Interesting RPGs?

GamerObscura

Looking for some tabletop RPGs that have fun or unique rules or settings. Something that comes to mind is the stress mechanic in the Alien RPG where characters would roll better as they get stressed, but have a higher chance of freaking out.

Otherwise any RPGs that people have been enjoying?

Love

GamerObscura
I lack a group of people to seriously sit down and have a session, but there are two games that really interest me that I have the rulebooks for

I'll start with the well-known one, need-no-introduction Cyberpunk 2020. yadayada futuristic dystopia yadayada we all know by now. Its most unique part is definitely its combat system called Friday Night Firefight yadayada you can die really fast and kill just as fast. (OTK fast)

Next is Werewolf the Apocalypse, Set in the World of Darkness. You are a werewolf (called garou in game) apart of one of the many tribes. I don't want to make my post too long as google exists but while I'm here I might as well explain my characters tribe, the Wendigo. They are indigenous people of artic America and the junior of their brother tribe, the Uktena. They are one of the most traditional tribes which has made them fairly bitter towards any outsiders, but they will form groups with others for the safety of the tribe.

An Actual Cat

GamerObscura Mausritter is pretty fun. You play as a mouse.
Ran a couple games of it last year.

Love Werewolf the Apocalypse

I've only played Forsaken and I loved it, but it was a millennia ago. It's so hard to find games for WoD games outside of Vampire.

Sandro

I haven't had the chance to play tabletop lately, sadly. I really like Warhammer FRP's system, I played 2nd edition some years ago and it was a blast. One system I really want to explore is Red Markets, it has a big emphasis on economy and the logistics in a world slowly decaying away (I've seen the comparison to shadowrun and theres some fair points). It's not complete apocalypse-based, think America divided in two with one side similar to Escape from New York (a little more optimistic than that), where you play as folks who are sent on the other side to prospect for valuable stuff while dealing with all sorts of danger. One of the unique things I remember was essentially you had to pay a rent of sorts, and connections from the other side could land you with tech, or allies over on the other. Someday I'm gonna have to sit down on the weekend and see about getting some boys together to play it.

Randgris

Delta Green is a personal favorite of mine, but its very hard to find players who take it seriously/don't complain when their characters get damaged for sticking their noses in something unprepared. Characters are very much mortal in the sense a pistol shot can kill a player instantly if they're not in armor and they get unlucky with a damage roll. Fully automatic weapons also have a lethality rating to outright kill an NPC/PC in most cases, representing spraying full auto burst. There's also no level up system, characters level up from failing skill checks. Being modern day Call of Cuthullu, characters also need to manage sanity/being a agent in a secret organization/and their day to day normal life.

MO

Damn, so few RPG lovers on this board?

EDIT: 2/26/2023 7PM Pacific Time

Randgris

Wait, it's based on CoC? Does that mean that it's an easy system to know if you know CoC? I've run CoC and the combat was fine, I actually thought it was fun.

Have you tried recruiting Twilight 2000 players who are used to dying all the time or Grognards who play B/X D&D?