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Any of Ben Robbins' games: Microscope and its variants Chronicle and Union, Kingdom, and Follow. Microscope is very different from other RPGs: You don't have a specific character, and you're creating an entire history. It's great for creating a setting together for another game! It can be...

I've been considering Cortex Prime for Star Wars - Values seem like a good fit for the setting. Say, three Dark Side values: Fear, Anger, and Hate; and three corresponding Light Side values: Courage, Serenity, and Compassion. Dark Side values can be invoked as well as challenged, which...

You've just reminded me of one of the most memorable 2e campaigns I was in. We repeatedly faced this half-drow necromancer who Kept. Coming. Back. No matter how extreme of prejudice we used in killing him and disposing of the body. He kept weirdly voluminous notes on his evil plans, though...

I'd love to run Masks. And while it doesn't have a GM, I've wanted to play Capes for years! Unfortunately it isn't very amenable to online play.

I've recently run across Cortex Prime and find it a very interesting system. Basically, it strikes me as a crunchier, more granular version of Fate, and since my group loves Fate, it seems like a good match. I've read the Prime handbook a couple times and I've also read Tales of Xadia and...

I had fun writing Giovanni's aspects. His trouble is: "You Can Take the Urchin out of the Street..." Also, this was hilarious: I changed one my aspects to "My Friends and Giovanni are All I Have Left", explaining "I can't trust my master any more, and I certainly can't trust my Stygian...

"I've got a son now?!" So, remember that street urchin who received Ludovico's/Moshiyah's Face power? We've been intending to set up an orphanage to start training kids as spies to work for us for a while now. The plans aren't quite ready yet, but I figure I may as well try recruiting. The...

Really short session, but: I've got a son now?!

I don't think a genuinely generic system is even possible or desirable. Even the crunch-fests you mention have their own particular flavor - they're crunch-fests. The medium is (part of) the message. That said, some systems are a lot closer to being generic than others! The sweet spot seems to...

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Eh? Fate and Cortex Prime are both pretty clearly toolboxes for creating specific games. (It's just that Fate works decently well out of the box, so one doesn't always need to devote much thought to Extras.) Brother, you just said a mouthful! They're like night and day! GURPS is all about...

Also, let's face it, adventurers tend to be restless folks anyway, even if the occasional one does take an arrow to the knee.

Interesting! I suspect it's mostly because if you're having fun, you don't want to think about ending it. Plus, well... Once the player is past a certain age... It's a little too depressing. :p

It's always great when PCs latch onto a detail like that! Gives a game character. Even game mechanics can become beloved aspects of a campaign. In one Fate game I was in, only one character had a stunt to help heal mental or psychic wounds (which were a serious issue in that world). His...

Sigh... Brother, you just said a mouthful! I spent so much time gaming in college I don't know how I found time to get a degree! Did you have a mini-game to play Astro-Puck or something? What was holding their interest?

I don't think this follows. Druids might have existed from time out of mind, but when this newfangled metal stuff started getting popular, the primal powers put their paw down and said, "Nope. Not for you." I'm still liking the idea that it's only iron that's a problem. One detects hints of a...

Sometimes I think caring about the character can get in the way not only of playing the game, but even of what makes the character worth playing, even of who they fundamentally are. In one very intense campaign I was in, my character (who ironically was named Alex!) was just as you say -...

I've actually been in a Fate Core game that went off the rails from advancement. We'd have been better off keeping things more static.

What exactly happened, if you don't mind me asking? Perhaps we can suggest a system that will help.

This is a very good distinction. "Failed to launch" happens, for whatever reason. You had a cool idea, you kicked it around, got excited about it... And then one person can't make it. Maybe you'll adapt the ideas for another group years later. (Or, as I've tried doing, turned it into a solo game...