One FRPG besides D&D

[Crothian]

At the current time d20 is the only fantasy system, and pretty much the only gaming system, I'm happy with. I doubt I'd play something else.

 

[Sulimo]

Rolemaster. Then again I've been playing Rolemaster in preference to all other fantasy games for years now anyway.

Although, I am finally getting to play in a 3e game though. And strangely enough it is another 'Golden Age' setting.

Actually, there are heaps of games I'd love to play but I just don't have enough time or people. Some of which include: Earthdawn, Shadowrun, Deadlands, Feng Shui, SpaceMaster, CoC (BRP)....

 

[Sulimo]

Easy enough, pard.

Deadlands.

The rootinest, tootinest, walkin'-dead shootinest, demented-western RPG north, south, east, AAAAAAND west of the Pecos.

Yeah. I love that game. Unfortunately all the gamers I know are city-folk and just cant get into Deadlands...although some did really enjoy Doomdown.

 

[JeffB]

If we are talking strictly Fantasy that I can answer absolutely, positively, no questions asked, no bones about it...


Runequest 2

It's my fave RPG EVER!

Second and third choices for Fantasy would be EarthDawn, and Rolemaster.

Now if we include other genres than

2cnd behind RQ2 would be Call of Cthulhu (BRP version).

and taking third would probably be Espionage/Justice, Inc from Hero games, or Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes from FBI/Blade.

 

[sawbones]

I would definitely go with Ars Magica, finding players who will commit to the time and development for a good ArM campaign is a bit trickier

Grant Kinsley MD

 

[WayneLigon]

Either a Vampire the Dark Ages game with no vampires, set in a fantasy world where heroes can learn the disciplines.

I did that with the basic 1rst Ed Vampire rules once; a world based on Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint. It served very well.

I think if I had to choose one fantasy system other than D&D it would have to be either GURPS or Fantasy Hero.

 

[GuardianLurker]

Are we talking "desert island"-one-rpg? Or are we assuming "modern civilization"-one-rpg? Because the answers are very different.

If all I've got is a collection of pencils, sufficient paper, dice, and the rules - it would have to be the MEGS DC Heroes (now Blood of Heroes). Yeah, it's a supers RPG, but I can abuse it sufficiently for just about any genre.

If I have all the supporting structure of modern civilization - it would have to be Rolemaster (once I automate combat on a PC). Without a computer, I'd probably have to fall back to Fantasy Hero.

 

[Dinkeldog]

Definitely Earthdawn. Give me a second choice, and I'll add Ars Magica to the list.

 

[Agback]

Hindsight?

HindSight is, strictly speaking, the fantasy extension of ForeSight, a realistic SF/general-purpose RPG designed and published by Tonio Loewald. I picked up ForeSight in 1986 and HindSight in 1988, and they have been my standbys ever since, though I have dabbled with over forty other RPGs from time to time.

ForeSight/HindSight is obscure, I admit, but no other RPG has rules that cover so many of the activities of adventure stories in all genres, let alone with such uniformity and elegance.

Regards,


Agback

 

[madriel]

I enjoyed playing WFRPG. That and the different editions of D&D are the only fantasy RPGs I've played more than once or twice. When we take a break from D&D, we play sci-fi RPGs.