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Do you still play any (non-D&D, non-OSR) OGL fantasy variant?

Started by Teodrik, June 04, 2018, 06:52:40 PM

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Teodrik

June 04, 2018, 06:52:40 PM Last Edit: June 04, 2018, 07:56:44 PM by Teodrik
As the title says. Do people still play games like Fantasy Craft, Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, True20, Iron Heroes etc etc? There seemed to be a lot of them back in the day.

I have 13th Age in my bookshelf that I am still waiting to play.

(DCC, C&C, LotFP, generic OSR etc or Pathfinder does not count)

rawma

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June 04, 2018, 07:31:34 PM
Quote from: Teodrik;1042113As the title says. Do people still play games like Fantasy Craft, Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, True20, Iron Heroes etc etc? There seemed to be a lot of them back in the day.

I have 13th Age in my bookshelf that I am still waiting to play.

(DCC, C&C, LotFP, generic OSR etc does not count)

Pathfinder; does it count?

Broken Twin

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June 04, 2018, 07:49:05 PM
I have a love affair with Fantasy Craft, but I'll probably never actually get to take it off my shelf and play a proper game of it. The only complex d20 game people around my area are willing to give the time of day to is Pathfinder.

Teodrik

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June 04, 2018, 07:53:14 PM Last Edit: June 04, 2018, 08:07:05 PM by Teodrik
Quote from: rawma;1042128Pathfinder; does it count?

Nah. I'm more curious about the more obscure ones.

Teodrik

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June 04, 2018, 08:06:28 PM
Quote from: Broken Twin;1042134I have a love affair with Fantasy Craft, but I'll probably never actually get to take it off my shelf and play a proper game of it. The only complex d20 game people around my area are willing to give the time of day to is Pathfinder.

Never played it either. But I was really into the idea of useing it with Planescape when I was most passionate about the setting. There was a very thorough conversion I found years ago doing just that. Planescraft. But shortly after I gave up trying to run more complex D&D derivatives (3,5 included). Still looks really neat though.

Broken Twin

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June 04, 2018, 08:12:16 PM
Quote from: Teodrik;1042140Never played it either. But I was really into the idea of useing it with Planescape when I was most passionate about the setting. There was a very thorough conversion I found years ago doing just that. Planescraft. But shortly after I gave up trying to run more complex D&D derivatives (3,5 included). Still looks really neat though.

Yeah, I loved what Fantasy Craft did in comparison to Pathfinder (which I have developed a LONG list of annoyances about), but simpler systems are just so much better for my current time budget and mental energy. Shadow of the Demon Lord is my current d20 toy in part because it's not that difficult to explain or run.

Brad

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June 04, 2018, 09:11:53 PM
Quote from: Teodrik;1042113As the title says. Do people still play games like Fantasy Craft, Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, True20, Iron Heroes etc etc? There seemed to be a lot of them back in the day.

I have 13th Age in my bookshelf that I am still waiting to play.

(DCC, C&C, LotFP, generic OSR etc or Pathfinder does not count)

I ran a True20 fantasy campaign for a while, it was pretty good. Like you, 13th Age has stared at me for years from my bookshelf, begging to be played...alas, to no avail. I have tons of OGL games, and I think True20 is the only one I actually ran or played in. Just seems like I and a lot of people I game with soured on d20 after a while. Case in point, we were gonna play d20 Modern not that long ago, but instead ended up going with GURPS because...honestly, I don't even know why. Like I said, just seems to have soured.

So, no, not playing any fantasy OGL games, even though I have tons (like most of them).
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Steven Mitchell

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June 04, 2018, 09:21:27 PM
If I ran 3E again, at all, it would be an Arcana Evolved low-level game.  Some of those classes really worked well in the 3E model.  But like all of 3E, it breaks down very rapidly once you get into the upper end of the mid levels.

danskmacabre

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June 04, 2018, 09:46:34 PM
Only RPG I run ATM is DnD 5e.

I occasionally play Savage Rifts and Call of Cthulhu 7e, but that's it .

Emperor Norton

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June 04, 2018, 09:54:59 PM Last Edit: June 04, 2018, 10:22:26 PM by Emperor Norton
Fantasy Craft is one of those things I'd run if I had infinite time to prepare and deal with the minutiae.

I also like Mutants and Masterminds 3e quite a lot, but that isn't really fantasy in the sense I think you meant.

ffilz

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June 05, 2018, 12:27:20 AM
I don't currently play, but Arcana Unearthed/Evolved still has a place on my bookshelf.

Frank

JeremyR

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June 05, 2018, 01:26:55 AM
The only ones I ever played were OGL Ancients and Conan

Teodrik

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June 05, 2018, 07:31:23 AM Last Edit: June 05, 2018, 07:44:46 AM by Teodrik
Quote from: Emperor Norton;1042171I also like Mutants and Masterminds 3e quite a lot, but that isn't really fantasy in the sense I think you meant.

Well there is a sword&sorcery supplement for M&M : Warriors & Warlocks. And a magic book if I remember correctly. So it could potentially be used for a fantasy game just like True20.

Apparition

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June 05, 2018, 11:55:22 AM
Does Adventures in Middle Earth count?

Teodrik

#14
June 05, 2018, 08:08:03 PM
Quote from: Apparition;1042244Does Adventures in Middle Earth count?

Technically yes since  I mentioned nothing about it. But I was more curious of the crop of games that sprung up during the D20/3ed era.
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