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Here's another recommendation for Savage Worlds. I think it's greatest strength is that is has enough complexity to keep the interested in the game-within-a-game of character definition & advancement while still keeping things simple enough for the GM to very easily run the game. You can try...

When I dream about playing a fantasy game, I imagine I'm going to be like Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: willing to go to great lengths to destroy evil and helped in that endeavor by heroic allies. When I actually play such a game, I usually wind up feeling like Bilbo in The Hobbit: helping...

1, 2, 3 & 7. Good reads.

Good idea. I'll put something halloween-y in my regular game that week.

I like movie soundtracks. Conan (original) is great for fantasy. Star Wars for that game. One time we accidentally called a star destroyer and the DM played the Imperial march when Lord Vader appeared on the holo-projector. That was scary. I even scare myself with the Predator 2 soundtrack...

For me, D&D (d20) does fantasy very well and can be adapted to a few other genres very well: Omega World (post apocalyptic), Star Wars (sci-fi) and Judge Dredd (post-apoc/sci-fi). For everything else, there's Savage Worlds. Try it free here: http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/SWEX/TD06.pdf

After many years, I can tell you the 3 things that I need to run a game nowadays: 1) Accessible rules. 2) Compelling story. 3) Painted miniatures.

I voted 3, 1 GM + 2 players, because that is the current size of our group. It has been 3 for a couple of years and probably will be indefinitely. We've been playing a lot of Savage Worlds which works well for 2 heroes with a few extras. That game could accommodate any number of players...

Again, too dark. It would work better for me if the girl ghost simply stated that she sought redemption or revenge for certain "outrages" by these various people. It is the graphic details that make it too much.

This is too dark. For me, on a fantasy literary spectrum Howard is just right but Lovecraft is a too horrific (and it's not even graphic). Adventure 1 as you propose is too much, for me, and I would not care to support it or the companies involved. Adventure 2 is tolerable for the justice...

For me, Savage Worlds is a superior game in many ways. Mainly, it keeps the rules simple enough to be easy to GM but complex enough to keep the players interested in the character advancement mini-game. I think WotC should strive to a similar design model for D&D. And, I believe it can be...

Back in 2e, after the party survived The Silver Key, a some-times player came back to the game. The mage was killed in the orc city, and they unwisely left his body behind. I reasoned that the orc king had his greater doppleganger learn everything by eating the mage's brains. The mage player...

My advice on playing a paladin is not to. I was super excited a few years ago about the chance to play a dwarf paladin in the last D&D game our group ran. In my mind, he was to be a scourge of evil and effective warrior. In reality, I was very under-powered and largely ineffective. Even with...

The colonial marines from Aliens have featured in several military and sci-fi campaigns that I have run. Hicks always has a spare shotgun and manages to survive, Hudson is handy but whiny ("Game over, man!"), Apone is a grizzled veteran, Gorman is a green lieutnenant, Drake & Vasquez have heavy...

Also, here is Dark Heresy: Fantasy Flight Games [News] - Free Demo: Shattered Hope Rogue Trader: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/rogue-trader/support/PDF/Forsaken%20Bounty.pdf and Deathwatch: Fantasy Flight Games [News] - Don Your Wargear

I suggest Savage Worlds. You can get The Wild Hunt here: Welcome to Pinnacle's Weird Website! Or go to this page and get the latest Test Drive rules: Pinnacle Entertainment Group Downloads There are lots of one-sheet adventures there, too.

I only had 2 players, too. I let them run a few "extras" - mainly dabbers. That way, they had some extra firepower and expendable soldiers. I even used little green army men to represent them since the new art gives them a sort of "Sgt. Rock" look. And, the PCs remain more "powerful". More...

I also was wondering what the goal is. Having done several d20 mash-ups & conversions, I can tell you it didn't work well most of the time. My suggestion would be to figure out what you want to do with the game, preferably starting with deciding what kind of story you want to tell, and then...

We were always looking for a way to recharge energy clips in our Rifts games.

Good scoop.