Poll: Spaceships & Swords – Which Genres and Types of Games do you Play?
D&D dominates the RPG world but there are many different types of games out there. Rather than which specific rule system you prefer, we want to know what types of systems you prefer.
What is your favourite genre of roleplaying game
- Fantasy (e.g. D&D, ) (66%, 23 Votes)
- Science Fiction (e.g. Star Wars, Traveller) (14%, 5 Votes)
- Horror in a Historical Setting (e.g. Call of Cthulhu ) (9%, 3 Votes)
- Horrow in a Modern Setting (e.g. World of Darkness, Cthulhu Modern) (6%, 2 Votes)
- Post-Apocalypse (e.g. Afermath!, Gamaworld) (3%, 1 Votes)
- Modern - Spying / War or Similar (e.g. D20 Modern) (3%, 1 Votes)
- Comedy or Whimiscal Settings (e.g. Paranoia, Toon) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Specific Book / TV / Film Tie-in (-1%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 35
Loading ...What best describes your favourite type of world / universe?
- Something the GM has created themselves (68%, 23 Votes)
- Straight out of a commerical product (e.g. Forgotten Realms) (24%, 8 Votes)
- Completely ad-hoc / made-up as needed (6%, 2 Votes)
- A world taken from a book, TV or film (2%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
Loading ...What Sort of Rule System do you Prefer?
- A detailed rule-system but with scope for house rules and arbitrary GM decisions (88%, 30 Votes)
- A homebrew / house-rules system agreed by consent (6%, 2 Votes)
- Strict aherance to a highly detailed rule system (3%, 1 Votes)
- A ruleless / story-telling approach (3%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
Loading ...Do you Experiment with Game Systems and Settings?
- No, I play long campaigns and only change every now and again (48%, 16 Votes)
- Yes, I regularly play different systems and settings (36%, 12 Votes)
- No, I play the same thing every week (9%, 3 Votes)
- Yes, I go out of my way to try lots of different systems and settings (7%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 33
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November 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
My vote on question 2 went to ’something the GM has created themselves’ – but in my own case, I do use published material as a framework or starting point rather than starting with a blank slate. I don’t have time to build everything from scratch (I only wish I did!). But I do heavily modify the published material in most cases, and sometimes beyond recognition. I guess a lot of GMs work this way.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Hmm. Having trouble filling this out, since I kind of like all of them. And my likings depend on the folks involved; there are people I wouldn’t want to play an ad hoc setting with.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I have to agree with Brent, this was a tough one to fill out. There is also a difference between what I actually able to game and what I’d like to game. For example, I like to try different systems and settings but in reality, I’m usually only playing in long campaigns and change over so often. I think in the perfect situation, I’d have long campaign with an ever changing side game.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
@Bonemaster: Ongoing campaign with ever-changing side game is my ideal too. I only wish I had the time for both…..so the side game remains a dream for now.
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November 24th, 2008 at 2:47 am
What is your favorite genre can’t really be multiple choice. You’ve got Horror as two different options here, and only one style of Fantasy. I think the options you gave reveal more about your preferences then those taking the poll. I don’t think you could avoid that without giving about 20 different options.