Buck Rogers XXV fills the Solar System oriented SF niche in a way no other game I know of and could easily be used to emulate settings like those found in Spacehounds of the IPCC or Stars my Destination or a about a billion other kickass SF stories written before 1970.

I have a copy and I'll be buying up anymore I see because eventually I'd like to run a solar system game (with my own setting).

I'm thinking the only reason I'd care if a game I liked was more 'mainstream' is so I could get more material for it and it would be easier to find players... so for me that would be The Whispering Vault.
There were lots of rumors that extensive notes exist that further the setting... and expand on new ways to play the game... but some things are not meant to be.
Though I'm thinking that if the game had to be altered to appeal to more people, as some are suggesting about Nephilim, then I'd just as soon it stay 'obscure'. Kind of like when a crazy friend get a lobotomy... sure, he doesn't shout at cars any more... but he's not very interesting either.

Kult though, for sure could do with a write-up that wasn't so focused on combat/guns. I always wondered if that was because of how it was subtly tied to the Warzone/Mutant Chronicles setting.

Quote from: Elliot Wilen;280677Still "in print" I believe, if you count PDFs from DriveThruRPG.

Personally I'd roll the rules back to 3e, but use the art from 1e/2e, and combine worldbooks/magic books/bestiaries from across the editions. (Chronicles should be left alone, though.)

Recon's still in print. Palladium has an edition that combines Revised Recon with Advanced Recon. It's called Deluxe Revised Recon.

Everything ever released for Talislanta is free on //www.talislanta.com.

Sorry for the double, but I thought I'd add that I'd like to see SLA Industries get a bit more fanfare, and a better binding.

Bill Coffin's Septimus.

Because of the circumstances surrounding its pre-order, and the ultimate downfall of WEG, this game will forever live in infamy.

But it's a fucking brilliant game, with a fucking brilliant setting and a masterful reworking of the D6 System to acommodate transhuman SF elements.

It could be the Star Wars D6 of the new millenium (minus crazy moneymaking license, of course -- nobody's perfect). But it was a clusterfuck. Ah well.

Absolutely agreed on Kult. My own soft spots would be for something like Nightlife or Harn.

Quote from: The Butcher;525812Bill Coffin's Septimus.

Because of the circumstances surrounding its pre-order, and the ultimate downfall of WEG, this game will forever live in infamy.

But it's a fucking brilliant game, with a fucking brilliant setting and a masterful reworking of the D6 System to acommodate transhuman SF elements.

It could be the Star Wars D6 of the new millenium (minus crazy moneymaking license, of course -- nobody's perfect). But it was a clusterfuck. Ah well.

I agree. I'm very glad Bill gave away the pdf at least.

Swordbearer by Fantasy games unlimited.

Undeservedly fell into obscurity in spite of the fact that it is still available online at rpgnow and the like for a few dollars.

It is fraught with wonderful ideas one can mine from and apply to other games, and it contains beautiful advice for the art of dungeon mastering as well.

These are interesting lists. You cats have good taste.

Chill 1st ed. is currently available under the title Cryptworld.

I would buy a new edition of Kult in a heartbeat just from it's reputation alone (Missed it the first time around). Same thing with Journe. Unknown Armies is the lost gaming masterpiece of the 1990's and I dearly hope any new edition would keep the sleazy lunacy of the first two. Ray Winninger's Underground was a brilliant game but it was ruined by basically coming true so a new edition would ring weirdly bittersweet and hollow.

Quote from: Silverlion;280723Top Secret S/I, Mekton, Providence, Talislanta, Waste World.

I've tons of them I'd love to see "mainstream"

Oh yeah, Waste World, with 2000AD licences : Rogue Trooper, Halo Jones, Nemesis, Invasion!, etc.

Oh man that would have kicked some ass. And would have been, IMHO, much more interesting than the pre-digested, toothless caricature that Games Workshop made of the 2000AD worlds with its 40K universe.

Ars Magica is a game that from what I can tell, in the 90s certainly wasn't obscure, but now, in the 10's is.

It's just depressing to find out that Atlas Games has been subsidizing the game with their other lines because the owner likes Ars Magica.

I've never particularly cared what's "mainstream", but I think these deserve development and players more than most of the new RPGs that are getting published:

The Fantasy Trip (the current clone material mentioned is by Dark City Games)
Aftermath
Phoenix Command

Kult is coming back.

Metamorphois Alpha is going stronger than ever with two editions 1 and 5 in print and 3 and 4 easy to find affordably.  I would love to see 3/4 get more development, but I think Jim Wrd is throwing his weight behind 1 and other non-MA game projects.

I would love to see Whispering Vault make a comeback. It was a fantastic game.

+1 for Fantasy Trip.

Quote from: DavetheLost;861950Kult is coming back.

Not entirely.
The setting, yes, not the game, as I heard it now is Pacesetter or Dungeon World or some such, and i'm not sure how I feel about that.
It clearly isn't the same as the classical version.