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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowlord" data-source="post: 923131" data-attributes="member: 10445">You're the one who catched my thoughts the best. Now I have to know WHAT other RPGs I could play (for a while).My short story: In the beginning, before I played any d&amp;d, we played very spontaneously and had lots of fun. But we wanted more, we wanted to explore some options we couldn't find in those &quot;basic&quot; RPGs. And then I found d20 some years ago. Lots of possibilities, yet pretty easy to learn. Perfect! Or so I thought. After two years of &quot;more prestige classes, more feats, more silly monsters and more stuff I never needed&quot;, d20 (and D&amp;D) failed me. It became munchkins paradise. Now I realize what I liked so much in the very beginnings about RPGs; it's not the endless options, not the rules, it's the game itself when played with friends. That is, a deep story and some fun character play. This basic element seems to be undermined today in those limitless d20 products. All these options don't make the game (or setting) more believable; to the contrary! I don't need all this! So let's get back to the basics!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowlord, post: 923131, member: 10445"] You're the one who catched my thoughts the best. Now I have to know WHAT other RPGs I could play (for a while). My short story: In the beginning, before I played any d&d, we played very spontaneously and had lots of fun. But we wanted more, we wanted to explore some options we couldn't find in those "basic" RPGs. And then I found d20 some years ago. Lots of possibilities, yet pretty easy to learn. Perfect! Or so I thought. After two years of "more prestige classes, more feats, more silly monsters and more stuff I never needed", d20 (and D&D) failed me. It became munchkins paradise. Now I realize what I liked so much in the very beginnings about RPGs; it's not the endless options, not the rules, it's the game itself when played with friends. That is, a deep story and some fun character play. This basic element seems to be undermined today in those limitless d20 products. All these options don't make the game (or setting) more believable; to the contrary! I don't need all this! So let's get back to the basics! [/QUOTE]

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