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Happy to be here

Hi all! Name’s Jude. Pronouns he/him. I’m 25 years old and have been playing RPGs since I was about 12. I got started with the Old West End Star Wars RPG and AD&D2e, but since then I’ve tried a lot of games and am always looking to try more.

Lately I play a lot of PBTA and Resistance System games, though I also enjoy the various Chronicles of Darkness splats and me and my friends design our own games pretty frequently. I’m working on a superhero game myself. Currently, the four campaigns I oscillate between are an FFG Star Wars game (GM) set 200 years after the original trilogy about how the New Republic became corrupted; an Apocalypse World game (GM) about a flooded world presided over by strange monsters created by psychic phenomena; my friend’s Spire game (player) where we’re setting up to take the fight to the High Elf military; and my other friend’s hack of the Lumen Light system (player) where we’re Destiny Guardians in a West Marches game, exploring the planets post-Final Shape!

I really enjoy trying odd games, anything off the beaten path and breaks the mold interests me. Crunchy, rules-lite, doesn’t matter as long as it has something interesting to say about its subject matter and pushes boundaries of game design. With that in mind, I guess for my intro question: what system’s rule(s) reinforced the themes of a game you played/ran?

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