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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 404850" data-attributes="member: 172">Other fantasy RPGs I have played:Ars Magica - based on dark ages Europe with a mythical twist, mages are intentionally more powerful, flexible magic system, proposed a &quot;troupe&quot; style of play that never took off in any groups I played with.Elfquest - BRP based game based on the Elfquest comics. A little limited, but was fun to play a few times.Stormbringer/Elric - BRP based games based on Moorcock's Elric novels. Stormbringer was more munchky; Elric was more balanced.Warhammer FRP - Gritty RPG. Combat is pretty gory. World is sort of cool, but a bit close to Earth. Really do not like the system.Harnmaster - Low fantasy RPG with some neat cultural religion notes and an interesting damage system. I really don't like the skills and resolution system, and the anal feel of the world is not for me.Fantasy Hero - Based on the Hero system, had a stand alone version and a sourcebook version for Hero 4e. The sourcebook makes a great general sourcebook for fantasy. As a game, Hero is unmatched in its flexibility, but the power system frightened away some players from playing mages.Palladium Fantasy - Weak D&amp;D knock-off with a few stealable ideas. The &quot;old ones&quot; book is a great resource for quick towns &amp; cities for D&amp;D, but I would never play it as a game.Fifth Cycle - Game has an interesting &quot;spell tree&quot; magic system, but the rest of the game left a lot to be desired.Rolemaster - Nice game on paper, IME unplayable in actuality. Extremely tedious to make and advance characters.Arcanum - D&amp;D knock-off (a much better one that PFRPG), precursor to Talislanta. Had some interesting aspects and also served well as a D&amp;D sourcebook.Those are the big diversions; there are others that I owned but never played or only played once or twice. Of those, I liked fantasy hero the best, but it was above some players. After 3e hit, I have not seen a reason to play other fantasy games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 404850, member: 172"] Other fantasy RPGs I have played: Ars Magica - based on dark ages Europe with a mythical twist, mages are intentionally more powerful, flexible magic system, proposed a "troupe" style of play that never took off in any groups I played with. Elfquest - BRP based game based on the Elfquest comics. A little limited, but was fun to play a few times. Stormbringer/Elric - BRP based games based on Moorcock's Elric novels. Stormbringer was more munchky; Elric was more balanced. Warhammer FRP - Gritty RPG. Combat is pretty gory. World is sort of cool, but a bit close to Earth. Really do not like the system. Harnmaster - Low fantasy RPG with some neat cultural religion notes and an interesting damage system. I really don't like the skills and resolution system, and the anal feel of the world is not for me. Fantasy Hero - Based on the Hero system, had a stand alone version and a sourcebook version for Hero 4e. The sourcebook makes a great general sourcebook for fantasy. As a game, Hero is unmatched in its flexibility, but the power system frightened away some players from playing mages. Palladium Fantasy - Weak D&D knock-off with a few stealable ideas. The "old ones" book is a great resource for quick towns & cities for D&D, but I would never play it as a game. Fifth Cycle - Game has an interesting "spell tree" magic system, but the rest of the game left a lot to be desired. Rolemaster - Nice game on paper, IME unplayable in actuality. Extremely tedious to make and advance characters. Arcanum - D&D knock-off (a much better one that PFRPG), precursor to Talislanta. Had some interesting aspects and also served well as a D&D sourcebook. Those are the big diversions; there are others that I owned but never played or only played once or twice. Of those, I liked fantasy hero the best, but it was above some players. After 3e hit, I have not seen a reason to play other fantasy games. [/QUOTE]

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