GREAT Alternative RPGs to play that aren't D&D

Wanting to try out new TTRPGs? Here is an introduction to over 50 popular games that your peers are RAVING about. Broken up into different genres, choose your favorites to explore!

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0:00 New World of TTRPGs
1:22 Classic Fantasy
6:17 Family
7:10 Apocalypse
8:23 Horror
9:49 Futuristic/Sci-Fi
12:35 Modern
14:32 Superhero
15:23 General
16:58 Fandoms & Upcoming

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[hiei]

> “Shadowrun 6th Edition”
*posts image from the superior 4th edition*
Me: nods in agreement

[frankb]

I'm surprised G.U.R.P.S. wasn't on this list.
One I really love is Ars Magica 3rd edition.

[KyleHoughton]

I'm just happy Cypher, Numenera and the "Borgs" were mentioned 🤘🤘

[Thaumatarge]

Glad to see Shadow of the Demon Lord on this list! I personally believe it is quite underrated, or at the very least overshadowed by other systems in terms of popularity. I absolutely adore the character creation and progression in this system with how many combinations there are, and I also do enjoy how absurd it can get.

From what I know, there is a more traditional fantasy style setting game built off the Demon Lord engine coming out some time soon by the name of Shadow of the Weird Wizard, for those who do not like the absurdist horror and black humour of the Demon Lord game. There is a playtest running on the official Shadow of the Demon Lord discord server, and from what I have seen, it is certainly a big step up in terms of the system itself, and I quite like the setting too!

There is also a post-apocalypse game by the name of PunkApocalyptic: The RPG based on the world of PunkApocalyptic by Bad Roll Games that runs on a modified version of the Shadow of the Demon Lord engine. It hasn't caught my eyes that much, so I can't say much about it.

I am so happy to see the communities join forces like this and explore all the various systems that have already been written, are being written, and that could be written!

[Lorescribbler]

Can I just say I'm chuffed that you mentioned Symbaroum. I champion it a lot because I enjoy the setting and aesthetic as much as anything, but I so rarely see it get mentioned.

[hexenhammer]

Feng Shui is tailor made for John Wick, Mission Impossible, The Raid, Fast and Furious, Hardcore Henry, and RRR. RRR is the poster child of what your Feng Shui game should be.

[HollowEarthling]

Everyone should check out Troika if they want some really wild, Douglas Adams-style fantasy nonsense. It's a great time

[Mantorp]

This is a really really good list of TTRPGs! Many of my favourites were mentioned 👍 if you are looking for a really rules light TTRPG you should check Knave, Maze Rats, Cairn. Into The Odd is one of the best ruleslight IMO.

[hellpenguin]

I'd also like to put forward a few that are either smaller names or ones from Japan that players in a western audience might not know.

Monsterpunk is a post apocalyptic earth where monsters from fantasy broke into our reality. Now humanity must band with factions of monsters and make pacts with them in order to survive the wild magic hellscape that spans the land.

Ryuu-tama is a japanese ttrpg that focuses on exploration and travel. It has been described as Studio Ghibli meets Oregon Trail. The players and the dm work together as they adventure to design the world and towns they visit. And even the GM is given a character; a story telling dragon who's abilities represent the genre the dragon represents.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians is a very LGBTQ+ friendly system from Evil Hat that focuses on romance and drama as their core mechanics. The classes, settings and rules are all set up to make the players feel like they are playing in a sitcom or a soap opera. Will the Infamous find redemption for their past deeds? Will the Trickster ever open their hearts to the party? What will happen between the Scoundrel and the BBEG in their will they/won't they relationship? It is a great system for those seeking light hearted drama.

And Fight! 2nd is a system focused on fighting games. You don't just design your character, you design your special moves as well. Dripping with love of the fighting game genre, it plays on the extreme personalities of video game characters, and the over the top combat seen within. Trash goons like a beat 'em up, be especially good at punching cars, and fight your way to the top!

[ConlangKrishna]

Awesome list! 👍I knew some 30 games, and still heard about some unknown to me in this video! 🤯
And I just saw that Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC), which - in my opinion - is VERY different from classical D&D or 5E, is officially based on the OGL. The adventures are pure madness, it has a TON of material, and it uses 10 different dice!

[ElwoodShort]

I feel I should mention two more ‘generic systems’ that give you immense options. GURPS [generic universal role play system], which has a Gurps lite option, or you can go super detailed. BRP [basic Roleplaying] d100 skill based system [used by Call of Cthulhu and Runequest]. Both have magic, vehicles, psychic and superpower rules. . U can play literally anything with either of these.

[lilcwa]

Good call giving Index Card RPG it’s due. It’s an excellent system that is quick and fun to learn and play regardless of experience level, and its mechanics are easily extended to any setting, making it truly universal. Runehammer Games got it right with ICRPG.

[qsviewsrpgs]

Excellent coverage and insight on so many great games. It's a fantastic time to be a TTRPG gamer, with so many options, rule systems, genres and campaign play styles. Some of these games are even fun to overlap and combine for some unexpected outcomes at the table.

[samchafin]

ICRPG! We just hosted RUNEJAMMER! at the end of August - 40+ online games hosted by a dozen GMs (including me and DM Scotty) and about 75 distinct players. It was a blast!

[psychohistorian]

Wow, I mean wow.

This is the best and most inclusive guide I have seen on the entire internet.
Thank you very much.

[egonhomes]

Great video, and I know there are a lot of games out there for those who got started in DnD. Glad to see Shadowrun, Cyberpunk, World of Darkness, and Warhammer 40k RPGs on the list. I would've loved to see Toon on the kid-friendly list and GURPS on the generic list (it's right in the name). I also enjoy BESM, but that would best qualify as a fandom RPG for any Anime.

[IanWatson]

Thanks for mentioning the Trinity Continuum!

The TC core rules are modern-day action adventure, and sort of like the World of Darkness, contains a number of additional game lines, each representing a different sub-genre and time period:
- Trinity Continuum: Æon (2123 sci-fi) features PCs as psions in a Mass Effect-ish future, making contact with lost human colonies and meeting strange new alien races.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima (2084 cyberpunk) has PCs living in a whitewashed fascist utopia, trying to recover from a recent devastating war, and using their new Glass neural implants to treat their collective PTSD by playing the world's most popular MMO. Weird that some game streamers are disappearing, though.
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant (2028 supers) has PCs as novas, people who can manipulate the four quantum forces to do nearly anything they can imagine. Unfortunately the human body wasn't designed to channel these forces, which leads to some problems.
- Trinity Continuum: Assassins (present) has PCs as Assassins. If you've ever wanted to play Agent 47 or John Wick or Wanted or Mr. and Mrs. Smith or Desmond Miles, or... well, you get the idea.
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure! (1934 pulp) has PCs as daredevils, stalwarts, and mesmerists exploring the hidden corners of the world with derring-do, a solid left hook, and a zeppelin headquarters.
- Trinity Continuum: Aether (1895 Victorian) has PCs as aethernauts, people who can manipulate the new discovery of Aether to visit strange alien worlds, other dimensions, and even change their own bodies. Unfortunately, use of Aether seems to have attracted the attention of the Martian invasion force and their deadly tripods.
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis (1200 BCE) has PCs as champions, oracles, and Olympians, the heroes of the ancient world during the Greek Bronze age collapse.

[borgy]

Great roundup! Lots I haven't heard about. And I watched some of your older videos and gotta say thanks for reducing the volume of the background music -- it was way too loud before.

[rolancritz]

Awesome job putting all this together so fast!

[Skimmer]

You managed to mention a lot of free legaue games but you missed my favorite. Vaesen, sort of monster of the week but more gothic horror with a focus on scandinavian folklore and setting taking place in a alternate 1800s. Sharing the same d6 pool engine as most of free legaues games.

Would love a round up of more games in the future if you have the time and energy. Or perhaps that a lot more games get mentioned as examples when you do your cool genre deepdives and its story potential.