I only ever played D&D once and it was in high school. We ended up fighting the city guards and getting arrested instead of killing the elven bandits so... -shrug emoji-
@TipsyTentacle Honestly, DnD is actually pretty terrible for people who are unfamiliar with tabletop games so it kinda sucks that it's by far the most popular one.
@Noelle808
What would you recommend for newbies, mew?
@TipsyTentacle Dungeon World falls under the same general genre as DnD, and the rules are free!
http://dungeon-world.com/downloads/Dungeon_World_Play_Sheets.pdf
@TipsyTentacle There are a lot of games in a ton of different genres that use this same basic system, called "Powered By the Apocalypse" games (because they're all based off a game called Apocalypse World)
@Noelle808 @TipsyTentacle I haven't heard of this!
@Ulfra_Wolfe @TipsyTentacle @Noelle808 One of those games I'd really recommend for a non-D&D sort of thing would be Monster Hearts, which is more of a teenage drama focused game using the supernatural elements as metaphor for for things like vanity, dependence, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsterhearts
@Noelle808 @TipsyTentacle @Ulfra_Wolfe For something really silly and casual I'd actually recomend one of the games that got me into the hobby: Maid RPG. If you get past the weeb stuff it's a comedy game that's based around a competitive elements and working off of random tables for events, character traits, items, etc. Even character creation is basically trying to make a coherent character out of the sort of nonsense you're given. But it gets really chaotic and fun.
@Ulfra_Wolfe @TipsyTentacle @Noelle808 But other than that, I actually forgot about this little multiple choice list that's good entry level sort of variety of games organized by what your interests are. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19EfAN7KoU7rWy-TYchf8wVkbfbkRRrv3_ZpnA7ZNljU/edit