I'll take the chance to recommend Microscope[0]: It's a narrative-focused zero-preparation game where, instead of roleplaying individual characters, the whole

I'll take the chance to recommend Microscope[0]: It's a narrative-focused zero-preparation game where, instead of roleplaying individual characters, the whole group collaboratively roleplays a universe, using index cards for bookkeeping. The basic action per turn is to add one of: - Period: description for an era inside the universe (possibly spanning 100s or 1000s of years). E.g. "The Age of the Dragons". - Event (inside any period): a noteworthy episode (at the scale of months or a few years). E.g.: "The Laghdur Dragonguard rebels against their masters, beginning the Dragon hunting". - Scene (inside any event): a particular setting where specific characters actually play a part (at the scale of minutes to hours). The core idea of a scene is to answer a specific question and the answer will come up organically as the scene is played. E.g.: "Why did the Dragon hunting start? Setting: the Laghdur council." -- And, during roleplay, this happens: "The Queen of the Laghdur and her entourage plan to execute their rogue Dragons, but Feuner opposes since it would mean the hegemony of the Laghdur in the kingdom will end". -- This is the closest to traditional roleplaying you'll get. You can add any of these (written as an index card) at any point in the timeline of the universe (there is no past, present or future), as long as they are consistent with already established facts. Inevitably you will form preconceptions about "your" universe, which will get completely shattered by other players developing new facts and storylines. It's truly magical. With the right people it's a joy (I'd say it resonates with creative, narrative people), but don't expect anyone that associates RPGs with characters and levels, stats and fighting, to get into the mood (I'd even recommend to present this as a tabletop game instead of an RPG in that case). It's easy to devolve into crazy settings with time-travelling and other trite shenanigans, but once you get the hang of it and get truly creative you can get pretty cool character and universe developments. [0] https://www.lamemage.com/microscope/ https://www.lamemage.com/microscope/