Favorite System that Never Caught On

[Fishbone]

What was your favorite system that never caught on?
Mine is Waste World. Lightning fast task resolution, gritty and hyper deadly combat system, and I loved the setting as being gleefully, unabashedly over the top.

 

[TheNovaLord]

SPI Dragonquest, (well it caught on a bit) till bought out and buried by those TSR scamps

excellent character creation, combat, spells and xp system

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Personally, I wish HERO had become more popular.

But I'm surprised that Steve Jackson's early work (Melee/Wizard/In the Labyrinth) had to become GURPS to actually reach a big audience. The game was dead simple- 3 stats- and PC generation took about 5 minutes.

I also liked Space 1889's setting (but it needed better mechanics) and Deadlands really should have done better.

 

[Odhanan]

The HeroWars/HeroQuest game that used Glorantha after RuneQuest could have been more popular, I think. It just requires a bit imagination and understanding between GM and players as far as the rules interpretations are concerned. I find the system pretty cool otherwise.

 

[Turjan]

The HeroWars/HeroQuest game that used Glorantha after RuneQuest could have been more popular, I think. It just requires a bit imagination and understanding between GM and players as far as the rules interpretations are concerned. I find the system pretty cool otherwise.

I agree. But, in part, I blame the writers/editors . HeroWars was an organizational catastrophe, and HeroQuest could still be better organized. And the silly examples don't help, either.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Alternity.

Though Waste World comes a close second allright

 

[Thotas]

Alternity is one of those games I bought, but I had no gaming group at the time and I still want to try it out. Even though the Farthest Star thing that the Spycraft folks are supposed to be coming out with (or did it come out while I wasn't looking?) looks like great space opera, I still want to try both.

 

[Jack Morgan]

Superworld. It was more rational than V&V and simpler than champions. I also liked Ringworld, both are BRP games, though, so I don't know that they count so much in the "never caught on" category.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'll back up that vote for Alternity.

That that game didn't fly off the shelf is one more indication to me that RPG players are wildly more interested in FRPGs than any other genre.

 

[DangerDwarf]

Talislanta.

I know it has a core of fans but I just wish it was a bigger fan base.

The game rocks.