A real challenge: Which 5 RPG books?

[Bagpuss]

Okay not limited to D&D, which 5 RPG books would you have on your desert island?

1. Feng Shui (one rulebook cover the modern, future, historic and mythical oriental settings.)
2. Call of Cthuhlu (not the D20 edition)
3. Cyberpunk 2020
4. Basic D&D Rules Cyclopedia
5. Traveller: New Era

3rd ed D&D immediately presents a problem as even basic rules are spread over 3 books so just because of limited options it doesn't get a look in on my list.

For the D&D freaks among us... here's another list 5 books (D&D related only although any edition) and you can have the PHB and DMG (of one edition) for free (but not the MM).

1. Scarred Lands:Ghelspad Campaign book
2. Creature Collection I (hey, I like it, even with its errors)
3. Creature Collection II
4. Hornsaw Forest sourcebook.
5. Divine and Defeated

 

[Arnwyn]

Okay not limited to D&D, which 5 RPG books would you have on your desert island?

1) 3.5 PHB
2) 3.0 DMG
3) 3.5 MM
4) FRCS
5) FUZION core rules

For the D&D freaks among us... here's another list 5 books and you can have the PHB and DMG for free (but not the MM).

1) 3.5 MM
2) FRCS
3) Empires of the Shining Sea box
4) City of Splendors box
5) Oriental Adventures (3e)

 

[Zappo]

Without free PHB and DMG:

1. 3.5e PHB
2. 3.5e DMG
3. 3.5e MM
4. Manual of the Planes
5. Star Wars D20

With free PHB and DMG:

1. 3.5e MM
2. MotP
3. SWd20
4. PsiHB
5. EpicHB

...yeah, I guess I'm a D&D freak. Funny thing is, I actually play and enjoy several other games. But if the prospect is to play nothing else, D&D all the way, with a star wars game for futuristic action.

 

[Bagpuss]

Sorry should have been more clear the second list is ONLY D&D stuff, not your other favourite RPG, just D&D so it has to have a fantasy type theme. So Creature Collection is fine but Star Wars isn't.

 

[evildmguy]

Assuming I get to keep my laptop, not for PDFs but for my own and other's writings, then it would be:

1. Alternity PH
2. Alternity GMG
3. Dark*Matter
4. Star*Drive
5. Magical Medieval Society (although I only have that in PDF format)

For DND, assuming free versions, it would be:

1. MM
2. FR Campaign Setting
3. Dark Sun (boxed set for 2E or new one)
4. Magical Medieval Society
5. d20 Modern

It took me a while to think of #5 above.

EDIT: Upon reflection, I think I would rather have more options to use for base rules for DND, so I changed my #5.

Good discussion! Thanks!

edg

 

[BiggusGeekus]

RPG
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1) Blue Planet 2.0 (it's a big book, maybe I can use it to get off this island!)
2) Traveler (the new, giant, mega-books)
3) Paranoia, second edition
4) ... er .... D&D Rules Cyclopedia
5) Synabarr (when it starts making sense, I'll know I've gone insane)

D&D non-core rules
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1) Gaz3: Principalities of Galantri
2) Magical Midevial Society: Western Europe
3) d20 Modern
4) Manual of the Planes
5) Does the Dragon magazine CD-ROM count? That's some of the best money I've spent on gaming

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Non-DnD List (which I'd be much more likely to take):

1)D20 Modern
2)Urban Arcana Setting
3)Buffy RPG
4)Buffy Monster Smackdown
5)Star Wars d20 Revised

DnD List:
1)Monster Manual 3.5
2)Monster Manual 2
3)AEG's Evil
4)Savage Species
5)Draconomicon

While went through the first list pretty easily, it took me a while to get past number 3 on the Dnd list (mostly because I wasn't sure what else I needed).

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Whee for double posts

 

[Daedalus]

1. warhammer fantasy roleplay
2. talislanta 4th edition
3. rules cyclopedia
4. mutants & masterminds
5. crooks!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

1. Call of Cthulhu (BRP, not d20)
2. GURPS Basic Set Third Edition, Revised
3. FUDGE Expanded Edition
4. D&D Rules Cyclopedia
5. Mutants & Masterminds