Some examples:

GURPS: GURPS is a game system that can run literally anything!

Wushu: Ditto

Tekumel: its not that hard to relate to this setting, really...

Vampire: The game is all about sophisticated storytelling...

WFRP: This game isn't like D&D, its much more sophisticated...

I'm sure there's many more.

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Quote from: RPGPunditSome examples:

GURPS: GURPS is a game system that can run literally anything!

...Well, ALMOST anything. The 3 minute mile would be difficult.


- Ed C.

Weapons of the Gods: The game's easy to run out of the book!

I've said this before, then realized (looking back at my own experience) that wasn't the case for me, and is unlikely to be the case for anyone else.

Quote from: RPGPunditSome examples:

GURPS: GURPS is a game system that can run literally anything!

Wushu: Ditto

Did you mean truths?

Burning Wheel: Fight! isn't *that* complicated.
Call of Cthulhu: most adventures don't involve gunplay, they're investigations.
Dying Earth: I know lots of people who play it.
D&D: isn't insanely complicated.
V:tM: most adventures don't involve gunplay, they're pure roleplaying.

Fudge - It's a complete game.  While technically true, it's not complete in the way that many people expect it to be complete.  The latest published editions and Fudge SRD help solve this problem to a large degree by including example ready-to-play builds of the system.

D&D: "No, really, you'll like it!"

!i!

Quote from: walkerpDid you mean truths?

Poison'd: It's not a game about rape, necrophilia, pedophilia, and sodomy! Good God, man! It's art!

Quote from: cr0mCall of Cthulhu: most adventures don't involve gunplay, they're investigations.

Holy crap ain't that the truth!

QuoteV:tM: most adventures don't involve gunplay, they're pure roleplaying.

Ditto, repeating my earlier discussion of it but from a different angle.

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Sorcerer: Completely playable from the book!

d20: You'll never need another system, it does everything!

WFRP: It's better than D&D because it doesn't have classes!

The Riddle of Steel: It's totally Nar!

Lemme think on this. EDIT: Can't believe this slipped my mind...

My Life With Master: It's a roleplaying game!

Exalted:  It's about Homeric epics not anime!

BESM2: This game was playtested!

heh heh heh, both for games I like.

WFRP:  Just as good as D&D for generic fantasy role play (I'm really sick of seeing people recommend this to people looking for a generic alternate to D&D.  WFRP is a great game...but definitely not to be played as generic fantasy.  I just wish people would recommend it on its merits and stop trying to "trick" people into playing it by telling them its something it's not.).

Castles & Crusades: It's what D&D 3rd edition should have been! (I just hate it when people pull this line.  No it's not, D&D 3rd edition is exactly what D&D 3rd edition should have been.  I love C&C and the Troll Lords, but C&C just isn't on par with the mass appeal of D&D and the quality control that WotC has.  C&C is a great game and should be sold as it is, an OGL product that combines old school play focusing on AD&D 1st edition rules with a few of the streamlined mechanics that work well in D20. I'm pretty sure the Troll Lords have their heads on straight about this, it's the fans that keep harping that line...and it really makes them look like gronards and kills the credibility of the game.)

Blue Rose:  Play this, and you'll be knee-deep in female gamers!!!

Quote from: Zachary The FirstBlue Rose:  Play this, and you'll be knee-deep in female gamers!!!

The knee isn't the part that most guys want ...deep ...with them...


- Ed C.

SoTC: Its a beer and pretzels easy quick pickup game.