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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 3483474" data-attributes="member: 2673">- Exalted.&nbsp; Seriously, everyone should play Exalted at least once.&nbsp; Its sort of an over the top kitchen sink fantasy game, with wild kung-fu, 8 foot long swords, giant robots, flying machines, and all sorts of weirdness.&nbsp; Where D&amp;D is fantasy informed by Tolkien, Leiber, and Moorcock this is fantasy from Greek legends, anime, and hong kong martial arts movies.&nbsp; The PCs are demigods, reborn heroes of a lost age of wonder and are the last hope for all Creation.&nbsp; THe game system uses HUGE dice pools - having to roll a handful of 20d10 for an attack is not unheard of.&nbsp; It provides a sort of visceral feedback.&nbsp; Holding all those dice you think &quot;This is how much ass I kick!&quot;&nbsp; Add to that the stunting rules, which mean the cooler you describe your actions the better bonus you get.&nbsp; Great game.- All Flesh Must Be Eaten.&nbsp; Ever seen Dawn of the Dead?&nbsp; Its like that.&nbsp; The PCs are regular folks doing regular things when the world ends.&nbsp; The dead rise and begin to feast on the living.&nbsp; The core book provides several 'deadworlds' - different ways the zombies have risen.&nbsp; The zombie creation rules are excellent, allowing you to make just the flesh-eater your heart desires.&nbsp; The suppliments take the game to other genres - by getting Enter the Zombie, Fistful of Zombies, or Dungeons &amp; Zombies you can take the undead fighting to martial arts action, western, or fantasy games.- Hollow Earth Expedition.&nbsp; I've not gotten a chance to play this one, but it looks really cool.&nbsp; A pulp game, set in the early 30s, it features the Hollow World.&nbsp; By going through certain passages the characters wind up in the interior of earth, encountering all sorts of wonders like dinosaurs, Nazis, and lost Atlanteans.&nbsp; A pulp adventure game that really impressed me.- Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.&nbsp; If I could only play one RPG the rest of my life, it would be Buffy.&nbsp; You're a teenager at a normal high school, only your town is secretly a magnet for vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness.&nbsp; You, or maybe one of your classmates is the Chosen One, the one girl in all the world with the power and strength to fight back.&nbsp; It takes the pop culture gamer humor that invades every game and makes it in character.&nbsp; The system is slick and fast, the books are top quality.&nbsp; They are no longer being produced as Eden let the licence go, but are still widely available.&nbsp; If the whole high school thing doesn't do it for you, the related Angel game works well as a generic modern horror.Those are some of my favorites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 3483474, member: 2673"] - Exalted. Seriously, everyone should play Exalted at least once. Its sort of an over the top kitchen sink fantasy game, with wild kung-fu, 8 foot long swords, giant robots, flying machines, and all sorts of weirdness. Where D&D is fantasy informed by Tolkien, Leiber, and Moorcock this is fantasy from Greek legends, anime, and hong kong martial arts movies. The PCs are demigods, reborn heroes of a lost age of wonder and are the last hope for all Creation. THe game system uses HUGE dice pools - having to roll a handful of 20d10 for an attack is not unheard of. It provides a sort of visceral feedback. Holding all those dice you think "This is how much ass I kick!" Add to that the stunting rules, which mean the cooler you describe your actions the better bonus you get. Great game. - All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Ever seen Dawn of the Dead? Its like that. The PCs are regular folks doing regular things when the world ends. The dead rise and begin to feast on the living. The core book provides several 'deadworlds' - different ways the zombies have risen. The zombie creation rules are excellent, allowing you to make just the flesh-eater your heart desires. The suppliments take the game to other genres - by getting Enter the Zombie, Fistful of Zombies, or Dungeons & Zombies you can take the undead fighting to martial arts action, western, or fantasy games. - Hollow Earth Expedition. I've not gotten a chance to play this one, but it looks really cool. A pulp game, set in the early 30s, it features the Hollow World. By going through certain passages the characters wind up in the interior of earth, encountering all sorts of wonders like dinosaurs, Nazis, and lost Atlanteans. A pulp adventure game that really impressed me. - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. If I could only play one RPG the rest of my life, it would be Buffy. You're a teenager at a normal high school, only your town is secretly a magnet for vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness. You, or maybe one of your classmates is the Chosen One, the one girl in all the world with the power and strength to fight back. It takes the pop culture gamer humor that invades every game and makes it in character. The system is slick and fast, the books are top quality. They are no longer being produced as Eden let the licence go, but are still widely available. If the whole high school thing doesn't do it for you, the related Angel game works well as a generic modern horror. Those are some of my favorites. [/QUOTE]

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