I'm getting increasingly fond of small games.
While I certainly enjoy the massive full colour hardback style of game, there's a lot to be said for the smaller games. The ones in trade/digest size are lighter to carry and faster to read, and generally a lot cheaper to buy.
Some of the books from the small section of my collection include:
- Liminal
- Don't Rest Your Head
- The Sprawl
- The Dee Sanction
- Bedlam Hall
- Scum and Villainy
A fine selection of interesting and varied games, which will only be expanding as further kickstarters arrive.
And then there's the even smaller games. The one page and two page RPGs, that might seem simplistic but with the right group and the right adventure can bring as much to the table as a bigger game. Very small games that I'm familiar with include:
- Cthulhu Dark
- Honey Heist
- Lasers and Feelings
- Cyber+Punk, my own Cyberpunk hack of Lasers and Feelings
- Exquisite Crimes Goth Detectives
- Silencers, my own game of incompetent assassins, come to DTRPG Real Soon Now.
Links included as these games are either free or extremely cheap.
These tiny games can be a little more challenging to play, as there's so little framework for either the players or GM to work with. I probably wouldn't use one of these to introduce a new person to roleplaying. But for anyone else, the speed at which you can get up and running is exceptional.
So as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to RPGs, small is beautiful.
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