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Just one great game, system, edition, etc. Which one is closest to your heart?

Started by Razor 007, July 13, 2020, 11:30:11 PM

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Joey2k

#15
July 14, 2020, 03:21:12 PM
Quote from: Slipshot762;1139697D6 system is the only system I play. Does everything.

This would be my choice too.
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Ghostmaker

#16
July 14, 2020, 03:29:14 PM
I will always have a soft spot in my heart for BECMI, because it was the first tabletop RPG I ever played.

estar

#17
July 14, 2020, 03:35:26 PM
Quote from: trechriron;1139647HERO 6e. I keep coming back to HERO. A close 2nd would be GURPS 4e. I keep trying other lighter games and they just don't push my buttons. Which can be complicated because I don't always have time to prep the crunch. :-)

I would go with Hero 5e but otherwise I concur with both recommendations.

RandyB

#18
July 14, 2020, 04:13:51 PM
Quote from: Slambo;1139786If you wanna try b/x might i reccomend Old School Essentials. I really like the multi book layout.

I've got the free, text-only version of Old School Essentials. Looks good, but I'm a 1e man at heart. Nothing bad to say about B/X or it's derivatives, though.

Rhedyn

#19
July 14, 2020, 04:40:19 PM
I would say Savage Worlds, but I occasionally need a palate cleanser from the high-action. I also play a campaign in an OSR game and then never look back on it.

So if I got to pick one and only one system, it would be GURPS 4e. Even though it is complicated, the one-second rounds keep people paying attention and not on their Switch.

Spinachcat

#20
July 14, 2020, 04:59:37 PM
I have an unhealthy relationship with Gamma World 1e. It's like chocolate, I want to mix it with too many things that probably shouldn't be mixed with chocolate.

Steven Mitchell

#21
July 14, 2020, 06:43:10 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1139816I have an unhealthy relationship with Gamma World 1e. It's like chocolate, I want to mix it with too many things that probably shouldn't be mixed with chocolate.

I thought kind of the purpose of Gamma World was to mix in things that probably shouldn't be mixed in with it?  Though I only played it a few times.

smcc360

#22
July 14, 2020, 09:59:37 PM
Savage Worlds. Does everything I want, just the way I want it to.

Marchand

#23
July 14, 2020, 11:09:27 PM
Classic Traveller. So much game packed into those 3 little black books.
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Brad

#24
July 14, 2020, 11:45:41 PM
AD&D, or maybe HERO, I dunno. Really it's probably Robotech.
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Chris24601

#25
July 15, 2020, 09:07:52 AM
The current system I'm nearly done writing called Ruins & Realms would be my "if you could only choose one" system. The base setting is a schizo-tech kitchen sink in the vein of Thundarr the Barbarian so doing modern, historical or sci-fi is more a matter of tuning dials and re-fluffing than needing to completely rewrite the whole thing.

Weru

#26
July 15, 2020, 02:46:40 PM
I really like T&T 5th ed, RQ 2nd ed, and GURPS 3rd ed, but if I can only choose one Moldvay/Cook B/X would be it. It's simple and elegant, I actually like all the subsystems (one mechanic systems bore me a bit) and it can be houserulled easily. Also, I can more or less run it in my sleep after all these years.

WillInNewHaven

#27
July 15, 2020, 03:26:13 PM
If you want what I want out of a system, then I recommend the game I wrote but everyone doesn't want the same things, and that's fine. However, if you want:
1: Your character's attributes are inter-related. They influence but don't determine one another and
2: A game where it matters whether you are using the point or the edge of your sword.
3: Hit Points are not an abstraction and you don't get more as you improve.
4: The ability to avoid being hit is reflected by being harder to hit.
5: Morale matters, natural animals and people sometimes run away, people sometimes surrender.
6: There's lots of crunch but it's all in the prep. Never look in the book or at a table during play.

dungeon crawler

#28
July 15, 2020, 04:19:52 PM
Quote from: Marchand;1139896Classic Traveller. So much game packed into those 3 little black books.[/QUOT

Classic Traveller is my choice as well.

David Johansen

#29
July 15, 2020, 04:31:11 PM
Great to see some love for Hero 6th and Gamma World 1st.  

For myself, it's Rolemaster Standard System.  Sadly, it's hard to get people to give it a chance.
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