My choice would be ...
Savage Worlds + fluff courtesy of the inimitable Kenneth Hite such as: Day after Ragnarok, GURPS Weird War II, and GURPS Infinite Worlds or Alternate Earths and maybe even some Godlike for good measure.
Great thread!
I tend to be wowed by systems that are disarmingly intelligent. Here are a few favorites ...
Darwin's World - Post-Apacalyptic gaming done right over D20 Modern. Well supported (everything is now available in print form too. Yay!)
Fading Suns - see Grodog's description above...
Nice. That makes me wish I still lived in Ohio, which is a considerable feat.
I'm currently a player in a 4e game for now, but the group is talking about switching back to 3.5. When this happens, I'm going to lobby for them to consider Pathfinder. This particular group is a bit narrow-minded...
You said it, Rouse! Those Evony ads are all over the danged interwebs and they're TERRIBLE. I am embarrassed to have them on my screen.
Nothing says high fantasy role playing like a SoCal slut with caked on makeup.
Ug.
The group that I've been playing in for the last 6 months decided to give 4e a shot for the last 4 months. The consensus is that we're going to back to 3.5e (mid-campaign, actually).
I'm pretty optimistic about Pathfinder, but I'm not sure if I can convince this particular group to give it a...
Whenever ENWorld goes down, we're supposed to head over to RPG.net to seek guidance.
I found this thread, but not much in the way of official info.
Enworld down? - RPGnet Forums
1. Game Empire San Diego which is pronounced "Gay Men Pyre," just so you all pronounce it correctly. Fantastic gaming store in San Diego.
2. Mind Games from Toledo, Ohio. Discovered this store in the early 80's and loved it. It was my game store. Apparently, it finally closed it's doors earlier...
I couldn't disagree more about FO3. It's a fantastic game. FO2 may have had a great story, but it was so buggy it was broken.
Two or three posters, myself included, have mentioned Arcanum upthread.