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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 3660864" data-attributes="member: 17596">1. <a href="http://www.l5r.com/products/rpg" target="_blank">Legend of the Five Rings</a> (Third Edition), AEG I've been with Legend of the Five Rings since the first edition debuted roughly ten years ago. I never played the CCG, but I've always been a fan of samurai films and stories. Unfortunately, that love was never shared by my players, so for me L5R became a selfish pleasure, bought only for the enjoyment of reading the material. Thankfully, the characters and storylines were amazing and I enjoyed the mix of various eastern cultures with strong fantasy elements. As someone who has all three editions of L5R on his shelf, I can safely say that Legend of the Five Rings (Third Edition) is the best of the lot. While I wouldn't want to give up the earlier editions, this is the one to use if you're running the game.2. <a href="http://www.judgesguild.com/products.html" target="_blank">Wilderlands of High Fantasy</a> (boxed set), Necromancer GamesI came late to the Wilderlands party, having only discovered it last year after taking a chance on ordering the boxed set online...having never seen the product. It was an investment that paid off big time. With eighteen maps and about five-hundred pages of material on the setting alone, you could probably play in the Wilderlands for the rest of your life and never see it all. It's not that the area is terribly large (roughly the size of the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding lands), but there is an abundance of detail and layers of history to give a Wilderlands campaign lasting appeal. It won't do you much good without The Player's Guide to the Wilderlands, however, so pick that up as well.3. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones_(role-playing_game)" target="_blank">A Game of Thrones</a> RPG, Guardians of Order Alright, so I haven't gotten to play this game yet, but having read through it I certainly enjoy its style. It helps if you've read the ongoing George R.R. Martin series that begins with the novel of the same name, but it's not entirely neccessary as the corebook contains mounds of background information. I really enjoy the way classes are handled in this d20 variant and have considered using it as a basis to overhaul the base classes in the PHB. If you like classic fantasy, intriguing plots, unique characters, epic storytelling and cliffhangers galore...this is the game for you. While I hope Green Ronin can do something with it now that it's in their hands, it's hard to imagine they can top this version.4. <a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3019" target="_blank">Tome of Horrors</a> (revised 3.5 .pdf), Necromancer Games I bought the original Tome of Horrors (3.0) several years back and for one reason or another I ended up selling it. I'm still not sure why, exactly, and I could have kicked myself for it later. It's not that I used it that much at the time, but after I picked up Wilderlands of High Fantasy, I realized just how important it was going to be that I found the book again. When I realized it was no longer available in print form I was at least relieved to find out I could get an updated 3.5 version .pdf file for only $9.99. I still prefer print versions of books (and would snatch up a new version in a moment if they decide to print one), but this is probably the best .pdf file I've ever purchased. The layout is improved over the original version and makes printing out one creature at time easy and efficient. 5. <a href="http://www.kenzerco.com/aces_n_eights/" target="_blank">Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier</a>, Kenzer & CompanyI've never been a huge fan of westerns. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed some of the great movies like True Grit, The Magnificent Seven, Tombstone, and Dead Man, but I never really wanted to play a western rpg. Deadlands and Werewolf: The Wild West caught my eye, but only because of the other elements involved, not the idea of the west in and of itself. Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier is the book that changed all that for me. It's simply one of the best rpg products I've ever encountered and gives me hope about the future of gaming.</blockquote>

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