The 2023 Ultimate TTRPG Bookshelf Draft

Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy.  In this very special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) is joined by Lewanika from the Tabletop Journeys Podcast as well as Kevin Stacy from the Game Knight Heroes podcast for a cross-pod event – the 2023 Ultimate TTRPG Bookshelf Draft with Chris Burlew from the Redemption Podcast acting as our Draftmaster aka the Commissioner.

 

The Draft proceeded in Snake Draft format with Lewanika going in 1st position, then Kevin and then Michael.

 

We had 6 categories to draft from and we could draft them in any order we wanted.  Our Categories were:

The Cornerstone. Any version of D&D or Pathfinder (though you COULD go outside if you wanted)

The Contender. A TTRPG that wasn’t one of the big two, but maybe should be or could be in the future.

The Indie Darling. An Indie RPG that can never get enough live.

Genre 1 and Genre 2 – any TTRPG that would fit as a genre game.

Wildcard – anything we wanted including a duplicate of another category.

 

We have our selections as:

Round 1      Selection 1     Lewanika      Cornerstone Category      D&D 3.0/3.5 edition 

Round 1      Selection 2     Kevin            Cornerstone Category      D&D 5e

Round 1      Selection 3     Michael        Contender Category         Savage World Adventure Edition

Round 2     Selection 4      Michael       Indie Darling                        Dread

Round 2     Selection 5      Kevin           Genre 1                                 Mutants & Masterminds

Round 2     Selection 6      Lewanika    Genre 1                                 Star Trek: Adventures

Round 3     Selection 7      Lewanika    Genre  2                                Everyday Heroes

Round 3     Selection 8      Kevin          Genre 2                                Vampire: The Masquerade

Round 3     Selection 9     Michael       Genre 1                                 MASKS: The  New Generation

Round 4     Selection 10    Michael      Genre 2                                Call of Cthulhu

Round 4     Selection 11     Kevin         Wildcard                               City of Mist

Round 4     Selection 12     Lewanika  Contender                           Dungeon Crawl Classics

Round 5     Selection 13     Lewanika  Indie Darling                       Kids on Bikes

Round 5     Selection 14     Kevin         Indie Darling                       Lady Blackbird

Round 5     Selection 15     Michael     Cornerstone                      Pathfinder 2nd edition

Round 6     Selection 16     Michael     Wildcard:                           Atomic Robo FATE

Round 6     Selection 17     Kevin          Contender                        AGE – Adventure Game Engine

Round 6     Selection 18     Lewanika   Wildcard                           The Palladium Series

 

and now it’s all up to YOU, dear listener – now you get to vote and determine who’s bookshelf is the Ultimate (or most ultimate) one from this draft.  Check on various social channels on Twitter, Facebook and instagram and vote. We will tally the votes across all our channels and announce which one of us has the Ultimate TTRPG Bookshelf.

 

Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!
~Michael
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