Love at First Sight Top 5 Table Top RPGs

[zarionofarabel]

1) Pendragon [Best TTRPG ever made.]
2) Burning Wheel [Best player driven TTRPG.]
3) Mythras [Most realistic, but still gameable, combat engine.]
4) Dragonbane [Great BRP/RQ simplified version, good "old school" vibe without being yet another B/X clone.]
5) Mothership [Excellent pickup game for nights where the regular campaign ain't gonna happen cause players can't always make it.]

 

[thullgrim]

(1) D&D 3.x/PF1. We still play. I love it. In a long term relationship.
(2) GURPS I run a lot of GURPS - like an old married couple. We know each other. We don’t necessarily like everything about each other but we’re comfortable.
(3) FFG Genesys- brief but very intense affair.
(4) Savage Worlds- we’re on a break right now. It was friends favorite game and he passed a couple years ago. I haven’t been able to bring myself to run it since.
(5) Earthdawn- like the one that got away.

 

[Eric V]

AD&D 2e
13th Age
DC Heroes RPG 2e
Daggerheart
Sentinel Comics RPG

 

[bsss]

Ranked-ish order:

Cypher System
13th Age
D&D 4e
BESM (1e and 2e)
D&D 3e for a nostalgia pop, else Savage Worlds maybe? Honestly a couple other games could fit here. CthulhuTech as a dark horse pick.

 

[pemerton]

Burning Wheel
Rolemaster
Marvel Heroic RP
Traveller (1977)
Moldvay Basic

 

[MNblockhead]

1. Redbox D&D
2. Gamma World
3. Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 1st edition
4. InSPECTREs
5. D&D 5th Edition

Tough to choose, but in the spirit of the OP, these the games that were love at first play and which got really into. InSPECTREs is a weird one because while I love the game, it is one I pull out for one shots. It isn't a campaign game, so I have never put lots of hours into to it, but it is a game I'll pull out for low prep, immediate TTRPG zany, beer & pretzels fun.

 

[Spellslinging Sellsword]

Mentzer Basic and Expert D&D
AD&D 2E
Chivalry and Sorcery 3rd/4th
Fading Suns 1E/2E
Legend/Mythras

 

[MGibster]

• Legend of the Five Rings: I had no interest in an Asian inspired setting, let alone one based off a collectible card game, but it didn't take me long to fall in love once I started reading it. I simply loved everything about it with the notable exception of the Merchant's Guide to Rokugan. Although I've got to give them credit for pulling off a lie that actually makes sense within the context of the game.
• Deadlands: I've always enjoyed westerns, but I never thought I'd want to game in a setting gambling wizards, mad scientists, and undead gunslingers but it works and it works well. I still remember logging onto fansites in the late 1990s where people statted up characters from television shows like Rowdy Yates and Matt Dillon. Oh, and who can forget hearing all those great western themes in MIDI?
• Vampire the Masquerade: This might sound cheesy, but I was 15 when this was released and it felt like a game for "grown ups." The way they plugged the setting into the real world, including ties to Christian theology, just made it feel a bit more grounded than the games I typically played.
• Delta Green: This was actually my first exposure to Call of Cthulhu. As with Vampire, what I love most about this was how the setting tied into real world events and organizations as well as contemporary UFO conspiracy theories. Roswell really happened, but not how you think!
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: I was 13 when this was released and I actually started making enough "real" money that I could afford to purchase a lot of material. I played a little 1st edition, but this was the first game I owned a ton of books for.

 

[Muad'dib Pendragon]

AD&D
HarnMaster
L5R 4th
Pendragon
The One Ring

 

[billd91]

AD&D 1e
Villains and Vigilantes
Mutants and Masterminds
Call of Cthulhu
Al-Qadim