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<blockquote data-quote="Skyman" data-source="post: 3348761" data-attributes="member: 16427">I'll second A Game of Thrones, if you don't mind the 'low fantasy' and humans only aspects of the setting. The game's well designed, and the books it's based on (A Song of Ice and Fire) are my favorite fantasies. Time called the author, George RR Martin, 'The American Tolkien', but stylistically he's pretty much the opposite.It's quite gritty, and although the setting has some 'supernatural evils' it mainly focuses on human conflict. There are very few 'true heroes', and pretty much every character is flawed, with some definite antiheroes involved. Oh - and those antiheroes aren't just good guys who act rough, they've done bad things for real. The setting is very detailed and has plenty of areas for fun roleplaying. I've had a lot of fun with the RPG. The only case I'd not recommend it is if you want a really combat focused game (it'd be hard for the players to survive fight after fight) or want lots of fantastical elements.If you want high-octane adventure but without the Tolkienesque setting, I'll also second Iron Heroes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 3348761, member: 16427"] I'll second A Game of Thrones, if you don't mind the 'low fantasy' and humans only aspects of the setting. The game's well designed, and the books it's based on (A Song of Ice and Fire) are my favorite fantasies. Time called the author, George RR Martin, 'The American Tolkien', but stylistically he's pretty much the opposite. It's quite gritty, and although the setting has some 'supernatural evils' it mainly focuses on human conflict. There are very few 'true heroes', and pretty much every character is flawed, with some definite antiheroes involved. Oh - and those antiheroes aren't just good guys who act rough, they've done bad things for real. The setting is very detailed and has plenty of areas for fun roleplaying. I've had a lot of fun with the RPG. The only case I'd not recommend it is if you want a really combat focused game (it'd be hard for the players to survive fight after fight) or want lots of fantastical elements. If you want high-octane adventure but without the Tolkienesque setting, I'll also second Iron Heroes. [/QUOTE]

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