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Your All-Time Favorite Free RPG

Started by Zachary The First, May 07, 2007, 02:14:56 PM

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Zachary The First

May 07, 2007, 02:14:56 PM
As the title says.
 
This is a tough one!  I love Risus, think FATE's pretty cool, and Iridium's Core is top-notch, but there are so many other's I've gotten use out of.  Perfect20 is great, I really want to explore JAGS a bit more, and Encounter Critical is the best game never to exist.  So what's you fave, or, lieu of that, short list?
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May 07, 2007, 02:16:55 PM
Encounter Critical is the tops for me.
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May 07, 2007, 02:23:03 PM
FUDGE and FATE. I love 'em both.
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May 07, 2007, 02:27:31 PM
Fudge/Fate

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May 07, 2007, 03:21:48 PM
JAGS-2/JAGS Revised - especially with Have Not and Wonderland, the two best free supplements ever.

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May 07, 2007, 04:06:51 PM
Fudge/Fate

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May 07, 2007, 04:09:52 PM
Quote from: flyingmiceJAGS-2/JAGS Revised - especially with Have Not and Wonderland, the two best free supplements ever.

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I have been meaning to check those out.

Blue Devil

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May 07, 2007, 04:11:35 PM
JAGS revised seems really good, I just haven't had time to read it.

Time Lord looks like a really cool game.  I have the .pdf but I am waiting for the actual book copy of the game I won to arrive before I read it.

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May 07, 2007, 04:50:15 PM
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May 07, 2007, 05:00:18 PM
That is a difficult question, as there's a number of very good ones.

I suppose I could even count D&D, given that the SRD is freely available.

I still think POWERGAME is one damn cool rules-light supers game.

Monsters & Mazes is nifty dungeoncrawl fun.

Fallout PnP is awesome and a half.

Time Lord is pretty damn cool too.
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May 07, 2007, 05:07:23 PM
Quote from: ConanMKDoes the d20 SRD count?

I don't see why not.

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May 07, 2007, 05:10:16 PM
Quote from: McrowI don't see why not.

It's technically not complete.  You cannot generate characters or advance them without house rules or purchasing the PHB.

Otherwise it'd be my top pick.

In its absence, I put Witchcraft as my top pick.  RISUS and Encounter Critical come a close second.
 

Mcrow

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May 07, 2007, 05:16:39 PM
Quote from: RedFoxIt's technically not complete.

good point. It is just so automatic for me now days that i don't really even need the character generation rules.

Gunslinger

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May 07, 2007, 05:18:14 PM
Marvel Superheroes (FASERIP) is definitely my favorite free RPG.
 
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