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Honestly, I've never tried anything "dungeonpunk" before. But I'm pretty curious about it. Things in DnD like the Warforged race and the Artificer class have always been closed off to me since the groups I play with prefer not to play in settings like Eberron.

I've heard that this system doesn't translate well to forum play because the Fate mechanic often requires some haggling, so this might fall off the list if the RP is 100% forum-based.

Well, as the title of the thread suggests, I was assuming it was going to be Discord-based, where people would pick a time to all be online and in voicechat, and play that way, using Sidekick for dicerolls.

Oh, cool - wasn't sure if it would be one or the other but now FATE is definitely one of my top picks.

As a personal note, I find FATE to be fantastic [...]

I agree based on my impressions from reading it, and I would be eager to give it a shot. The top 3 in my list are very close together.

Honestly, I've never tried anything "dungeonpunk" before. But I'm pretty curious about it. Things in DnD like the Warforged race and the Artificer class have always been closed off to me since the groups I play with prefer not to play in settings like Eberron.

Same here! If we end up with a fantasy system, I could try dungeonpunk.

I am interested in playing. Though I have never played.

So again, in the interest of being able to put group(s) together, please give me your top 5s. A reminder about the systems people have knowledge/experience of spoilered below; and tagging everyone who's replied to this thread so you're all aware, as well as trader since we've Pathfindered before.

Systems People Know

Pathfinder (Fantasy) (me, Chanku, presumably Pightmark since 3.5 and Pathfinder are basically the same) (Uses pretty much every dice, but primarily d20s)
5e (High Fantasy) (me, Chanku, Aragonn, Excalibur, Ender) (Uses pretty much every dice, but primarily d20s)
Starfinder (Science Fantasy) (Silv) (Uses pretty much every dice, but primarily d20s)
Star Wars RPGs (Science Fantasy) (search your feelings, Star Wars in general is science fantasy) (Excalibur) (d6, 8, 10, 12)
FATE Core (Literally Anything) (Me, Pightmark) (D6s)
4e (High Fantasy) (Pightmark) (Uses pretty much every dice, but primarily d20s)
Blades in the Dark (Victorian Horror/Fantasy/"Dishonored as an RPG") (me, Pightmark) (uses d6s)
D20 Modern (Almost anything but mostly Urban Fantasy) (Pightmark) (Uses pretty much every dice, but primarily d20s)
GURPS (Literally Anything) (Pightmark) (no idea!)
World of Darkness (Urban Fantasy/Horror/) (me) (D10s)
WH40K RPGs (Science Fiction) (me) (percentile system; d10s)
Monsters and Other Childish Things (Urban Fantasy/"South Park meets Persona" (me) (d10s)

@Aragonn @Chanku @Laurentus @Ruguo @Hapi Ever After @Arenado @Excalibur @Ender @Emoticonius @trader

As a reminder: don't let unfamiliarity with a system (or any systems if you're new to tabletop in general) disincentivize you from picking it, because I'm quite happy to teach people how pretty much any of the systems I've got corebooks for works (and if you're the type who wants to read, I have no qualms about uploading player handbooks or full rulebooks to Drive or something for people to make use of); no promises about other prospective G/DMs (quite a few people have offered themselves up, which is a pleasant surprise) but I assume most people are chill teaching New Players.
If you're really not sure about any of these, I've also appended the sui generis types of settings you might expect from a particular gameline; it won't necessarily be a 1:1 correspondence (e.g. I ran a 'high fantasy' world for trader and Chanku that turned out to be an SFnal world that had experienced a societal collapse), but that's broad-strokes what you might expect. In the case where you really just don't want to commit to any particular systems, I'll settle for knowing the setting you want to play in and call it a day.

I like anything dark and horrific. WH40K, Blades in the Dark and World of Darkness thus sound right up my alley, but I don't have enough of a preference to go against the grain here.

@Doc I would be fine with all of that, honestly, having never played a game jumping into something seems fun :]

I'm most comfortable with Pathfinder/3.5e and 5e but I'd be down to learn!

I don't have a huge preference, but I'd be most comfortable learning a new DnD such as 4e or 5e. Pathfinder is also fine. World of darkness also sounds cool. And of course, still more than happy to DM Starfinder.

DnD 5e is what I'm comfortable with, but I've played one session of Starfinder and found that to be enjoyable. Warhammer 40k is always going to be interesting to me.

Literally my limitations are not having materials on hand to make characters and know the rules. If that can be worked out, I'm able to try just about anything. I already have all the materials I need for DnD 5e, but those are the only materials I have.

DnD 5e is what i'm familiar with but yeah i'd be willing to learn another system so jumping into something new sounds fun.

Okay, well, in the interest of getting something going sooner rather than later:

If I DM

I am ready to run (as in, prepared to start this coming week) either (the following are loosely ranked, within their categories, by my preference in running):
Long-term, Sandbox Style
1) Blades in the Dark.
2) Monsters and Other Childish Things.
3) Geist: The Sin-Eaters (a New World of Darkness RPG).
Long-term, Loosely Plotted
1) FATE; Science Fiction, running the gamut of subgenres from cyberpunk to space western to science-fantasy space opera.
2) Dark Heresy, with possible long-term transition to Rogue Trader.
3) Wraith: The Oblivion (an Old World of Darkness RPG).
1-3 Sessions, 'Tightly' Plotted (in the sense that there's an overarching plot for these sessions, not that I'm gonna railroad you because I don't like doing that) - Designed for introductory 'this is how tabletop works'
1) Pathfinder (a scenario for level 2 characters - not level 1 primarily so that both character creation and leveling up are taught; mix of combat and investigation).
2) FATE (primarily investigation; largely building comfort with roleplaying and proactively pursuing your objectives, rather than merely reacting to DM fiat).
3) Only War (a WH40K RPG) (primarily combat; you will have at least one character die. Developing chargen skills/comfort, awareness of character abilities, teamwork in a combat setting; with the ancillary benefit of building comfort with troupe-style play, as you will generate 4 characters to start).

I am willing to run both a long-term campaign and an introductory scenario concurrently. If you have a preference for any of these options, let me know below; I will accept one preference from each category. I will run whichever gets a plurality (or 4 or more votes).

If I Play

For anyone else who actively wishes to DM, I'm interested in playing:
1) FATE
2) Blades in the Dark
3) Pathfinder
4) Starfinder
5) 5e
If anyone has been holding their tongue and has experience with Call of Cthulhu or Paranoia, hit me up I've always wanted to learn those.

I've got experience playing DnD but I'm honestly not sure which version. As well as Pathfinder and Warhammer. But my knowledge is limited even still.

I'm willing to learn and play anything though. I have no DM experience.

I would prefer a more tightly plotted game just so I can get familiar with everything, ya know?

Okay, well, in the interest of getting something going sooner rather than later: (snip)

Out of that list, here are my three preferences:

• Long-Term Loosely Plotted - FATE
• Long-Term Sandbox - Blades in the Dark
• 1-3 Sessions, 'Tightly' Plotted - FATE (I would be willing to join to fill out the group and help out with questions)

Maybe with more experience in either one of these, I would later feel comfortable running a campaign.

My top 5 are:
1. D&D 5e
2. Dark Heresy
3. D20 Modern
4. Blades in the Dark
5. Monsters and Other Childish Things

I would enjoy playing all of these, but I would only be able to DM 5e.