OK, here's my can o' worms question!

[AIM-54]

I voted for any RPG as long as its fun. I'm one of those people that likes variety and, further, find that I get bored with any one game or system if I have to play it all the time. Shadowrun is my game of choice, 1) because I love the universe, 2) I love the system despite its quirks and 3) I don't get to play it much, so it's easy to be excited about it.

I also just plain enjoy trying out and playing new systems. To use Eric's metaphor, I like learning new languages. IRL, that's also true, I find there's little more exciting than being able to speak different languages competently (though I don't have much opportunity to pick new ones up these days, but there's a bunch I'm interested in), and that goes for my gaming, too. Although I'm currently rather burned out on d20, given an opportunity to play other games for awhile, I'd be more than happy coming back to it and getting as much enjoyment out of it as I will any other game.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

I'll play anything, so longs as its fun.

That doesn't mean I don't have prefer certain games/systems for different genres, though. I don't think I'd do Wild West with anything other than original Deadlands, for example.

DM'ing is another issue though, as I like to keep things in the d20 arena to make it easier for the casual players who don't get heavy into rules, but like to know what's going on.

 

[Crothian]

I mostly play 3.5 but am very open to other systems and looking forward to other games in the future

 

[Gentlegamer]

Dungeons & Dragons [current edition] is the one true game. All previous editions were just attempts to achieve this level of excellence.

I agree, the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the Rules Cyclopedia, is the best version of the game. Unfortunately, TSR discontinued the D&D line in the mid-90s.

By the way, weren't you the one asking if one can express game preference without making reference to other versions?

 

[rogueattorney]

If I like the DM and like the group, I'll play anything. I really can't think of any exceptions.

As for running, I need to like working with the rule set. This puts 3e pretty far down the list of games I'd like to run.

R.A.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I will play anything as long as it is fun, at this time d20 3.5 and Warhammer.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Anything as long as it's fun.

I had been playing a houseruled 3.0/3.5 game for some time, but for various reasons I stepped out. Currently I'm running an Exalted game and finding that it can do a lot things better than D&D.

The current problem with D&D at the moment for me is that it encourages (and I use that word carefully and understand that play styles can make a huge difference) the gaining-in-power-and-getting-new-stuff kind of play. It lacks a good ruleset to encourage a heavily political, RP based game compared to Exalted, and so I've made the change.

However, I've also just come across a ruleset which is even more rules-light and is aimed around creating a game like unto a Prime-Time TV show a la Buffy, Six Feet Under, Firefly, which looks very interesting.

But I still have an old burning ambition to play in a Paranoia game - even if it's short lived!

 

[Ranes]

I don't have time to devote to more than one traditional RPG, so D&D is it. Other systems have their qualities, to be sure, but I'm interested in designing adventures in which PCs kill monsters and take their stuff. D&D gives me that and a nostalgia trip. I'll only play 3.5. I don't have anything against the previous editions. I just really like the current ruleset.

 

[Mercule]

I'm a gaming slut. I'll play almost anything.

3.5 is the best D&D, yet. I'd play the older editions, but only if there wasn't anything else going on -- I left 'em once and could do it again, probably for Fantasy Hero.

I wish I had more time. I'm DMing a 3.5 campaign right now, but I'd also love to play in a 3.5 game. And, I'd dying to try the new WoD stuff, on either side of the screen.

 

[IronWolf]

I only play D&D and at the current time only 3.5 D&D. Not so much that I don't like other systems and genres as much as time is a limiting factor. So its D&D for as it is what I am most familiar with.