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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6069519" data-attributes="member: 27160">A few more "minor" games:PrimeTime AdventuresA very tightly focussed little game (the whole game comes in one little paperback book) about creating your own TV series - as a roleplaying campaign. A masterclass in how to have tightly specified rules - this is not a "freeform" game - for a game that is not in the least bit gamist (in any of the interpretations I have come accross of that word). Definitely no combat grids, tightly balanced and a real player-driven game; the players, including but not limited to the GM, frame scenes and set up conflicts, then choose goals in those conflicts and resolve them with the aid of randomisers. All conflicts - combat or otherwise - are resolved using the same system.Stengths: a great fun game with the right group, and excellent for showing how narrativist, player-driven story games can have tight, unambiguous rules. Plus you get to give each other fan mail <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />Weaknesses: longtime, dyed-in-the-wool gamers can have trouble "getting" this game. It's not "simulationist" of any stripe and the systems are (a) not process based and (b) rely on the players, not just the GM. Try Fiasco first, maybe, then this.DragonQuestNot the old TSR boardgame, but the even older SPI roleplaying game. Long out of print, but well worth picking up second-hand if you can. There were three editions; the second was arguably the best, but they are really not all that far different.Tactical play done right, in a very early incarnation. Used experience points and levels, but for individual skills, spells and weapons, not for character classes. Has a "hit point" system with "fatigue" and "endurance" to represent "luck and evasion" and "physical wounds", respectively. Magic users have "colleges" that give access to a specific, limited selection of spells.Strengths: if you want a bit more "realism" than D&D, but not as much as Hârn nor as far from mainstream fantasy as RuneQuest, this might be the system for you. Easy to do vanilla fantasy with - I converted several classic D&D monsters to DQ, back in the day. Good for simulationism lovers who want a tight, clear ruleset.Weaknesses: showing its age a little, in that it uses none of the 'modern' tweaks and developments in RPG systems. Taking magic use is a bit of a no-brainer, unless you just can't be bothered with the hassle, but at least the "uber-archmage" doesn't develop, since to get really good at a wide range of magic takes a LOT of experience points. May be difficult to get hold of for a reasonable price.BushidoThe start of Bob Charrette and Paul Hume's FGU system that was later used for "Daredevils" and "Aftermath". A focussed game set in mythic feudal Japan/Nippon - before Legends of the Five rings was even a glimmer in anybody's eye! Uses an intriguing mix of levels (limited to six - decades before E6!) and skill training; you train in a skill to get a score of 1-20, then add your level if the skill is a "class skill" for your character. Advance in levels by gaining both "budo" (experience) and "on" (honour/face) - and lose levels if you lose too much of the latter!Strengths: captures a samurai film vibe really well. The system is simple and gives cinematic outcomes while remaining very "sensical". Very nice systems to support the GM in making places like lairs, cities, castles, villages and so on. Has ninja and it makes perfect sense for them to be there! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Weaknesses: specific to mythic Nippon. May be difficult to get at a reasonable price in a print version, but DTRPG have it as a PDF for ten bucks right now.</blockquote>

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