Mercurius
Legend
I don't think it does go without saying. Many people around here swear they *won't* play a specific edition of D&D, or will only play some one specific game. Lots of people around here are kinda picky a out what game they play. I'm about the opposite of that.
No doubt! Yeah, I hear you. I would much rather play my non-favorite edition of D&D (from a rules perspective) with an excellent DM and group of players than my favorite edition with a bunch of nincompoops.
I'm not being flip here: One with good people, that lasts more than six months. I'm the GM for my group. While I get to play in one-shots in game days, and I have played in some campaign larps, I don't get to play tabletop campaigns much these days. So, being a game I can play in far, far outstrips the system concern.
Fair enough. I'm not quite as broad as you in that I'm probably not what one could call a "true roleplayer," that is someone that will play anything, that the roleplaying is more important than the genre, themes, etc. I'm more of a fan of fantasy and science fiction than roleplaying itself, so in that sense I don't think I'd be all that excited by the idea of playing My Little Pony: the RPG or Bunny: the Nibbling.
But it really is a balance. For instance, I'm not a huge Cthulhu fan - I'm rather indifferent - but I'd rather play in a Cthulhu game with a good group than a D&D group with a bad group.
But the reason I rephrased the question is that I think you answered a different question. The point of this thread was to hear what themes, campaigns, ideas, etc, people find really inspiring, that they yearn to play in. In that sense it is less about the game and more about the type of game or campaign or story they want to experience.