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Looking forward to the hardcopy! :)

Have you considered retro-clones? While they resemble older editions of D&D, they're often less complex or high-powered, making them suitable for low fantasy. I like the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, a free, streamlined D20 retro-clone that's easily house-ruled, but OSRIC is close to AD&D...

So far this winter, we've had to postpone only one or two of our weekly face-to-face sessions because of the weather in the U.S. Northeast. That's about normal here. Since my gamers live in Boston's suburbs, we're more concerned about finding parking at different people's houses or apartments...

What D&D means to me I started role-playing back in high school in the early 1980s with the boxed sets and "BECMI" edition of Dungeons & Dragons. I've been running my homebrew "Vanished Lands" campaign setting for about 30 years now, with hundreds of Player Characters and dozens of role-players...

D&D plans for 2014 I'll continue running the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, a D20 retro-clone, and picking up Pathfinder materials. I did try the Dungeons & Dragons Next playtest, and I'll keep an eye on the D&D5e announcements and releases, but I'm not sure my groups will feel the need to...

If D&D went away.... I'm currently running two adventuring parties using the D20 Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, with bits from other retro-clones, AD&D1 Oriental Adventures, and FATE. My groups' second or third choice for traditional fantasy would likely be Pathfinder. I have dozens of...

The D20-ish Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game is my favorite, with Labyrinth Lord (Advanced Edition) and OSRIC close behind. I do like Dungeon Crawl Classics for its art and pulpy feel and Adventurer, Conqueror, King for its polish and domain management rules...

Flexor's experiences are similar to my own. My gaming groups had difficulty balancing combat optimization vs. character actors from D&D3.0 through D&D4e, so we've gravitated to retro-clones and lighter rules sets in recent years. Not unlike WotC and D&D5/Next, I'm currently using a mix of the...

For nostalgia, the BECMI Basic Set, for settings and longevity, AD&D2, and for player options, Pathfinder. I liked the amount and diversity of support for D&D3.x/D20. Most of my groups, however, became less interested in the complexity of that edition and the gamist approach of D&D4e. For my...

FATE Core, Gumshoe, and more Pathfinder. I've seen a bunch of cool steampunk systems lately, and my groups are also itching to return to a superhero game at some point, probably Icons. We've also been using Savage Worlds for a variety of settings. 13th Age, Numenera, and D&D5e/Next look nice...

I also like GURPS, Eclipse Phase, and Ashen Stars. I'll try to stick to in-print games here. As for FATE, I can recommend -Bulldogs -Starblazer Adventures and Mindjammer Other games include: -Stars Without Number (an excellent retro-clone) -Star Hero -Star Frontiers Remastered (a classic...

I started in the fall of 1982. I was a freshman in high school, and I had fallen in with fellow fans of fantasy and science fiction, early video games, and heavy metal. I got the D&D Boxed Set and the Lord of the Rings books that Christmas, and I haven't stopped since then!

Fantasy: Evil spellcaster, cult leader Western: Cavalryman turned bandit lord, double-crossing gambler Steampunk: Mad inventor, or aristocratic enemy of progress High school: Clueless principal, interfering parents Horror: Serial murderer, thing man was not meant to know Superhero...

FATE, GURPS, and rules-light retro-clones that allow me to run homebrew sandbox games.

Does the adventuring party have loot after raiding the Goblinoid caves? That might attract the attention of curious spellcasters, nosy Halfling artists or Bards, tax collectors, and of course, Thieves. Most Player Characters can't help but spend a lot of coin on carousing and supplies. Have...

Note that Mutants & Masterminds, now in its third edition, is derived from the D20 OGL, as are Green Ronin's Blue Rose and True 20. Warriors and Warlocks is the fantasy supplement for M&M2e: http://www.amazon.com/Mutants-Masterminds-Warriors-Warlocks-Sourcebook/dp/1934547190 Here are some...

I'm assuming that you're trying to stay away from D20, Pathfinder, licensed games such as The One Ring, and retro-clones. Try FATE 3e Legends of Anglerre, Burning Wheel, or Dragon Age. In addition to GURPS and Hero, there are fantasy supplements for Savage Worlds, D6, Storyteller, and lots of...

Try D20 Mythic Vistas: Mindshadows from Green Ronin for India. There's GURPS Russia and Mythic Russia, as well as any of the recent sourcebooks on arctic and Scandinavian settings. For Africa, I recommend D20 Nyambe and the retro-clone Spears of the Dawn. In addition, there were articles in...

I started role-playing back in high school near New York City in the 1980s, when Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPGs were experiencing a wave of popularity. I helped co-found our gaming club, and in college, I briefly got everyone on my dorm floor to try playing. That's not to say there...

I like being able to see at a glance what's coming from WotC and Paizo.