Ironsworn is pretty incredible. The Shrimp and Crits podcast is using Ironsworn in the second season to pretty spectacular effect.

Their story and setting is pretty great, and the music Ian (the GM) writes is wonderful. Think animated anthropomorphic animal people and classic D&D fantasy species in Disney’s animated Robinhood mashed up with Miyazaki style lore in a swords and sorcery fantasy setting.

I have borrowed a bit from what I have heard for my homebrew system. It just feels like the Ironsworn wants to nurture the whole story. The journey mechanics made me rip up the beta version of my game and completely rebuild from the ground up.

I haven’t played either Ironsworn or Starforged yet, but I have seen the results and in the right hands they are incredible.