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September 05, 2006, 06:59:30 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Salacious Angel
Here's a thread to post what RPGs you like besides D&D, and exactly why.  Please try to be as specific as possible.  (Inspired by Phoenix Knight going on about Riddle of Steel.)
I'm a muck-levelist, I like to see things from the bottom.

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Elven Doritos

#1
September 05, 2006, 07:04:35 PM
I play Mutants & Masterminds, 2nd edition, primarily because it is a streamlined system that executes superheroic gaming very well.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

beejazz

#2
September 05, 2006, 07:25:14 PM
I've played (tried to play) GURPS: Hellboy.
Also, d20 modern and apocalypse... and starwars.
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CYMRO

#3
September 05, 2006, 07:47:04 PM
Top Secret, back when it was new.  Same for Star Frontiers.
Discworld MUD.

Hibou

#4
September 05, 2006, 08:12:15 PM
2nd Edition D&D. World of Darkness. My friend's dad's homebrew system. All three are totally awesome. I actually kind of prefer 2nd to 3rd edition because of the feel it gives me when I play. You can run just about any type of game well in either system, but 2e to me seems so much more... magical.
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limetom

#5
September 05, 2006, 08:47:09 PM
Iron Heroes (duh...).  When haven't I taken the opportunity to whore it out?  Never.

QuoteHonestly, even I don't do that much whoring.
~Ocsar Wilde on the above

BESM (either Tri-Stat or d20).  This is the only game I get to play in RL, so I better freakin' like it.

QuoteYAOI!
~Oscar Wilde on BESM

CYMRO

#6
September 05, 2006, 08:48:43 PM
Quote from: limetomIron Heroes (duh...).  When haven't I taken the opportunity to whore it out?  Never.

You like Iron Heroes? I never kew that...
 :-p  ;)

beejazz

#7
September 05, 2006, 08:49:59 PM
BESM... s'that any good?
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QuoteI don't believe in it anyway.
What?
England.
Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?

limetom

#8
September 05, 2006, 08:55:50 PM
Quote from: beejazzBESM... s'that any good?
the[/i] anime RPG.  Otherwise, there's no real point in getting it.

Numinous

#9
September 05, 2006, 09:01:06 PM
I've looked over, and own, Iron Heroes.  I'd also like to try out Vampire and similar games.

EDIT: I also own the d20 Modern Core game,a nd am considering partaking in an online game using it's system quite soon.
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SilvercatMoonpaw

#10
September 05, 2006, 09:48:44 PM
I've only ever gotten to play D&D, but I'd like a chance to try Mutants & Masterminds because I just got it and the character creation system makes me itch with creativity.  I also have the rules for HARP, Arcana Evolved, Action! System, Tri-Stat dX (BESM, but you can vary the die by genre), and one other reallllllllllllllllllllllly simple system which I absolutely love.

Iron Heroes was described to me as "testosterone-fueled action", which isn't what I'm looking for in an RPG.  I've never even looked up World of Darkness, though so many people say they play it.

But it's freakin impossible to find a game online.
I'm a muck-levelist, I like to see things from the bottom.

"No matter where you go, you will find stupid people."

beejazz

#11
September 05, 2006, 11:16:24 PM
I've been looking to get IH and (now) BESM so I can kind of fuse them with my Starwarsy UA-heavy DnD. Could BESM do stuff as trippy as Neon Genesis Evangelion or FLCL... or is it pretty standard genre stereotypes?
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QuoteI don't believe in it anyway.
What?
England.
Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?

SDragon

#12
September 06, 2006, 12:08:21 AM
Marvel Universe RPG- Marvel Comics' most recent attempt to provide something for the RPG community (assuming TCGs and CMGs dont count, that is). despite the fact that it is unbelievably inbalanced, i still think it was a great game. i own all three books.

by the way, if anybody has any questions about it, feel free to ask me....
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GURPS:

GURPS Lite 3e

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Marvel Universe RPG
MURPG Guide to the X-Men
MURPG Guide to the Hulk and the Avengers
Battle-Scarred Veterans Go Hiking
Champions Worldwide

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Matt Larkin (author)

#13
September 06, 2006, 09:57:51 AM
I didn't really like 2E D&D.  I liked Iron Heroes when I first bought it; I liked the flavor, but I soured on it, eventually, perhaps because my players did.

I've played a few WoD games.  The game systems are usually pretty good, but I'm not a huge fan of the actual games.

Go The Riddle of Steel!  I also like Shadowrun.  Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay has some strong qualities, but not as many as the other two.

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Soban_KiithSa

#14
September 06, 2006, 11:17:57 AM
Other than D&D, its pretty much d20 Modern and Future for me.
"Regardless of what happens, our lives are finite. We all know that we will grow old and that someday our lives will end. That's why we try so hard to live each day to the fullest. Thats why we keep stumbling on by trial and error. But it isn't just for ourselves, its so we can leave some signposts for the people following in our footsteps. To cowards who cling to where they are and who've given up on trying to move forward, theres no way to see how bright the future is, even though its just around the corner!"
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