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I've played some online games (with friends during covid), and although we tried we eventually gave up. Partly, there's no replacement for socialising in person with close friends, but also we found the disconnect between medieval fantasy and videochatting through discord to be a mood killer.

I live abroad and would love to get into online gaming, and I've been thinking that it might help to play a game that benefits from the medium. I imagine a cyberpunk or Sci fi game would be easier to get in the mood as the characters themselves might be communicating through video feeds and holo-nets.

It's not a style of rpg I've played before, so I'm open to suggestions. And it doesn't need to be cyber / sci-fi, if there's some other reason why everyone being seperate and disembodied makes sense (like would Wraith feel even more depressing over videochat?)

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I will recommend This Discord Has Ghosts In It.

It a haunted house investigation game played through Discord. I imagine some tweaking it could be played through any means with any setting.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh man, that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for! A game that actually uses the medium!

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

CY_BORG is very dystopian cyberpunk and is extremely easy to pick up.

Starfinder 2e is just about to come out I think. Integrates easily with Pathfinder 2e rules

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The space between us, https://wiborawildfeuer.itch.io/the-space-between-us

A video conference nordic larp play it, you'll thx me latter

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Amazing! Exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for!!

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

The whole game dynamic is incredible, and the secret roles being different from the main roles gives some replay potential at least on GM side.

As usual, make sure players know what they signed for, if they're into miniature combat it's not the game for them. If they look for a emotional role play heavy game about a family dynamic that's a must play.

Note that the first act feels a bit slow, but it really helps building the dynamic to have a strong game during second act and tears during final scene

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Literally anything outside of non-magical medieval stuff. If it has magic, magic mirrors as video phones like in Shrek.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Magic mirrors would be fine. It's just that dnd-type games are normally about a group of people who are spending time together in a dungeon or a tavern. Maybe Ars Magica would work, as the wizards are often secluded and working through agents. I'm hoping there are games that are enhanced by being distant and unable to communicate as fully and naturally.