After yesterdays near slip up and just about posting within the days deadline (by the UK time zone that is). I’m writing todays hash tag entry before I’ve even had my first coffee of the day!

So let’s get on with this so I can have my coffee.

“Suggestion Sunday: Roll 1d8+1, and tag that many friends and suggest a new RPG to try.”

I’m not going to follow this to the letter today. Instead I’m going to suggest to who ever reads this blog a couple of new RPGs to try and why.

These won’t be RPGs I’ve played. But they will be ones I own. The reasons I give to try them are basically what attracted me to the RPGs and why I want to eventually get them to the table.

My first recommendation is the FFG series of RPGs, The End of the World.

There are four books in this series, Zombie Apocalypse, Wrath of the Gods, Alien Invasion, and Rise of the Machines.

I own two of them, Zombie Apocalypse and Alien Invasion.

So why should you play them?

Firstly the players play as themselves usually in whatever town/city you live in. Their starting equipment is whatever they have in their pockets and in the room the game is played in. You also if you are the GM get to kill yourself off in some gruesome way right at the start of the game. There has to be a reason you aren’t taking part in the adventure after all.

I find this first reason so, so cool. It also makes the whole game so personal. All of a sudden it’s not some npc villager dying and coming back to life as a zombie, it’s John Satt who you went to school with. Wait that’s my best friends house those aliens just blew up.

The second reason is the d6 system used by the game. It’s very narrative based. Very similar mechanics wise to the FFG custom narrative dice used in the Genesys system. So no special dice needed. Very quick and light to use.

The third and final reason is the variety of choice of apocalypse you want to experience. Each book has at least three variants based around that books theme. These books theme and variants inside can be said to be inspired by one or two movies. Which I love.

Ok on to the next recommendation.

I think you should try either the Labyrinth RPG or the Dark Crystal RPG.

Most definitely if you are a fan of either or both the movies. But I think you might enjoy these even if you are not.

Each book is the complete adventure, you only need add pen and paper, plus d6 dice in the case of the Dark Crystal.

These are rules light systems. Very accessible.

They look fun.

I love both movies. So I was sold on the theme.

Let me know if you’ve played these and what you thought about them.