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Favorite New-school Game

Started by RPGPundit, July 28, 2009, 04:49:05 PM

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PaladinCA

#60
August 07, 2009, 11:45:49 AM
Quote from: J Arcane;317060Now, DecTrek on the other, that game is goddamn brilliant.  Absolutely one of the finest games ever written.

With the exception of the Player's book layout and organization, I will readily agree with that statement. The Gamemaster's book is one of the finest books that anyone can own.

kaemaril

#61
August 08, 2009, 10:11:02 AM
Hollow Earth Expedition.

The setting info is good, but it's the rule system that appeals to me. I love Ubiquity - fast, simple, easy to tweak, love the use of style points, taking the average rule ... 10/10 :)
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August 08, 2009, 10:34:15 AM Last Edit: August 08, 2009, 10:37:29 AM by GameDaddy
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Savage Worlds might have been included in that list, however my dislike for Shane Hensley tainted my preferences with SW. My preference is and will remain that I will absolutely not buy a game from any publisher, if that publisher (or his or her representatives) sits down at a gaming table and works to wreck the game experience for new RPG players. I'm sure he would never do this with his own game, of course. Though based on experience, I don't believe it would be beyond him to run off any GM that didn't play SW in a style that he personally approved of.
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Halfjack

#63
August 08, 2009, 01:30:52 PM
Mine. Has to be someone elses? Spirit of the Century, then, because it delivered FATE to me by way of the OGL. Reign is in second place with a couple of other ORE variations.
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Pseudoephedrine

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August 08, 2009, 03:17:55 PM
Iron Heroes is a personal favourite, with Arcana Unearthed/Evolved close behind.

For non-d20, I quite like both nWoD and Dark Heresy.
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J Arcane

#65
August 08, 2009, 04:17:25 PM
Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;319246Iron Heroes is a personal favourite, with Arcana Unearthed/Evolved close behind.

For non-d20, I quite like both nWoD and Dark Heresy.
I badly want to get some more Dark Heresy time.

So far the only actual play I've been able to muster was some combat playtesting with the GM of my former group, and my roommate.  It was great fun, and I'd intended it as a way of priming people's excitement, but the GM instead used it as an excuse to claim the game must therefore be all about combat and he'd rather just play D&D (an ironic excuse considering that's all his damn D&D games are).

Need to get on the boards at the FLGSes and see if maybe I can't round up some locals.
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#66
August 08, 2009, 06:11:28 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;316448Which game, written after 2000 and not based on an earlier game (either as a new edition, or as a retro-clone) would you say is your favorite?

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The ones we have played recently, Usagi Yojimbo and Capitán Alatriste, but I don't know if they count, because UY is based on Ironclaw and CA is based on GURPS. Your call.
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pbj44

#67
August 09, 2009, 04:42:09 AM
The Riddle of Steel. Love the combat!

Claudius

#68
August 09, 2009, 11:14:39 AM
Quote from: pbj44;319417The Riddle of Steel. Love the combat!
A very cool combat system, indeed. Some day I'll have to dust the books and run a game of The Riddle of Steel.
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