I’ve been playing TTRPGs online with a group of friends for close to a decade and later this year we are planning an in-person meet up. I’d like to find some options for rule-light games that can be learnt quickly, and would play at least mildly well with upwards of 12 players for a mega-session, for 6+ hours of game.
Open to any suggestions to get the ball rolling. Rules-light, big group, go!
Edited to add:
Some suggestions I have received from other places. I haven’t looked into any of these but wanted to add for discussion’s sake:
- Everyone Is John
- the Borg games (Mork Borg, etc)
- Fate
- Tiny D6
- Kobolds Ate My Baby
- Daethmatch Island
- Dream Askew
- Shadowdark
- Perils and Processes
If you have any experience with these, your input is appreciated!
Cairn is rules light fantasy rpg with the rules being entirely free: https://cairnrpg.com/
Basically you manage your inventory and have to role under 3 stats. You can use the 2e edition that has a bit of a setting baked into the backgrounds, or use the Barebones edition that just strips out any implied setting. Lots of adventures available, and lots of conversion guides, plus you can pretty much run any OSR/BX module with minor tweaking.
It is in the OSR camp, so your group would have to be ok with some lethality and just rolling up a new character if they die.
Oh I forgot to mention Cairn in the list I added. I have seen this one recommended elsewhere as well, so might be on to something. Thank you!