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Posted February 20, 2019
Dear and adorable GOG community

An old friend of mine recently called me and asked for advice on a decent tabletop RPG for her 15-year-old daughter. I spoke directly to the young girl. My first recommendation was D&D which we used to play with my friend 20 years ago. She said buying a full set of D&D is expensive, even dice sets are around 20$

So here I am, asking for advice.

1. We are looking for a desktop RPG game.
2. It should not contain excessive offensive setting.
3. No sexual content.
4. She does not like Star Wars settings but you can suggest Sci-fi games as an optional option.
5. Buying the documentation and stuff should be relatively cheap. (Download and print?)
6. She is fairly good with English.

I offered her to make her own dices or simply run an app that does it on phone. I even offered to write such a program myself but she didn't like that opinion.

NOTE: Even tho this is a question topic I deliberately did not mark it so since I wanted everyone's opinion.

EDIT: I guess it was called tabletop RPGs. I wrote it wrong in the question.
Tnx
Engin
Post edited February 20, 2019 by Engerek01
Posted February 20, 2019
Betrayal at Krondor.
Posted February 20, 2019
Depending on how in-depth material she wants, 5E DnD does have a free set of basic rules

She'll still need dice though.

EDIT: changed link from download link to article
Post edited February 20, 2019 by Aemenyn
Posted February 20, 2019
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Engerek01:
Hey, Star Wars is fantasy, not sci-fi!

All right, more serious answer - if 20 $ dice sets are too much (which is all you really need for D&D), then I don't think you can find something better.

As far as I know, World of Darkness relies on classic D6 dice, but it's too dark to fit the bill.

Maybe somebody more experienced will give better answer...
Posted February 20, 2019
DnD is still the answer.

Dice are cheap. You can buy $20 dice, or use any number generator. You can even use a deck of cards if hard pressed.

Learn the rules here:
http://www.d20srd.org

Get resources here:
https://www.adnddownloads.com

The rules can be tweaked for any setting. Star wars is just dnd in space. But you can tweak it for fairies and unicorns, modern realistic setting, or anything else.

You need a game master. And at least one, but preferably more players. The game master should know the rules well, and that can take some months of diligent study.
Posted February 20, 2019
Rule sets ARE expensive, but for dices you can find cheap ones here:
https://www.aliexpress.com/popular/table-rpg-game.html

https://www.drivethrurpg.com

I would suggest Vampire: The Masquerade, just to shake things up ;)
Post edited February 20, 2019 by sanscript
Posted February 20, 2019
Come to think of it, $20 for a set of dice? It should be possible to find sets far cheaper than that.
Posted February 20, 2019
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Aemenyn: Come to think of it, $20 for a set of dice? It should be possible to find sets far cheaper than that.
Even for an average sized game you need a bucket of them. While plastic dice are cheap, the bucket isn't.
Posted February 20, 2019
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Tallima: Star wars is just dnd in space.
Oh how right you are:D
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Engerek01: She said buying a full set of D&D is expensive, even dice sets are around 20$
Maybe the new books are expensive, and the older more "collectible" stuff, but you should be able to get at least the three core rulebooks (which is all you really need for a good long while) for 3.5 or 4th edition relatively cheap. As for dice, if 20$ seems terribly expensive, I'm pretty sure some basic, not-fancy (which is usually better anyway) dice should cost about 10 $ a set. But maybe they are cheaper here. Anyway, you can probably download a free dice app for a phone these days.

I think it's more of a problem that D&D isn't exactly the most accesible system for a newbie. Warhammer Fantasy is much easier to learn and run (and only one core rulebook and requires less dice), but the setting is very brutal and bloody. You don't have to actually run it like that, in fact I always dialed back quite a lot on the darker aspects of it in my campaigns, but the books are the way they are.
Post edited February 20, 2019 by Breja
Posted February 20, 2019
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Engerek01: Dear and adorable GOG community

An old friend of mine recently called me and asked for advice on a decent tabletop RPG for her 15-year-old daughter. I spoke directly to the young girl. My first recommendation was D&D which we used to play with my friend 20 years ago. She said buying a full set of D&D is expensive, even dice sets are around 20$

So here I am, asking for advice.

1. We are looking for a desktop RPG game.
2. It should not contain excessive offensive setting.
3. No sexual content.
4. She does not like Star Wars settings but you can suggest Sci-fi games as an optional option.
5. Buying the documentation and stuff should be relatively cheap. (Download and print?)
6. She is fairly good with English.

I offered her to make her own dices or simply run an app that does it on phone. I even offered to write such a program myself but she didn't like that opinion.

NOTE: Even tho this is a question topic I deliberately did not mark it so since I wanted everyone's opinion.

EDIT: I guess it was called tabletop RPGs. I wrote it wrong in the question.
Tnx
Engin
Maybe this (look for the cheaper PDFs)?
https://www.modiphius.net/collections/mutant-year-zero

Also: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/index.php
Posted February 20, 2019
Have you checked which tabletop RPGs are on Tabletop Simulator? I don't know anything about tt other than the existence of D&D and Pathfinder and the new Pathfinder rpg on steam is pegi16 but if budget is a concern, TTSimulator is probably your best bet.
Posted February 20, 2019
I'm sorry, 20§ for a set of dice? My polyset didn't even cost that much! (And this is it.)
Posted February 20, 2019
Thanks for all the amazing information everyone. I knew I could count on you. I'll pass on the knowledge to her.
Posted February 20, 2019
You can always try to order the Dungeons&Dragons basic box set:


It already brings the basic rules, the dice, character sheets and a full adventure.
Posted February 20, 2019
I'd take a look at Basic Fantasy RPG. Complete rules are offered as a free download and affordable print on demand options are also available if you want a printed book.
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