- Genre: Sci-Fi
- Setting: Modern
- Gameplay: Leans Storytelling
- Mechanics: Dice Pool d6
- Publisher: Free League
Highlights
- Incredibly evocative artwork of a 1980’s with weird science
- Ideal for one-shots but linked stories can lead to campaigns
- Has specialty dice, but standard d6’s of two colors work as well.
Tales from the Loop is a science fiction adventure game set in the 1980, where you play a group of kids who stumble across inexplicable technology that will change your life forever. Players use a set of d6s and build a dice pool based on their attributes and skills to over come challenges. The game uses a failing-forward storytelling mechanic such that they can still “fail” a role, but that doesn’t necessarily indicate pure failure. Rather they can choose to take on a condition to move past the obstacle. This makes the game much more forgiving for new players, as well as providing a method for narrative feedback and roleplay fodder between the GM and the players. The game has also been developed as a live-action series on Amazon Prime, which serves as a great jumping off point for groups who want to know more about the world of this game.
Official Site: Tales from the Loop
Buy it: Free League, Modiphius, Drive Thru RPG
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