# We Start in a Tavern: Extended Edition *Created:* 2026-11-04, *Modified:* 2026-11-04 ![[We Start in a Tavern - Extended Edition (cover).png]] *Tavern Sign icon © Delapouite / game-icons.net (CC BY 3.0)* > [!quote] > > **We start in a tavern, but for other game systems…** > > - **D&D** - We start in a tavern… > - **Pathfinder** - We start in a slightly different tavern… > - **Warhammer Fantasy** - We start in a tavern with a blood soaked floor… > - **Runescape RPG** - We start in a tavern trying to level up our bartending skills… > - **OSR** - We start in a rundown tavern that is a local favorite… > - **13th Age** - We start in a less frequent yet extremely sturdy tavern… > - **Worlds/Stars Without Number** - We start in a roll a d100 to determine… > - **Call of Cthulhu** - We start in a speakeasy… > - **Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness** - We start in a night club… > - **Vampire: The Requiem/Chronicles of Darkness** - We start in a brewpub… > - **Cyberpunk Red** - We start in a dive bar… > - **Any Star Wars RPG** - We start in a cantina… > - **Warhammer 40k RPG: Dark Heresy** - We start in an Underhive drinking hole… > - **Warhammer 40k RPG: Only War** - We start in the mess hall… > - **Warhammer 40k RPG: Rogue Trader** - We start in the Rogue Trader's private drinking lounge… > - **Fallout 2d20** - We start in a bar that only sells expired drinks… > - **Doctor Who** - We start drinking tea in the Tardis… > - **Paranoia** - We are not the proper clearance level to know where we start… > - **Curseborne** - We start in a cafe… > - **Deadlands/Through the Breach** - We start in a saloon… > - **Legend of the Five Rings/Exalted** - We start in a wine/sake house… > - **Spycraft** - We start in a martini bar… > - **Star Trek RPG** - We start at the Captain's private dining area… > > -- https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/s/qP4NCsnDdm - **[[Dungeonrunner]]** — We start in a [begins shuffling the deck and deals out a location] … - **[[Dead Letter Society]]** — My Dear Margaret, Your letter finds me well though dissolute among these dregs. - **[[Cthulhu Dark]]** — We start in a dingy bar full of dockworkers, and your friend thinks you should fail your roll to hit on the bartender … - **[[Loner - Kwaidan|Loner: Kwaidan!]]** — We start in a haunted kichin-yado (木賃宿) … - **[[Catch the Devil]]** — We start badly shaken in a bar … - **[[Black Stars Rise]]** — We start in a bar, but there's something wrong with it. Very wrong. - **[[Loner - Prime Time Hero|Loner: Prime Time Hero]]** — We start driving down the 405 at 103 miles an hour; the sunset is beautiful, the wind is in our perfect hair, and four guys with guns are blazing away from the open door of a black van. The soundtrack rules. - **[[Sign]]** — We start sitting in a circle, paying attention to the teacher, and no one says a word for the next four hours. - **[[Double Cross]]** — We meet in the UGN school cafeteria just before one of the Renegades busts through the wall and begins shooting tentacles across the room. - **[[Sword, Sorcery & 2d6]]** — We meet in a tavern, but it's only partially successful … - **[[ViewScream]]** — We meet on video chat from different parts of the ship, knowing one of us is going to die … - **[[Entity|ENTITY]]** — We don't meet anyone. Humanity has been dead for 10,000 years. There is only the Black Pyramid. - **[[Theatrix - The Core Rules|Theatrix]]** — We meet upon the grand stage of thespian presentation, an experience which shall transcend every one which has preceded it in your miserable existence. No dice shall sully our time, nor base desires, but instead merely the play of the players, and a book full of nearly incomprehensible rules. - **[[Record of Lodoss War RPG]]** — We meet in a tavern, but it's absolutely beautifully rendered; there'll be a replay after. - **[[Sword World]]** — We meet in a tavern we've been waiting 35 years to get into. - **[[ShadowDark]]** — We meet in a well-sketched-out tavern … - **[[Allegore]]** — We meet in a tavern. Your brother's corpse is tending the bar. This is the good part of town. - **[[Elegy]]** — We meet in a tavern as you're hunting for prey … - **[[The Mountain Witch]]** — We meet at a shukuba in the shadow of Mount Fuji, but I don't trust you … - **[[Something Is Wrong With the Chickens]]** — We meet in the henhouse, and your tentacles are extremely distracting. - **[[Sakazuki]]** — We meet in a rundown Yakuza bar underneath the Shibuya elevated train. - **Fringeworthy** — We meet in a tavern, but it's not on Earth or anywhere nearby.