Which rpg system is best for a beginning group of friends
>>46760558
GURPS
D&D 5 is fine
D&D 4 has really good DM advice, even if you aren't playing it
DO NOT FUCKING PLAY D&D 3RD OR ANYTHING BASED ON IT
Or are you looking for something non-D&D?
(Do you want to play something besides high-magic sort-of-medieval fantasy?)
>>46760558
It really depends a lot on what you (or they) want to play.
There's some good advice in the DW thread.
Basic Fantasy Roleplay and Castles and Crusaders.
>>46760609
>>46760671
Non D&D preferably
D&D feels a little constraining
>>46760590
I know this is basically a meme response a lot of times. But honestly it's not too bad provided someone (obviously preferably the GM) knows the system somewhat.
You can play basically anything.
You wanna be a magic sentient broom? A 7' golem who can make origami come to life? A pixie shooting lightning out of a guitar? A spaceman from another world?
Fucking done. Most fun though of course if you make your own setting.
>>46760590
This meme needs to die.
GURPS is a terrible system for beginners, and even with years of experience it still ends up just a mediocre system.
>>46760765
So, no rules, just go for it? I like the idea, but what about damage and combat? Other stats?
>>46760590
GURPS Lite, maybe.
>>46760558
System depends on what kind of game you want to play.
Future space travel stuff? Generic medieval fantasy? Modern fantasy? Dystopian future fantasy? Something setting specific?
>>46760851
>So, no rules, just go for it?
The exact opposite.
>>46760765
>You can play basically anything.
Awkwardly. Sometimes even painfully.
GURPS really is never the best answer, because even once you get past all the specialist systems designed for the game you want to run and past all the superior generic systems, any of the major brand games tends to work better than the mess that is GURPS with a little refluffing.
>>46760558
FATAL
>>46760851
>no rules
No, it has rules. It has rules for EVERYTHING. You just need to know which rules you need and which you don't so you don't get bogged down.
OP here, this?
Im getting the impression gurps is either okay, or bad.
>>46761054
GURPS is OK. GURPS /can/ do anything and everything, but it will never do them as well as something designed to do that thing.
OP here,
nevermind, apparently there was an entire book
dedicated to explaining the first one...
>>46761054
That's third edition. You want fourth.
Start with 4th Lite.
Hey OP, you never really gave an impression of what genre you're looking for but I've heard Beyond the Wall is really good - in fact, it's about a beginning group of friends!
You might also like FATE Accelerated given you seem to want something flexible but without too many rules.
>>46760558
>Which rpg system is best for a beginning group of friends
5e is probably the best answer.
Worth learning because it's easy to find a group.
And more importantly it's fairly ruleslite.
>>46760760
Isn't entirely wrong, but it wouldn't be an issue right away.
Probably not an issue until after several campaigns. (not sessions!)
If you really, really want to be as ruleslite as possible, run FUDGE or some shit?
Though at that point you should just run freeform roleplay.
>>46760558
Warhammer rpg is pretty easy to learn.
