00:00 Intro
01:15 Randomly determine individual turn order for the entire encounter
03:26 Randomly determine individual turn order each round
04:58 Randomly determine side based turn order for the entire encounter
06:26 Randomly determine side based turn order each round
07:53 Fixed individual turn order
09:26 Fixed side based turn order
10:30 Alternating player and GM actions
11:59 Fast & Slot Turns
12:44 Popcorn Initiative (aka Elective Action Order)
14:08 Everyone goes at the same time
14:43 Randomly determine individual action count/order each round
16:01 Variable length actions instead of discrete turns
16:50 Summary
17:31 Hot Take!
21:23 My favorite options
24:06 Wrap-up
In this video, I describe 12 different ways to handle turn order in tabletop RPGs, followed by a controversial opinion.
(Spoiler alert: I think we tend to waste way too much time/effort on this subject, and it's not as important as we might think.)
Below is a list of RPGs I mentioned in this episode.
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- 7th Sea (bit.ly/3YoSTTH)
- Aces and Eights (bit.ly/3Ij2EgA)
- Call of Cthulhu (bit.ly/3XqgORx)
- Cortex Prime (www.cortexrpg.com)
- DCC (bit.ly/3vtvyn4)
- EZD6 (bit.ly/3WWTv1N)
- Fallout (bit.ly/3jIh8wK)
- Fate Core (bit.ly/3HFPb21)
- Fate Condensed (bit.ly/3YPx0gp)
- Hackmaster (bit.ly/3JYeNJf)
- Savage Worlds (bit.ly/3i4dUDt)
- Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells (bit.ly/3i6YSN7)
- Warlock! (bit.ly/3jKaZjK)
- Warpstar! (bit.ly/3G7RmJN)
- Mork Borg (bit.ly/3lvzjXw)
- Mothership (bit.ly/3jVPrBe)
- Old School Essentials (bit.ly/3YNXTRR)
- Pirate Borg (www.limithron.com/pirateborg)
- Shadow of the Demon Lord (bit.ly/3jUn7PA)
- Symbaroum (bit.ly/3WU6CS1)
- Vaesen (bit.ly/3vwDgNl)
Leave a comment to let me know YOUR favorite way to handle turn order in RPGs, or whether you agree/disagree with my opinion.
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