Best Games For a Mini-Campaign

RPGPundit · February 16, 2011, 12:00:21 AM

For me, a mini-campaign would be 6-12 sessions. So what games are particularly good for more than a one shot, but maybe less than a full blown years-long campaign?

Particularly games you might run as a breather between one superhero campaign and another?

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John Morrow · February 16, 2011, 12:57:15 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;440577For me, a mini-campaign would be 6-12 sessions. So what games are particularly good for more than a one shot, but maybe less than a full blown years-long campaign?

Warhammer FRP played with random characters.

Pseudoephedrine · February 16, 2011, 11:00:49 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;440577For me, a mini-campaign would be 6-12 sessions. So what games are particularly good for more than a one shot, but maybe less than a full blown years-long campaign?

Particularly games you might run as a breather between one superhero campaign and another?

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Most horror games would work. I prefer short horror games to long ones.

danbuter · February 16, 2011, 11:11:14 AM

Call of Cthulhu is perfect for this.

A short Rifts campaign with a definite objective would work.

PaladinCA · February 16, 2011, 11:21:05 AM

All of them.

Edit: You can use just about any system for a series of games lasting 6-12 sessions.

Benoist · February 16, 2011, 11:23:05 AM

Another vote for Call of Cthulhu.

kryyst · February 16, 2011, 11:27:19 AM

Paranoia or All Flesh Must Be Eaten would be good candidates.

Nicephorus · February 16, 2011, 12:22:07 PM

Something gonzo like Gamma World or offbeat like Paranoia, with enough weirdness that there is more than can be explored in a single session. But I find it hard to maintain really long campaign of anything too goofy or weird.

crkrueger · February 16, 2011, 01:22:30 PM

You like Aces & Eights, run a small campaign with that, western would be a good change-up from Superheroes.

RPGPundit · February 16, 2011, 04:06:52 PM

Quote from: John Morrow;440594Warhammer FRP played with random characters.

Aren't the last three words in your sentence utterly redundant?

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Spinachcat · February 17, 2011, 02:51:47 PM

Something opposite to the playstyle of your usual campaigns.

If you normally do sandbox, then do a short defined arc.

If you normally use homebrews, then do a published setting.

If you normally focus on low level, then do a high level game.

If you normally play new RPGs, then play something old and obscure.

3rik · February 17, 2011, 03:02:28 PM

Call of Cthulhu or The Laundry will work perfectly for short campaigns. Or for something a bit different, you might try Terra Primate.

RPGPundit · February 17, 2011, 06:23:29 PM

Now, normally I'd agree that CoC is ideal for this kind of thing. But I know for a fact that I have players who are burnt out on CoC, andmore or less on horror games in general. I do know that some of them are trying to get me to run aces & eights again. We'll see, but I wanted to see if any ideas besides those two were to pop up.

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