**Note: **We say the word "indie" a lot in this episode, and bring up mostly indie-adjcant games, but that's only a force of habit; this advice works just as well for big names and big companies.

[The chart that is not recommended](http://inkwellideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rpgchart1.gif)

### What makes a system good (or bad) (2:30)

### Ask yourself (6:55)

Use these questions to guide yourself, or to help others guide you.

* What is the genre of game you enjoy the most?

* What is the level of “power” you wish to have?

* How much time will the GM and player be willing to invest in learning a new system?

* What did you play before? What parts did you enjoy? Which part didn’t you enjoy?

### Best practices to trying new things (15:05)

[Legacy free quick start](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242387/Legacy-Life-Among-the-Ruins-2nd-Edition-Quickstart--NonCompliant?affiliate_id=29668) ([and another one!](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/217102/Titanomachy-Legacy-2nd-Edition-Quickstart?affiliate_id=29668)

[Worlds of Legacy](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4329/Modiphius/subcategory/8425_29868/Legacy-Life-Among-the-Ruins?affiliate_id=29668)

Try very different things. Powered by the Apocalypse, Blades in the Dark, [Grant Howitt’s one-sheets](https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt), [Indie press Revolution](https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/)

Try the most critically acclaimed things. Ask in your local FLGS. Check out [the RPG Pipeline](http://therpgpipeline.com/), follow [d100 News](https://d100news.com/) (by friend of the show Amy), [Roll20 Pick Up Games](https://app.roll20.net/lfg/search/)

### Taking the Load Off (27:45)

Eran - [Free RPG Day](https://www.freerpgday.com/) this Saturday

Uri - [Kiss Her Before the World Ends](https://tafkat.itch.io/kiss-her-before-the-world-ends)

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