Not D&D

[Mishihari Lord]

I really like Traveller LBB. It perfectly captures the feel of the SF I grew up reading, books like Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy and Norton's Zero Stone and Uncharted Stars.

If there was more discussion on games other than D&D on this site, I probably wouldn't go anywhere else. This is my favorite online community but there's lots of stuff that just doesn't get talked about here.

 

[scourger]

Savage Worlds for me, too. I've run several games in different genres, and all were fun. My prep time is decreased by about 90%, which is critical. It's a blast to pay, too; which is not a coincidence. You can even try it free: http://www.peginc.com/freebies/SWcore/TD06.pdf

 

[Bedrockgames]

Savage Worlds for me, too. I've run several games in different genres, and all were fun. My prep time is decreased by about 90%, which is critical. It's a blast to pay, too; which is not a coincidence. You can even try it free: http://www.peginc.com/freebies/SWcore/TD06.pdf

Awesome for Pirates of the Carribean campaign. I don't think there is a better system for that style of play.

 

[Ahzad]

for me hands down my favorite rpg after 30+ years is Spycraft/Fantasycraft. No other system has ever really gotten it right in terms of what i like in mechanics. i don't think there's anything in there that i don't like.

 

[Lwaxy]

I suppose the Star Trek and Star Wars d20 would fall under D&D.

Savage Worlds for me, then.

 

[mach1.9pants]

The One Ring is the first game that actually emulates the books rather than just using X system with a Tolkien skin. Add Mistborn to that as well

Both great systems that are no where near DnD

Honour + Intrigue is BoL (another great game) in the swashbuckling era, check it out

 

[Dice4Hire]

Well, I have always liked Deadlands, the original version. Sure, it is clunky in some ways, and has a lot of weird interactions, but it just plays so differently from D&D.

If I play another game, I do not want it to be 90% like D&D, but a whole different experience.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

The original Palladium Fantasy RPG for me. But then, I haven't even seen most of the newer games, let alone played them, so maybe I could be convinced otherwise.

 

[rptroll]

It's Savage Worlds for me as well. I've played a number of genres and it handled them all well. The other factor for me is the Pinnacle staff who are always helpful and friendly.

They keep a tight reign on their forums as well so there is very little trolling. Clint Black is their core rules manager with a lot of industry connections. He says if you're slamming another system you're probably dissing a friend of his so ie doesn't allow those sorts pf posts.

As stated earlier, the setup time is greatly reduced to run a game which is vital for me these days. The time to run an encounter is reduced as well so you get more gaming in per session.

The other thing I love is the time it takes to advance a character: about 2 minutes

 

[Elf Witch]

I am huge Shadowrun fan. A caveat anything issue before the latest one that is. I love the way they do magic and that characters start out competent and never get so powerful that they can walk all over everyone else in the world.

I also really like Spycraft/ Stargate I have run several Stargate games as well as Nikita/Alias style campaign with Spycraft.