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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 6104001" data-attributes="member: 27897">I mentioned Alternity not because it was a recent offering but because it was something a bit different that I found to be very playable, that got very little after release support. Dark Conspiracy had similar issues, being of around the same vintage.I tried Pathfinder. I like running the game. I like the subtle fixes to the 3e system. I like the adventure path concept. I didn't like having to pick through story text at key encounter moments to find critical information, that really should have been stated, or at least restated, in encounter text. It's incredibly frustrating to have read a module 2 or three times, know that you read something somewhere, and not be able to find it when it's important. If I had the time to develop my own adventures, I'd likely be running a Pathfinder campaign. I may even go back to it, if I can work around the previously stated issue. At the moment I'm running out the final levels of a 4e Epic campaign.We're currently considering ICONS, with another one of our group considering the running of it. The issue from where I sit, though, is that the glossier, better developed, large publishing house games tend to involve the release of the game itself, a few pieces of world support material, then not a bloody thing else. I was quite let down by a Star Trek game that came out a little while back, that had a simple d6 + skill mechanic, that provided a metric tonne of glossy faction and ship books, but no adventure support. It looked like it might be infinitely playable and have simple mechanics that would leverage role play over roll play, but it went nowhere. Yes, I know; 10 years ago.</blockquote>

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