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<blockquote data-quote="Professor Phobos" data-source="post: 3483589" data-attributes="member: 18883">This is the list of &quot;games I like&quot;, with some notes on why.1. The Unisystem Family. There are two primary variants- &quot;Cinematic&quot; and &quot;Classic&quot;, both are basically the same (Cinematic is a stripped down version of Classic). Used in: All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Conspiracy X, Witchcraft, Armageddon, Terra Primate, Buffy, Angel and Army of Darkness. The Unisystem is a fast, simple and extremely flexible system. It is extremely bland. It fades into the background immediately, never gets in the way, does exactly what it needs to do without asking for anything more. I love it dearly. I have to actively talk myself out of using it to try another game system. The only downside is that no generic book exists for it- AFMBE is the closest, being kind of like GURPS, only with zombies.2. GURPS. Not really my cup of tea, but the new edition is very good and consistent. SJGames pays more attention to quality editing and playtesting than virtually all other game companies, GURPS books are usually very well written, useful and comprehensive. Definitely worth checking out if you don't mind lots and lots of crunch.3. The World of Darkness: The nWoD is infinitely better than the old. Mage: The Awakening has some flaws, but the new Vampire, Werewolf, mortals game and Promethean are all fantastic. Lots of flavor. The Storytelling system is decent, especially if you like dice pools. Any line producing stuff like &quot;Intruders&quot; or &quot;Mysterious Places&quot; is deserving of praise. If you are at all interested in horror, this is the place to go.4. Warhammer FRP 2nd Edition: I'll let others speak to this one in more detail; I haven't played it yet.5. Spirit of the Century: Do you like fun? This is the finest pulp game ever made- even the guy who wrote Adventure! the previous title holder, says so! Lots and lots of games exist these days. Old classics like Call of Cthulhu, kooky indie games like Dogs in the Vineyard and the long awaited, long delayed but incredibly cool Wild Talents are all gracing the non-D20 gamer's scene.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Professor Phobos, post: 3483589, member: 18883"] This is the list of "games I like", with some notes on why. 1. The Unisystem Family. There are two primary variants- "Cinematic" and "Classic", both are basically the same (Cinematic is a stripped down version of Classic). Used in: All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Conspiracy X, Witchcraft, Armageddon, Terra Primate, Buffy, Angel and Army of Darkness. The Unisystem is a fast, simple and extremely flexible system. It is extremely bland. It fades into the background immediately, never gets in the way, does exactly what it needs to do without asking for anything more. I love it dearly. I have to actively talk myself out of using it to try another game system. The only downside is that no generic book exists for it- AFMBE is the closest, being kind of like GURPS, only with zombies. 2. GURPS. Not really my cup of tea, but the new edition is very good and consistent. SJGames pays more attention to quality editing and playtesting than virtually all other game companies, GURPS books are usually very well written, useful and comprehensive. Definitely worth checking out if you don't mind lots and lots of crunch. 3. The World of Darkness: The nWoD is [I]infinitely[/I] better than the old. Mage: The Awakening has some flaws, but the new Vampire, Werewolf, mortals game and Promethean are all fantastic. Lots of flavor. The Storytelling system is decent, especially if you like dice pools. Any line producing stuff like "Intruders" or "Mysterious Places" is deserving of praise. If you are at all interested in horror, this is the place to go. 4. Warhammer FRP 2nd Edition: I'll let others speak to this one in more detail; I haven't played it yet. 5. Spirit of the Century: Do you like fun? This is the finest pulp game ever made- even the guy who [I]wrote Adventure![/I] the previous title holder, says so! Lots and lots of games exist these days. Old classics like Call of Cthulhu, kooky indie games like Dogs in the Vineyard and the long awaited, long delayed but incredibly cool Wild Talents are all gracing the non-D20 gamer's scene. [/QUOTE]

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