Quote from: Kester PelagiusKarma points are good but, and I don't want to suggest Iridium is crunchy, it's not, but when I think of "lite" systems I don't generally think of systems that have formulae for determining sub-stats.  Which, IIRC, Iridium (or at least Nebuleon) does.  But, you're right, it does meet most of the OP basic criteria, and it's only 6 pages.  Gotta love that!

So, my bad, try Iridium.

Just to be clear, I would not recommend Iridium Standard. It is too crunchy to be called lite. I would argue that Iridium Lite is on the heavy side of the Lite definition but enough people have said it is not lite that I will defer to them.

So, look over Iridium Lite. Only six pages. Free download. It runs squirrels and supers so far and I have a pretty good fit for eighth century French knights soon.

Bill

Quote from: HinterWeltSo, look over Iridium Lite. Only six pages. Free download. It runs squirrels and supers so far and I have a pretty good fit for eighth century French knights soon.

what what what?

It's for my birthday, isn't it...you sly dog.  And I didn't get you anything...

8th century? Then that's frankish, not french...

Quote from: Sosthenes8th century? Then that's frankish, not french...

Sigh..yes. Technically, Legends of Charlemagne so a lot more fictional too.

Bill

Quote from: KillingMachineThe two that I'm leaning towards right now are the D6 system (Adventure, Fantasy, Space) and Savage Worlds. From what I can gather, they seem to have a few similarities and I'm interested on hearing any opinions or comparisons you guys might have on either of them. I have some familiarity with the old Star Wars D6 system, but it looks like they've modified a few things since then. I've only taken a look at the Savage Worlds test drive, so that's all I have to go on for that one.

I like Savage Worlds because it's slick and reasonably lightweight, and yet still has some pretty robust rules.  But I find it's a bit too cinematic for my tastes.  A pretty good game system for someone switching from D&D though... they're two very different systems, but Savage Worlds can handle much of the heroic, legendary style of game that D&D does (and it is sooooo much faster).
 
As for d6, I'm still undecided.  I loved Star Wars, but I'm not sure how well d6 would play as a fantasy game.  It's definitely cinematic, but nowhere near as much as Savage Worlds.  And it can probably be tweaked a little bit more than Savage Worlds.
 
Another couple of games I'd throw into the mix include Spirit of the Century and Unisystem (which can be found in Witchcraft, which is freeeeee).

http://wiki.greywulf.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Macropedia?action=browse;oldid=HomePage;id=Microlite20

Tastes great, less filling.

Quote from: KillingMachineWould you (or anyone) happen to know if the "D6 Space Ships" supplement does a good job of filling in the gaps in the core book?

Yes I do and yes it does.  

First ship I built with it was a sleek, sexy, cherry-red space-Corvette.  Satisfying system.

Quote from: Sigmund(link to Microlite 20)
Tastes great, less filling.

Whoop!  Seconded.

Quote from: KillingMachineOh, I wasn't speaking about me feeling that it has gaps, because I haven't read it. I was asking Doc, since he mentioned that he felt that the starship stuff in the corebook was "meh". I was just curious if the Space Ships supplement sufficiently handles any shortcomings that the core book might have in that department.

Oh Ok, I wasn't clear on that.

I actually think the starship construction rules in the core book are excellent.

Quote from: Kester PelagiusIt must be because my nose is buried in the Nebuleon material it never occured to me to recommend Iridium Lite.  For some reason when I think of it I keep thinking about space opera stuff.  Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.  

Yeah for me either Iridium Lite or D6 can do space opera stuff pretty well.

I just got Iridium Lite and it looks like good stuff.    If I think it's something I can use I will get the full version.

Personally, I liked Mayfair's version of DC Heroes (or the Batman RPG).  It had just enough rules to cover most everything with a ready roll for it.  Using the stats provided for many things in the DC Universe it was well defined.  Easier still would be the Marvel FASERIP system that came out about the same time as Star Frontiers.  Personally, I find WoD pretty easy to run too; but, this is because I've had a lot of practice.   Superhero games do have to cover a lot of situations, so you might be best served in that vein, perhaps.