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What's the Single Best RPG Book, you can think of?

Started by Jam The MF, July 29, 2021, 09:01:26 PM

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Jam The MF

July 29, 2021, 09:01:26 PM
You define best.
Let the Dice, Decide the Outcome.  Accept the Results.

RandyB

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July 29, 2021, 09:02:45 PM
AD&D 1e Dungeon Masters Guide.

'Nuff said.

Shawn Driscoll

#2
July 29, 2021, 10:14:32 PM
Serenity RPG.

Aglondir

#3
July 29, 2021, 10:25:28 PM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on July 29, 2021, 10:14:32 PM
Serenity RPG.
Not Traveller? Who are you, and why have you kidnapped Shawn!

Pat

#4
July 29, 2021, 10:45:59 PM
Cults of Prax

palaeomerus

#5
July 29, 2021, 11:14:42 PM
Mekton Zeta + or Mekton 2 Techbook.
Emery

SirFrog

#6
July 30, 2021, 12:14:03 AM
Whatever the current version of Savage Worlds is

Yeti Spaghetti

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July 30, 2021, 01:15:19 AM
Pretty much anything AD&D 1e, especially the Monster Manuals. The amount of art in the books and the classical style has just never been rivaled.

Trond

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July 30, 2021, 01:33:12 AM
Artesia: Adventures in the Known World.
I wish there was more stuff for it (the comics certainly help though), but frankly, it's a bit of a masterpiece on its own.

HappyDaze

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July 30, 2021, 01:47:51 AM
Quote from: Yeti Spaghetti on July 30, 2021, 01:15:19 AM
Pretty much anything AD&D 1e, especially the Monster Manuals. The amount of art in the books and the classical style has just never been rivaled.
I wouldn't call any of those the best since none of them are a complete game in one book. For me, any "single best RPG book" would have to include everything you need to play the (core) of the game.

Flipped Bird

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July 30, 2021, 02:59:10 AM
The Book of Ebon Bindings. Grotesque, funny, and not safe for work.

Reckall

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July 30, 2021, 05:14:46 AM
The "Rules Cyclopedia" for D&D gives you everything you need to run and create any kind of fantasy adventures, with low crunch but a lot of content.

Call of Cthulhu 7E Keeper's Guide is packed to the brim with cool stuff, and allows you to run from Cosmic Horror to even "True Detective" if you want (it needs a 7.5E edition, however: Reddit is full of posts about some basic holes in the rules).
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

jeff37923

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July 30, 2021, 05:34:28 AM
Advanced Labyrinth Lord
Classic Traveller  - The Traveller Book
Mongoose Traveller 1e - Core Rulebook
Cepheus Engine
WEG d6 Star Wars RPG, Revised and Expanded

All of those get top honors in my mind, especially if you like having all of the rules in one book.
"Meh."

Crusader X

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July 30, 2021, 06:21:25 AM
AD&D 1e Dungeon Masters Guide
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