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There is a pretty good Slayer Class in Letters From The Dark Volume II...

Dragonbane Box Set & Bestiary Shadowdark Mongoose Traveller Gurps Core Books Call of Cthulhu Horror on the Orient Express My BigAss Bag of Jitterbug Dice as my Luxury Item (You Old Guys know what I mean)

At first, I was disappointed. It seemed TOO tied to one source. On further reflection, I think this class will be an ideal addition as a Priest of the various Death Gods. If I need a wizardly Necromancer, there is a very serviceable Grave Dancer in Unnatural Selections. It is actually cool how...

In fitting the Mood of the game for myself, I went with Barbarian and Necromancer.

I have three on my shelf right now. Shadowdark, Call of Cthulhu, and Pendragon. I hesitate to add Dragonbane, because (1) it IS a boxed set and (2) the basic book/set is slim on monsters. Fantastic game though....

Turning 65 in February. Been doing the Reading Glasses thing for 25 years...you get used to it. My big problem is remembering all the rules, and keeping the system rules separate from one another. A few years ago, I could run GURPS, Runequest, and Call of Cthulhu campaign concurrently. Now...I...

Basic Fantasy. I too am nearing retirement and a fixed income, so free (or very low cost for hardcover rules) is amazing, which may also help your players get their own copy without braking the bank. Heck, for the $40 folks are talking about, yo could practically get 5 copies of the basic...

Second Dragonbane. Good Tactical combat, enough variety for different characters, plays fast, no builds. TGryph

At a local used Book, I managed to pickup, all complete and unmarked... Night Below Boxed Set City of Splendors Boxed Set 2 Forgotten Realms Grey Box Sets - 1st and 2nd Edition D&D Creature Catalog The Magister Isle of Terror The Ghost if Iverness The Village of Hommlet Book of Marvelous Magic...

I do not disagree with your sentiment. For instance, I would not use 5th Edition D&D for a gritty swords-and-sorcery feeling campaign. I was merely pointing out that System Monogamy is not necessarily monotony. Even the Generic systems (Gurps etc) have strong and weak points, but can feel...

I see a lot of back and forth about "One Type of Music" or "One Pizza topping" and so forth. I put it to you that, even though a person might only play one system., that in no way shape or form means they only play one way...that every time the Flavor is the same. I have run and played in...

It's funny. I got into gaming shortly after getting married the first time. She complained about me being gone every Friday, but we had made an agreement so I stuck to it. She then started complaining to some friends at work. Their response was "Wait a minute...he only goes out once a week, you...

Heck I can't even be monogamous to a single Fantasy genre system...though I would like to be. My groups just have different tastes...one likes Class & Level systems, the other prefers Skill systems. Other than that, I DO only have one Sci-Fi and one Horror system...so that is something..

I agree with Retreater completely, and add... White Box - Left me cold. All I could see are more Feats to choose from ( I Know they are not Feats per se )but nothing about the system appealed to me. YMMV... Shadowdark - Fast and fun... big hit with my friends...for now. I am concerned about...

Don't know if I am to late to the party, but perhaps I can offer some insight as a 40+ year GM. Pick something...anything...and tell them this is it. It seems like you are spending too much time trying to please everyone, but making yourself miserable. Face it...not everyone wants the same...