I just finished up my game for the Minimalist Game Jam
You Meet at a Fantasy Tavern is what I'm calling a "Story Starting Game" a hybrid improv game/writing exercise/ttrpg that you can play in conjunction with another ttrpg to explain why your player characters would actually have anything to do with each other.
So instead of having an awkward first session where you either handwave why your characters hang out or fall back on a contrivance, you can play YMFT and use that as an opportunity for some fun roleplay and storytelling.
Playtests for this were a ton of fun and im super excited to actually get this game out into the world