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<blockquote data-quote="crazy_monkey1956" data-source="post: 3483506" data-attributes="member: 49514">Unfortunately a lot of the other, non-D20 systems are out of print these days.&nbsp; The major ones that I know of that are still in print...GURPS - Currently in its 4th Edition, by Steve Jackson Games.&nbsp; Been around almost as long as D&amp;D.&nbsp; I flirted with GURPS briefly back in the 90s but never really played it, so I can't tell you much more about it.&nbsp; For those who espouse its merits, it is a truly universal system that can tackle any genre.&nbsp; That's what they tell me anyway.Storyteller - The game system behind the &quot;new&quot; World of Darkness and its various setting/character books: Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening, and Promethean: The Created.&nbsp; Made by White Wolf, who also make Exalted, mentioned above.&nbsp; They have something new called Scion: Hero coming out soon, though I don't know much about it.&nbsp; I played a decent amount of the &quot;old&quot; World of Darkness, again back in the 90s.&nbsp; I don't know much about the new stuff and frankly what I've seen so far doesn't strike my fancy that much.&nbsp; Palladium - The game system (and the company) behind Rifts, Ninjas &amp; Superspies, Nightbane, Beyond the Supernatural, Heroes Unlimited, and several others.&nbsp; Rifts is the most famous and popular of the bunch, featuring a post-apocalyptic earth filled with fantasy monsters, sci-fi aliens, giant robots, pseudo-Nazis, and just about everything else you could imagine.&nbsp; The game system gets heavily criticized for being &quot;klunky&quot;, &quot;unwieldy&quot; or just downright broken, but the worlds are certainly imaginative.&nbsp; I played a lot of Rifts in the 90s and had fun with it, mainly for the kitchen sink, anything goes flavor to it.&nbsp; When you get to pit an anime style mech against an egyptian god, with a D&amp;D-esque dragon thrown in for the heck of it, it just tingles my inner munchkin.&nbsp; And giving the inner munchkin a tingle every so often isn't a bad thing.Those are the ones I know of that are still in print.&nbsp; There's more RPGs than you can shake a stick at that are out of print and hard to find.&nbsp; One of these days I'm going to buy up all the PDF versions of the old World of Darkness stuff.&nbsp; Someday...when I'm rich.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="crazy_monkey1956, post: 3483506, member: 49514"] Unfortunately a lot of the other, non-D20 systems are out of print these days. The major ones that I know of that are still in print... GURPS - Currently in its 4th Edition, by Steve Jackson Games. Been around almost as long as D&D. I flirted with GURPS briefly back in the 90s but never really played it, so I can't tell you much more about it. For those who espouse its merits, it is a truly universal system that can tackle any genre. That's what they tell me anyway. Storyteller - The game system behind the "new" World of Darkness and its various setting/character books: Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening, and Promethean: The Created. Made by White Wolf, who also make Exalted, mentioned above. They have something new called Scion: Hero coming out soon, though I don't know much about it. I played a decent amount of the "old" World of Darkness, again back in the 90s. I don't know much about the new stuff and frankly what I've seen so far doesn't strike my fancy that much. Palladium - The game system (and the company) behind Rifts, Ninjas & Superspies, Nightbane, Beyond the Supernatural, Heroes Unlimited, and several others. Rifts is the most famous and popular of the bunch, featuring a post-apocalyptic earth filled with fantasy monsters, sci-fi aliens, giant robots, pseudo-Nazis, and just about everything else you could imagine. The game system gets heavily criticized for being "klunky", "unwieldy" or just downright broken, but the worlds are certainly imaginative. I played a lot of Rifts in the 90s and had fun with it, mainly for the kitchen sink, anything goes flavor to it. When you get to pit an anime style mech against an egyptian god, with a D&D-esque dragon thrown in for the heck of it, it just tingles my inner munchkin. And giving the inner munchkin a tingle every so often isn't a bad thing. Those are the ones I know of that are still in print. There's more RPGs than you can shake a stick at that are out of print and hard to find. One of these days I'm going to buy up all the PDF versions of the old World of Darkness stuff. Someday...when I'm rich. [/QUOTE]

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