Current Events > Are there tabletop SRPG games?

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in the vein of something like Advance wars, FFTactics, or shit like that.
Trying to look it up on the internet but the keywords find nothing.

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WarHammer? HeroClix? HeroScape? Think theres a Magic the Gathering board game that does something like that too.

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I mean D&D and FFT aren't that different

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Gloomhaven plays out a lot like an SRPG. Each round you can use one attack ability and one movement ability, with enemies behaving similarly.

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I dont play those types of games, but Im wondering what the difference is between those video games and either DnD or Warhammer?

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Uh

Yeah hero clix or similar are the best analog

There are board games that way too but nothing that's coming to my mind atm.

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Check out adrenaline, it's a board game where you only have one unit but it's kinda similar

Scythe is kinda more like a grand strategy game? But that too


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WHat's a grand strategy game, liek thsoe Civ games where there are multiple ways of victory?

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orcus_snake posted...

WHat's a grand strategy game, liek thsoe Civ games where there are multiple ways of victory?

I've played several games like this but none of them were good.

Exalted: War for the Throne for example allows you to win by controlling a large amount of land, or completely surrounding the island with your navy, or just having massive ass amounts of money.

But it's a terrible game and you shouldn't play it.

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EmbraceOfDeath posted...

Gloomhaven plays out a lot like an SRPG. Each round you can use one attack ability and one movement ability, with enemies behaving similarly.

Agreed & it's pretty damn fun too. Expensive, but worth it if you've got a group to play with.

I recommend Gloomhaven as well. Definitely the most SRPG-feeling board game that I've played.

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Anyway the most SRPG-like tabletop game I've ever played is called Kingdom Death Monster.

It's kinda like if Monster Hunter was set in Dark Souls universe.

It's not fit the faint of heart though since you have to assemble the minis.

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That's like 99% of non traditional table top rpgs lol

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Smackems posted...

That's like 99% of non traditional table top rpgs lol

What's like 99% of non traditional table top RPGs?

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Tabletop gaming is the origin of rpgs. Basically all of them trace their lineage back to D&D (either directly, or because of other videogames inspired by D&D), which itself is founded off historical and fantasy wargaming. D&D, and a lot of other tabletop rpgs use a grid based battle system with minis.

If you're not interested in the roleplaying aspect, then wargaming is probably what you want. Not sure what's popular these days besides warhammer 40k though. I've always been more into the rpg side of tabletop gaming.

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PMarth2002 posted...

Tabletop gaming is the origin of rpgs. All of them basically trace their lineage back to D&D, which is founded off historical and fantasy wargaming. D&D, and a lot of other tabletop rpgs use a grid based battle system with minis.

If you're not interested in the roleplaying aspect, then wargaming is probably what you want. Not sure what's popular these days besides warhammer 40k though.

Warhammer Fantasy is still extremely popular, the 40k license is just a hit with video games for some reason.


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Surprised by the number of gloomhaven players. Been playing once a week for a year and a half.

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I played gloomhaven once and didn't like it. Kickstarted Founders of Gloomhaven and it was just meh.

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I don't think dnd is like an srpg at all. That's like fire emblem and shining force right?

I mean there is a grid

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yeah I mean those kinds of rphs wher you have a movement range, either attack range or adjacent attack style is fine.

Tanhausers is the one game I played like that which I enjoyed immensely.

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Im not sure if he still has them but my dad owned some hex based strategy table top games from like the 70s or 80s. They were civil war themed. Had all kind if units and shit. You could set up all sorts of terrain stat pieces and stuff too. It was definitely too complicated for me.

It reminded me a lot of the Panzer General type videogames of the 90s, only they required a lot of math and prep time.

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orcus_snake posted...

yeah I mean those kinds of rphs wher you have a movement range, either attack range or adjacent attack style is fine.

Tanhausers is the one game I played like that which I enjoyed immensely.

Well it's not exactly the same but imo a lot of 'area control' games have this feel. Kemet is one. I like one called hyperborea

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will look those up

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