Is there one RPG to rule them all? What version?

[infinityman]

Hello. No correct answer, but there are so many these days.

Gamma World 3rd edition remains my favorite.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Zweihander holds great promise as a system, but their follow-on material is weak.

 

[GMMichael]

LARPing

 

[MNblockhead]

Cortex Prime. You can build any kind of game you want, but much more steamlined and easy to work with than GURPS.

 

[overgeeked]

Over the Edge 3rd Edition. You can do anything you want. It's ultra-light and simple. The whole thing could fit on one side of a sheet of paper. It's so good I don't want to bother with other systems anymore.

 

[infinityman]

LARPing

With a specific system?

 

[infinityman]

Over the Edge 3rd Edition. You can do anything you want. It's ultra-light and simple. The whole thing could fit on one side of a sheet of paper. It's so good I don't want to bother with other systems anymore.

Cool, who makes it?

 

[infinityman]

Cortex Prime. You can build any kind of game you want, but much more steamlined and easy to work with than GURPS.

Never heard of it.

 

[overgeeked]

Cool, who makes it?

Atlas Games.

Over the Edge

The roleplaying game of surreal danger.

atlas-games.com

 

[Mezuka]

Powered by the Apocalypse and variant systems it spawned. I only played once and saw its great potential. I would need to participate in more sessions as a player before I would feel confident enough the run a game.

 

[Crusadius]

The One Ring. Because that's what is written on the inside.

(The) One Ring to rule them all, (The) One Ring to find them, (The) One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

But I guess if you manage to throw all copies into Mount Doom there could be another.

 

[Fenris-77]

This is destined for a flamewar, but it's not an odd question. I don't play it much, but I really like the Cepheus Engine as a solid all-comers kind of system that can handle most genres. It's a little but more flexible than standard OSR products for handling things like harder sci-fi.

 

[infinityman]

This is destined for a flamewar, but it's not an odd question. I don't play it much, but I really like the Cepheus Engine as a solid all-comers kind of system that can handle most genres. It's a little but more flexible than standard OSR products for handling things like harder sci-fi.

I don't think so. At least, I'm not interested in dogging anyone's interests, just curious. Never used it. I'll give it a look!

 

[Egon Spengler]

OD&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

 

[Fenris-77]

I don't think so. At least, I'm not interested in dogging anyone's interests, just curious. Never used it. I'll give it a look!

Cepheus is an SRD treatment of the Traveller rules. A bunch of systems have used to good effect and it's base 2d6 mechanic is quite flexible.

 

[overgeeked]

Arneson's Blackmoor is the only true game. OD&D is just a poor imitation of the real thing.

 

[infinityman]

Arneson's Blackmoor is the only true game. OD&D is just a poor imitation of the real thing.

I like that, but I'm not so sure. Dave's gave was rock, paper, scissors.

 

[infinityman]

You ever read those books?

 

[Thomas Shey]

I don't particularly believe a single game system will serve for all purposes these days, but if I was forced to choose a single one, I'd likely chose one I don't actually use much these days, because it'd produce less problems in less areas: the Hero System.

 

[Fenris-77]

Blargh, no offense.