14th) Which RPG do you prefer for open-ended campaign play?
Pathfinder and BESM Third Edition.
My current gaming group's game of choice is Pathfinder. I've used that system for my most recent Freeport campaign, and for my current "Time of the Tarrasque" game (which technically has a planned end point around 20th level or so, but it's going to take us a few years of game play to get there, and I have very little planned out between now and then).
I use BESM 3E for the solo Greek myth campaign that I run for my wife. That game is extremely open-ended, though after 10 years of play, I'm actively trying to work out a suitable climactic stopping place for us in the near(ish) future.
D&D 5E will probably end up taking BESM's place as one of my go-to games once I master the system a bit more. I'm currently running published 5E modules for my kids, since Tarrasque takes up so much of my "create new stuff" headspace.
I don't think the choice of system for open-ended play matters very much. The system needs to be reasonably flexible, rather than being tightly designed for one style of play, and the players and GM need to be at home with it. That's all, really.
ReplyDeleteI very much agree with this statement. These two (or three) just happen to be the ones I'm most comfortable with right now.
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