6 - RPG that is easy to use
Fighting Fantasy obviously, Buffy from familiarity, but when thinking oneshots for unknown audiences and lightish campaigns:
Star Wars D6, especially first edition. One thin book, everyday dice, familiar character templates, obvious adventure format and a reason to have half a dozen people in a little spaceship with no backup.
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| Star Wars Rebels is one of the most accurate RPG adaptations ever. |
6a - Easy
Not everything the PCs do has to be hard, or even worth rolling for.
Greg Stolze in his system-neutral GM advice (Attribution/Non-derivative Downloads second from the bottom of this page) includes a sidebar on Paper Tigers, easy tasks and pushover fights to let the players learn the rules in a ‘tutorial’ style at the start of games and let them feel powerful later on.
Starting PCs in Star Trek Adventures are broadly and specifically capable enough that the game stats the TV series casts with the same points, and one recommendation for helping them more is building Momentum in a session (which they gain by extra successes on rolls) by starting with some trivial tasks.
6b - Portal
Stargate is a very RPG-friendly setup (and nearly got an official d6 System game) with a PC-sized group going to other planets from modern Earth and not even getting a little spaceship to do it!
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