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The Action! line is all about using more fuzzy / less concrete options to keep things moving. There’s usually a GURPS for any variation...

I like GURPS a lot too. For anything but fantasy it is a no brainer. For fantasy I vacillate between wanting to run a D&Desque game...

The main tactical choice in DW is avoiding being ganged-up on. Since you split your defence score between your attackers, being...

I bough SotWW a little while back and have read the player's and GM's books. It's an interesting, relatively lightweight system. I would...

a table? pfft dry erase boards

There is a new ‘retro clone’ of Magic Realms - Dragons Down. Much easier to get hold of, and the rules have been cleaned up, too.

Sounds cool. Time and elimination are the thing. As for side battles, Space Empires 4X by GMT does that. You build forces, move...

Titan is amazing and pretty unique. You move around a strategic board, recruiting forces, and when army stacks meet you break out small...

I still play Car Wars, but now with the 6e set. I still own Titan, and would play it again, but haven’t in a long time.

Smallville showed how to do that… (at least the heroes and villains part)

To me, this is where effects-based systems really shine. You can usually build anything and cloak it in whatever description you want or...

I would definitely use Sorcery if I wanted to bring in other powers-based systems like the divine and psionic powers books. It’s very...

A read a while back about someone who did run a West Marches style supers campaign. They built a matrix of plots and enemies that...

Talking about magic, the classic system for GURPS is known as ‘spells as skills’ by many people. Here. magic is implemented through an...

Oh sure (it’s my current #1 game); but it isn’t as modifiable as GURPS IMO as it isn’t as granular. There are fewer levers to pull or...