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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 17h

Here's a tip: Your usual survival features can be replaced with standardised stat blocks

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I tried designing a minigame-based narrative control hack and immediately ran into the Bookkeeping Question!!!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the end, the difference between a conspiracy/dieselpunk game and a western-historical game is whether they have politicking.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A game about wilderness in a tactical cogpunk world, kind of reminiscent of Colin Mochrie.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Any game that's in what we might call the "introspective imaginative medieval" subgenre should let the players veto one FP thingy

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Politics-ish Mothership-clone made by replacing all the coins with battery maps (kind of overpowered)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Alt-history game where you mostly just use attacks. (Assume it has a bunch of rubberised discs to keep track of them)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Supposedly, GURPS was originally meant to use balance tokens. Maybe you could recreate that approach with a critical hit.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In my experience, failure could afford to feel more transformative. Like in Mausritter!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Making a piratical tiger evasion minigame powered by a single rule (with a focus on roleplaying).

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A tip: The usual character design rule can easily be replaced with a bolted-on attritional experience record.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's time to start making a sort of politics-ish slash architecture game inspired by LARPing! It could have simulationist vibes

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My response to the Ability Modifier Question: why not just build a rule from Runequest? Seems fascinating

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Switch it up: make downtime cartoonish and abilities denser!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You can use Tarot cards to track energy if you really need to. Or just replace the whole system with gritty individual tiles!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's an idea: A satirical modern-ecological game that's all about the scenario structure

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here's a tip: Your usual character growth rule can just be replaced with a meaty vague energy thingy.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Politics-nautical version of Pokemon where the whole game hinges on one battle

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New game combining a piratical revolution minigame with a novel fight ruleset (with resource tokens)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Here's a tip: The usual reputation system can easily be replaced with a classic boon-based luck point. Plus golem making!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New game combining a conspiracy singing minigame with a novel situation minigame.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In my experience, bookkeeping could afford to feel more fast-paced. Like in Encounter Critical!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Make a game inspired by (a) Fiasco and (b) a sunken battleship. But instead of stickers, use beads

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not every game has random encounters, or pantheons, or coin flips. But a great game has at least one of them.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cogpunk-ish game where you mostly just use PC contacts. (Assume it has a bunch of elegant tiddlywinks to keep track of them)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here's a way to tackle the Flow Question: ignore the rulebook and just rely on adventures! Let me know if it works.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My response to the Fight Test: why not just borrow a tool from Rolemaster? Seems coherent.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Not every game has heroics rules, or a set of decks. But you probably want at least one of them in a game with a lot of rocketry

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here's a way to tackle the Glory Issue: ignore the rules summary and just rely on tropes! Let me know if it works.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I use counters to track light, especially in games that don't have scene framing.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why not just let the players replace morale chess pieces whenever they want

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you're starting a game in a new system and have players coming from popular gamist games like 'Wiki Articles Are Wizards' or Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, try using clue components to help them get over the rules hump.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Inspired by skirmish games, alt-history game with a novel specialised safecracking mini-game.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Some advice: The typical interaction heuristics can easily be simplified to weird rubber-banding morale records.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My attempt to answer the Rogue Class Question: just let the players buy or sell stunts at any time. Hacky, but it works – especially in a 'Not Quite Regency Era' game!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pro tip: just let the players announce torch rolls whenever. (Make this)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Okay, it's time to make a puzzle-esque version of Into the Odd by getting rid of the metaphysics. (Make this)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here's some advice: The typical door-to-door sales features can easily be simplified to eerie asymmetrically linear pace-based initiative rolls

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ashcan version of a horror-esque game made unique by its clock-based difficulty number.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Add postmodern themes to a politics-ish game. Don't forget to track endurance!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

How about a retro-cyberpunk version of Tunnels & Trolls where the whole game boils down to a single rule 🙂

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I bet if you pile up enough traps and stamina, you'll eventually get a creative alt-history game (with a focus on plot)

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My attempt to answer the Life Point Question: just let the players trade for wounds at any time. Hacky, but it works – especially in an attritional game!

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

For a long-lasting (and consequential) game session: "Roll-based accountancy resolution method".

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I heard that GURPS Supers was intended to have complex random encounters. Maybe you could recreate them with an enemy-focused wiki-based tool rule.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Not every game has a set of notepads, or a hex crawling system, or a set of matchsticks. But a deep game has at least one of them

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Here's a tip: Your usual haggling hacks can be replaced with dramatic backstory tools.

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