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[Crothian]

Yeah. Yawn. Where are all the really vibrant and interesting games made by companies that don't get a lot of press? Where's the My Life With Master of 2004?

so, what new games of 2004 would you place in here then?

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Ars Magica, the only one that interests me on the list.

The Auld Grump

 

[Lord Rasputin]

Well, GURPS Basic 4th, easy choice. Best RPG ever made. An improvement over the 3rd edition.

A small improvement. I'd take the new Ars Magica next, and The Authority next by default, even though I've never even seen it. I don't think the D&D Basic Set should even be considered as it's a reduced repackaging of the full D&D game, and I hate World of Darkness. Too much whining, too little roleplaying.

This, folks, is a really pathetic list. We have three upgrades of venerable industry stalwarts, and a reduced version of a fourth (and really, the D&D Basic Game shouldn't count, not even being a new version, but rather different packaging). And though superhero games are not my cup of tea (the closest I ever come is Epic D&D, which has always struck me as being very superheroesy), I really wouldn't mind if The Authority won, being as that it the only actually new game on the list.

 

[arwink]

The World of Darkness System.

If they can take a system that I have scorned for about a decade and succesfully re-write it so that I'm now eagerly anticipating the chance to run it, they're doing something right.

And the production values on the book are downright beautiful.

 

[Mokona]

Voting for the Origins Awards People's Choice Awards (that's a mouthful) closes on the 25th (Wednesday). Vote now if you want to be heard.