule-to-suit-europe-sundays-daytime-and-oz-sunday-evenings-aussie-time/6627)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [4 March 2026 23:07 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/looking-for-players-1960s-spy-fi-with-marvellous-intrusions-schedule-to-suit-europe-sundays-daytime-and-oz-sunday-evenings-aussie-time/6627 "2026-03-04T23:07:33Z")
I’m planning to run a series of 1960s spy-fi adventures by way of Jitsi videochat, at 08:30–11:30 UTC on Sundays, starting on Sunday 15th of March, 2026. That will allow players in Europe to play in the daytime on Sunday… --- ## [What do talking cats do all day?](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-talking-cats-do-all-day/6545)
**Author:** [@MichaelCule](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MichaelCule)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2026 21:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-talking-cats-do-all-day/6545 "2026-03-03T21:43:27Z")
Help me out a little with some background development, please. I have returned to a setting I’ve run several times before sometimes under GURPS, sometmies under FATE. It is an interdimensional city with lots of imported… --- ## [Episode 138: We Are All Gamers Old In Wickedness](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-138-we-are-all-gamers-old-in-wickedness/5369)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2026 18:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-138-we-are-all-gamers-old-in-wickedness/5369 "2026-03-03T18:21:51Z")
This month, Roger and Mike look back on our experience with Blades in the Dark. Warning, Roger gets a bit ranty. We mentioned: RuneQuest at the Humble Bundle (until 3 August), Blades in the Dark, The Lies … --- ## [Drive Relaxation: a 2300AD fanzine](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/drive-relaxation-a-2300ad-fanzine/6625)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 February 2026 16:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/drive-relaxation-a-2300ad-fanzine/6625 "2026-02-26T16:56:06Z")
I am putting together a fanzine for 2300AD. If you have something interesting to say about the setting that is perhaps a little longer than a blog or forum post, I’d love to include it. No money (to me or to you), but yo… --- ## [Jitsi for RPG by Internet videochat](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/jitsi-for-rpg-by-internet-videochat/6620)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [26 February 2026 14:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/jitsi-for-rpg-by-internet-videochat/6620 "2026-02-26T14:08:27Z")
Roger, tell me about Jitsi. Why is it the bee’s knees for RPG by internet videochat? --- ## [Mongoose Traveller to become a D&D clone?](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/mongoose-traveller-to-become-a-d-d-clone/6538)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [19 February 2026 15:24 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/mongoose-traveller-to-become-a-d-d-clone/6538 "2026-02-19T15:24:47Z")
I don’t have a link for this, but a usually reliable source posts: Huh. Way to get me not to enthuse about it. --- ## [How to run an RPG Demo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/how-to-run-an-rpg-demo/6585)
**Author:** [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [19 February 2026 15:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/how-to-run-an-rpg-demo/6585 "2026-02-19T15:19:06Z")
So a friend of mine has taking the (probably economically foolish) plunge and decided to buy and operate a game store. It’s going to primarily cater to CCG players because, honestly, that’s what fuels almost 90% of inde… --- ## [PBF Scurry: Making your mark](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/pbf-scurry-making-your-mark/5911)
**Author:** [@DJCT](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/DJCT)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [29 January 2026 21:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/pbf-scurry-making-your-mark/5911 "2026-01-29T21:21:36Z")
Scurry is a game about beasts embarking on a fast paced heist. Together, players tell the story of animals on a race against the clock, resolving conflicts with imaginative solutions, while trying to complete their goal … --- ## [Rules that RPGs need but never have](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/rules-that-rpgs-need-but-never-have/5879)
**Author:** [@DrBob](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/DrBob)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [20 January 2026 09:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/rules-that-rpgs-need-but-never-have/5879 "2026-01-20T09:06:30Z")
In a squillion movies the hero and a bad guy are in melee, struggling for control of a gun/knife, and one slowly gets the upper hand and shoots/stabs the other. I’ve never seen rules in an RPG to simulate this. The grap… --- ## [Ring down the curtain](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/ring-down-the-curtain/6571)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 January 2026 03:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/ring-down-the-curtain/6571 "2026-01-12T03:37:08Z")
I did have it in mind to finish Forty Exotic Worlds in a form that other GMs could use the worlds out of in other planetary-adventure or space-opera settings, and to write a gear catalogue for Flat Black, and succinct pl… --- ## [\[GM brainstorming\] JB007 adventure in neutral Vienna, winter 1962-63](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/gm-brainstorming-jb007-adventure-in-neutral-vienna-winter-1962-63/6559)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [9 January 2026 00:57 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/gm-brainstorming-jb007-adventure-in-neutral-vienna-winter-1962-63/6559 "2026-01-09T00:57:00Z")
I’m working up a demonstration game for the James Bond 007 RPG from Victory Games (1983). This adventure is to be set in January 1963, and I have chosen Vienna for my first Thrilling City. My current plan is to use Naple… --- ## [Research assistance: The Old Star pub, Broadway, Westminster UK](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/research-assistance-the-old-star-pub-broadway-westminster-uk/6562)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [5 January 2026 16:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/research-assistance-the-old-star-pub-broadway-westminster-uk/6562 "2026-01-05T16:52:16Z")
G’day all! There is a pub called “The Old Star” at 64 Broadway, Westminster SW1. Just opposite St James’ Park tube station, and next door to what used to be the secret service offices. (Though the Service used the nearb… --- ## [Episode 155: Blessed are the Notetakers](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-155-blessed-are-the-notetakers/6558)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [3 January 2026 22:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-155-blessed-are-the-notetakers/6558 "2026-01-03T22:08:59Z")
This month, Mike and Roger look at using current events in games, and think about what player skills we find most useful as GMs. We mentioned: Traveller Explorations and Traveller Ancients at the Bundle of… --- ## [Through the Hedgerow](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/through-the-hedgerow/5859)
**Author:** [@JayGarrick](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/JayGarrick)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [22 December 2025 11:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/through-the-hedgerow/5859 "2025-12-22T11:25:39Z")
A lovely looking game and I really like the background concept. It reminds me of a multitude of children’s fantasy works in book, radio, film and TV form that I enjoyed and enjoy. However, the system seems to be absol… --- ## [FATE-like James Bond 007](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/fate-like-james-bond-007/2721)
**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [19 December 2025 15:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/fate-like-james-bond-007/2721 "2025-12-19T15:27:33Z")
In the latest thrilling instalment of their spine-tingling podcast (Improvised Radio Theatre With Dice episode 101: Fundamental GURPSiness) the sages of High Wycombe reviewed The James Bond 007 RPG from Victory Games (19… --- ## [Cthulhu Eternal: Cried the Lady](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/cthulhu-eternal-cried-the-lady/6393)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [5 December 2025 10:11 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/cthulhu-eternal-cried-the-lady/6393 "2025-12-05T10:11:11Z")
@Shimmin gives us a second Gaslight Lincolnshire adventure. Session 1: The Spirits of Several Peas: Is the old pile haunted? Nah, couldn’t be. Session 2: A Piece of Antler: Well something is going on. And … --- ## [Episode 153: Something You Said In 1963](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-153-something-you-said-in-1963/6514)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [5 November 2025 22:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-153-something-you-said-in-1963/6514 "2025-11-05T22:00:01Z")
This month, Mike and Roger consider ad-hoc backgrounds, and the best way to get started as a new GM. We mentioned: The Cthulhu Reborn offer at the Bundle of Holding (until 17 November), Harnmaster, Deryni … --- ## [Episode 152: You Are Not the Gaming Messiah](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-152-you-are-not-the-gaming-messiah/6478)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [7 October 2025 20:05 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-152-you-are-not-the-gaming-messiah/6478 "2025-10-07T20:05:43Z")
This month, Mike and Roger talk about what makes a system dead, and whether we should care. We mentioned: Continuum, Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth, Tunnels and Trolls, RuneQuest, FUDGE, the Deryni Adventu… --- ## [(multiple systems) One Last Job](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/multiple-systems-one-last-job/5049)
**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2025 17:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/multiple-systems-one-last-job/5049 "2025-08-16T17:53:16Z")
Frank Glass used to do the thing. Now he doesn’t do the thing any more. But maybe he’ll have to do it again. Session 1: That Labrador Gets Out a Lot: Frank Glass doesn’t do that any more. But maybe someone wants him to … [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/c/role-playing-games/5.md) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/c/role-playing-games/5.md?page=2)