It's easy to slag off games we hate, and it's easy to pimp games we love. Hell, it's even easy to find the flaws in games we love! But the real challenge is to pimp games we hate, to find the shiny nugget of gold in that sticky nugget of shit.

Let's do that, let's pimp the stuff we hate. And no cheating, no, "well the good thing about FATAL is that it lets us know who the perverts are." Nor should it be a backhanded compliment which is really an insult, like, "d20 is great because so many of its books end up in the $1 remainder bin." It has to be genuine praise. I'll start.


I hate d20, but d20 roxxorz
d20 is really good because there are so many people making sourcebooks, with such a large variety of approaches to the rules, that you're certain to find a kind of d20 in a setting you like. And these will probably be cheap, too, because there are so many pdf guys around. So, d20 is good because it's so flexible and has so much source material for it.

I only started to dislike Exalted after I played a huge 4 year campaign with it, and that was just the rules

Even though the large die pools and plethora of charms can bog combat down, Exalted is IMO the best superhero fantasy setting out there. It finds a way to include everything and the kitchen sink and maintain a fantasy feel. The game's enthusiastic setting and outlook on the characters is infectious. Though it took a moment for my group to get a feel for it, by the last section of the campaign, when their solars were at their most powerful, they completely got into the superheroism of it all, and came up with stunts that were fun and memorable today. It's the only game I've played where it was perfectly natural for one PC running at hundreds of miles an hour to throw a fully armed and armored PC at an enemy like a javelin. Boil down all of the thread hype at Big Purple and it comes down to this: Exalted can be a lot of fun when you let yourself get into it.

RIFTS is the only game you absolutely need in your collection, because no matter what kind of genre you're interested in, there's a way for you to explore it in the diverse milieu that is RIFTS.
Really, in this day and age, who needs the static, color-by-numbers gaming experience presented by most traditional gaming systems?
Modern players want, and deserve more. This is where the genius of RIFTS truly shows.
Cyborgs? Got it! Vampires? Right there, chief! Wizards? Now seating.
Combining this sort of crowd-pleasing eclecticism with a game system that is as well-tested and play-proven as Palladium's makes RIFTS an absolute barn-burner of a good time.
Finding a way to start a good RIFTS campaign is as simple as pulling three of your favorite genre fiction novels off of your bookshelf, flipping to a passage from each at random, and then combining all of those passages into a paragraph. Grab some friends, some dice and then you're ready to roll!
Don't say I didn't warn you if you don't want to go back to your old games after you enter the no-holds-barred world of RIFTS!

...are you allowed to lie?

Jesus, I hope so, or I'm in trouble.

FATAL united the RPG community against a single foe

Quote from: mattormegRIFTS is the only game you absolutely need in your collection, because no matter what kind of genre you're interested in, there's a way for you to explore it in the diverse milieu that is RIFTS.
Really, in this day and age, who needs the static, color-by-numbers gaming experience presented by most traditional gaming systems?
Modern players want, and deserve more. This is where the genius of RIFTS truly shows.
Cyborgs? Got it! Vampires? Right there, chief! Wizards? Now seating.
Combining this sort of crowd-pleasing eclecticism with a game system that is as well-tested and play-proven as Palladium's makes RIFTS an absolute barn-burner of a good time.
Finding a way to start a good RIFTS campaign is as simple as pulling three of your favorite genre fiction novels off of your bookshelf, flipping to a passage from each at random, and then combining all of those passages into a paragraph. Grab some friends, some dice and then you're ready to roll!
Don't say I didn't warn you if you don't want to go back to your old games after you enter the no-holds-barred world of RIFTS!

I'll see your RIFTS and raise you two copies of Synnibar! Where else can you fight a bear with lazer beams shooting from it's ass? Where else can you fire a MIDNIGHT SUN-FUCKING-STONE BAZOOKA!!!!, with your 733t Nin-gae amazon gnome with mutant godling powers?

And might I remind you that the Designer was a rock climbing kung fu master! And looked pretty dapper in that moustache!

Hmm, I'd like to participate, but I don't think I can say that I really "hate" a system...

Well, but then again, I'm in full control of my emotions after reading that nice book those guys gave me a few weeks ago. Did you know that you only use 10 percent of your brain? Really!

So, focussing... Black candles... Fat guys with mascara... Even fatter broads with way too much cleavage... Stone/paper/scissor larp... "I am Richard Lionheart, childe of..." AAAHHH, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SOSTHENES AANGRY!

Vampire had some neat covers. The rules system made point-based creation actually work, as separating the points you distribute amongst several pools and sub-pools (attributes/skills, mental/social/physical) reduced min/maxing to a point. With the different vampire clans you could avoid all playing the same cookie-cutter Dracula rip-off. The intrigue created by the Camarilla meant that not only could you use some really good horror movies, but some even better Mafia flicks. And if you just wanted to get physical, werewolves and the Sabbat offered solutions that fit into the (dark) game world. And for once, screaming I AM IRON MAN after a particularly nasty hit you survived could actually be in-character!

Mummy: the Ressurection is the only game ever made where you can play an ENTIRE PARTY of Mummys. Mummy gangs are EVERYwhere, and somewhere, some group of Evil Mummies wants to wipe you out.
 
Also, the crossover potential is endless. Finally, somone will have a reason to play a Follower of Set. Settities and Mummies are like buddies unless they totally hate each other!
 
With Mummy: the Ressurection you will explore the deep seated meaning of life and death by being a Mummy, and possibly ressurecting!

Quote from: KrakaJakMummy: the Ressurection is the only game ever made where you can play an ENTIRE PARTY of Mummys. Mummy gangs are EVERYwhere, and somewhere, some group of Evil Mummies wants to wipe you out.
 
Also, the crossover potential is endless. Finally, somone will have a reason to play a Follower of Set. Settities and Mummies are like buddies unless they totally hate each other!

I somehow doubt the sincerity of yo' pimpin'.

!i!

Did you see my rhyme:
setities!

Quote from: KrakaJak...only game ever made where you can play an ENTIRE PARTY of Mummys. Mummy gangs are EVERYwhere, and somewhere, some group of Evil Mummies wants to wipe you out.
 

Jak, you gotta make a new game based on this premise. Mummy turf-wars would be awesome.

Quote from: mattormegJak, you gotta make a new game based on this premise. Mummy turf-wars would be awesome.

I think a game of Mummy Mob is for a Man with Many Mummy Minis.

Sounds like you've got this thing all "wrapped" up.

Quote from: mattormegSounds like you've got this thing all "wrapped" up.

BOOOOO!