Any other good alternate history RPGs out there?

[Quickleaf]

I've heard Tales of the Caliphate Nights from Paradim Concepts is a pretty good Arabian historical fantasy setting; it even won honorable mention as best product in the 2007 ENNIES.

And I wrote it

 

[deinol]

I want to second Roma Imperious, I really enjoyed the main book.

GURPS does also have some excellent supplements that are worth reading even if you don't use the system itself.

 

[Grue]

Twilight 2000 or Dark Conspiracy. GDW's gone but I think you can pick up the pdfs from rpgnow. (Don't recall who licensed Twilight 2013).

Call of Cthulhu. Or for more Alien Space Bats and Other Magic there's Torg.

A WW2 point of departure based rpg...Reich Star (set in a future where the Nazis and Nippon win). I wouldn't call the rules decent but it's solidly alt history.

Hrmm...mayfair games' Underground. Technology from a crashed alien spaceship allows humanity to make superhumans in the near future (grim & satirical). The Castle Falkenstein core rulebook is prettier but it really is a colorful book.

Adventure! in White Wolf's trinity universe (or Aberrant for that matter).

 

[NiTessine]

Ah, I forgot to mention FVLMINATA. It's a roleplaying game set in an ancient Rome where they figured out black powder. They have guns in ancient Rome!

I thought the system, where the characters are defined by their humors and Roman virtues like gravitas, was pretty nifty in its own way.

 

[ArghMark]

2 of my favorite alt histories -

1. Ars Magica. Have to agree with the above poster, truly excellent system, and one which leads to having games that truly go to epic campaigns. Current game going 1.5 years.

I like to explain it like this: Europe in 1220 where the myths are true. Angels save, demons corrupt, faeries try to trap you and magic exists. Great setting, though some of the extra books are a little hit/miss.

2. Godlike: Great fun! Supers game in WW2, focus on the WW2. Could be run as a normals with teeny powers game or a higher power level. Expect some deaths.

 

[ArghMark]

2 of my favorite alt histories -

1. Ars Magica. Have to agree with the above poster, truly excellent system, and one which leads to having games that truly go to epic campaigns. Current game going 1.5 years.

I like to explain it like this: Europe in 1220 where the myths are true. Angels save, demons corrupt, faeries try to trap you and magic exists. Great setting, though some of the extra books are a little hit/miss.

2. Godlike: Great fun! Supers game in WW2, focus on the WW2. Could be run as a normals with teeny powers game or a higher power level. Expect some deaths.

 

[Thanael]

Shadowrun. Retro-SciFi-Cyberpunk-Fantasy mashup ftw. Can't beat the in-charactertalk in the sourcebook, chummer!

Dresden Files is a more recent one that I hear is quite good.