Games You Want to Play

[Mallus]

Had I imaginary world enough and time, I'd like to play Spirit of the Century, Burning Wheel, Star Wars Saga Edition and Warhammer 2e.

It looks like I'll get the chance to play Classic Traveller over the summer as our 4e campaign goes on hiatus until fall.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

I'd also like the chance to play Car Wars again. Especially if I could figure out an interesting way to turn it into an RPG.

 

[JeffB]

MSPE
Earthdawn
Runequest (2e)
Something PA without so much mutant weirdness- The Morrow Project, Aftermath, etc.
WEG Star Wars

 

[Dyson Logos]

I posted a list of my top five to my blog about six weeks ago as one of my Monday "Top 5 Lists".

Here we go, "Top 5 Games I want to play"

I’ve played over a hundred RPGs, with most of my long term game experience being in TSR and White Wolf games, and recently I’ve been playing a few indie games and a bunch of Savage Worlds. But there are a lot of games out there I’d love to play, and even a few in my own collection that I’ve never had the opportunity to really pull out and put through their paces.

SLA Industries

The game looks awesome and thick with flavour. I borrowed the main book once and loved reading it, but never got a chance to play or run it. This has been on my short list for years now. I’m a big fan of the CyberPunk genre, but this is more than that. From my read through it seems like a king of the gritty game scene.
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Mage: the Ascension

I keep hearing how awesome it is with the right group. I loved reading the technocracy books. I’m not sure how well the ability to free-associate magic spells will work for me, especially the first few games, but I’d love to give it a try.
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Burning Wheel

Burning characters was a lot of fun. The system feels very dense and rules-heavy, but is written in a way that makes me really want to play through it. I have a weakness for scripted combat systems too, and this uses it for both social and physical combat. Definitely an awesome read for anyone thinking of writing a fantasy RPG. I would love to play this in a Thieves' World style setting.
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Stormbringer

My own game world for D&D is so rooted in the Elric saga that it amazes me to this day that I’ve never actually played a game in that setting. For some reason it’s also one of the few “mainstream” RPGs I don’t have on my bookshelves – even through five or six editions of the game I never picked one up.
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Black Cadillacs

One of the guys I’ve been gaming with has a copy of this awesome looking indie RPG. It’s hard-core in design (memo-pad style book, hard covers with an actual steel plate on the cover) and the descriptions I’ve read and heard of game play makes it sound like a memorable way to role-play in a war, without focusing ANY of the mechanics on combat. Definitely want to try it out sometime soon.​

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Indie narrativist crap like My Life With Master or Dogs in the Vineyard, I've never played one.

I don't think I have, either. I recently picked up Trail of Cthulhu, though, and that got me reading the "See Page XX" stuff from Robin Laws. As an experiment, I tried out the "Yes, but..." character/story/game approach he mentioned, and had fun with it (this was an after dinner thing with the family -- not a big deal). Very different from the type of RPG I usually play: a different kind of fun and a nice change of pace. My wife and eldest son liked it, too, so we're going to try it again some evening and I'll probably use Risus for the mechanics once we switch over from "yes but" to a more typical RPG protocol.

I'm also planning on springing In A Wicked Age on them. I like the player vs. player aspect, and I think the Oracles are great, too (they're good for adventure inspiration for any swords & sorcery RPG, even if you're not playing an "indie narrativist" game). I need to re-read it, though. The way it plays it pretty far removed from my usual RPG approach.

 

[LostSoul]

Sorcerer
TSOY
In a Wicked Age
1E D&D
Palladium Fantasy
Star Wars d6
Trail of Cthulhu
Burning Empires
Storming the Wizard's Tower

 

[Particle_Man]

The board game? I've never thought of it as unbalanced. I've had equal luck winning or losing no matter what character I draw (we draw randomly).

Really? Because my players have found the Prophetess to be incredibly freaking powerful, compared to absolutely everybody else.

 

[GreyWizard77]

So many options! I've been insulated by RPGA and Living-style games the past couple years, and haven't the chance to branch out. Here's just the start of my list:

Exalted
LOTR (Coda edition)
Swashbuckling adventures
Fantasy Hero
Pathfinder (when it comes out)
GURPS
Trail of Cthulu
True20
Basic FRP
Castles & Crusades
Midnight
Freeport Trilogy
d20 options - True Sorcery, Book of Experimental Might, Elements of Magic

 

[resistor]

Ones that are already out:
Paranoia
Savage Worlds

Ones that aren't:
Microscope by Lame Mage/Ben Robbins
Do by Daniel Solis

 

[S. Baldrick]

Castles and Crusades. I own the core books and a number of modules but I have yet to find anyone to play it with.
Savage Worlds. I have played for one campaign and I really liked it.
Paranoia. I used to play it back in the 80's. I still have my old version from then.
Mage the Ascension.