I Made My Own TTRPG! A Guide On How To Make Yours - GM Tips

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[OC]

I have a player that chose to be an orphan. I said, "Great. Where was the orphanage? What were the names of the other orphans you grew up with? Who ran the orphanage?" He wound up with more background than any of the other players and went back to the orphanage multiple times.

[sparrowhawk]

Immagine having a boyfriend who builds you an entire rp system because you can’t do math... this man is living the dream...

[euansmith]

"I'm an Orphan. I come from a massive family of Orphans."

[carlwarner]

The fact that you did this for your boyfriend is absolutely adorable and I hope you two have a good valentine's day

[reidurbjorn]

Made mine last year and put it on Drivethrurpg. It's a great feeling.

[robpegler]

I've always created my own games, starting in high school and continuing (on and off) into adulthood. I've played around with different homebrew rule systems over the years (some good, some terrible). My current system is working well, although I've done a fair bit of tweaking over our current campaign, including a couple of fairly drastic overhauls of my combat system (fortunately, I have very understanding players).

Why do I do it? I guess it's because I like the creation side of things. I'm the GM who's in it for the worldbuilding and the storytelling and the NPCs, and working out my own rules is all part of the fun.

[SteffenskyXD]

so this shows up in my recommendations the day after I actually started writing down notes for my own RPG system.
"Eyes Computer suspiciously"

[sciverzero]

"Why don't you have a backstory?"
"Because we don't have time for me to tell you all of it and you wouldn't find it terribly interesting anyway."
See also:
"I do, but its a black box. Things may come out of it into the light, but its not possible to look in or reach in and grab anything."

[kota]

The simplicity and elegance of this system is incredible, Guy. I love how much you've done with so little!

[sottonk]

I'm actually already working on my own system design but I'm still looking forward to watching this video.

[alexanderk.]

I've been working on my own for a while now and still at it. It's based on Japanese horror movies, stories etc since I'm a huge fan and I found it hard to run games and stories like that in other systems. It's the most fun I had being creative I've had in a long time.

[ryanbeverley]

Backed this on Kickstarter! First thing I've ever backed, and I cannot wait to play it!

[toverkleet]

A mechanism i found intriguing is using a Jenga tower for tension. Its not my idea, check geek & sundry, but that system creates a lot of tension especially in a horror setting. Not that every fail will get the characters killed, but dire consequences can be connected to that method

[StevensonMD]

Thanks for this. I needed it. I've been working on a system that Started very very simple to play with my four year old daughter. Simple enough our forth game was one she wrote and DMed herself. It is now on its sixth iteration slightly heavier but still simple but now needs writing out more.

[ryanhenderson]

Legit been working on my own for the last two years before Guy started this series xD loved the video!

[deadmeme]

I have a humble suggestion: pronounce ttrpgs as "teeterpegs" from now on.

[wheresyourcave]

Sooo your partner basically said put up or shutup and u said... Hold my beer

[RavenNiffler]

This makes a lot of sense especially for dnd like why did my cleric’s 5th level spells fail?

[demonheart]

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