A west marches style campaign in the 40k setting. My first thoughts for this would be either the players are rogue traders or they’re a bunch of hive scum and have different gangs as factions.

The best lore is lore made at the table with the players. The rest is just gm inspiration.

I still play even if 2+ can’t make it. It will depend on your group but my group of 6 has 2 very flaky players.

The problem only happens when a group feels they need to delay if someone can’t make it. As a GM I have a set day/time and play without the missing players.

It’s worse than that. The original announcements said a 75% increase but the math didn’t add up. I’d just be aware that soon prices will likely increase.

The first system I played was the D&D Next playtest but the first rpg product I bought was the Shadowrun 5e corerulebook. I never actually played it and it seems too complicated for my tastes now but I still have the book.

Removed by mod

Hard pass for me due to the author, he’s a real jerk.

3:16 and Mothership as a Gm. Always eager to try whatever else people in my group want to run.

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some of the dialogue feels a bit dated but so far I’m enjoying it.

The First Law by Joe Abercrombie. It deals with political struggles and empires clashing but not the end of the world. The characters are definitely more flawed and relatable at times.

If you’re running a sandbox, you just need to review a bit ahead of the party in the various dungeons.

DCC funnel adventures are really great. I’m not a huge fan of the system beyond that but lvl-0 adventures make a great 1-shot.

I’m running a DCC game at the moment and honestly, I’m not feeling it as much as others do. I think people downplay the rules being complex but first of all, not having the index at the back of the book is a huge usability fail. My book has it on page 467 of 504, with quite a lot of ads in the way.

Another thing that annoyed me was that there are some inconsistencies between printings for the rules. I have a 7th printing book and it says spell casters add their luck modifier to spell checks. One of my players was looking at the 10th printing pdf where it doesn’t say they do. This kind of thing leads to confusion.

I love the art of the book and it’s clearly a labor of love but it’s not a system I’ll be eager to run again.