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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4769013" data-attributes="member: 2012">Time for a new thread topic yet related to my other "<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/252457-tell-me-about-these-older-edition-products-old-list.html" target="_blank">tell</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/254380-tell-me-about-these-older-edition-d-d-products-revised-list.html" target="_blank">me</a>" threads.More and more I've been thinking about RPGs that existed before I began playing D&D. I cut my teeth on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition. Before that game, I neve knew much about gaming beyond seeing a friend's copy of 1e Oriental Adventures, which made me catch the gaming bug.I knew nothing of other games. I lived in a <a href="http://www.forestburg.ca/" target="_blank">small, isolated town</a> with a very limited gaming scene. I knew nothing of Ars Magica, Battletech, Cyberpunk, Elfquest, GURPS, Harn, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/254766-tell-me-about-palladium-fantasy-1st-edition-plus-palladiums-other-books.html" target="_blank">Palladium</a>, Pendragon, Rolemaster, Runequest, Shadowrun, Skyrealms of Jorune (*), Space 1889, Talislanta, Thieves' World, Traveller, Villains & Vigilantes, Warhammer, Wilderlands (*), etc. *I'm now a huge fan of these RPGs.For me, AD&D 2e was gaming and that shaped my love of the game and gaming. I gained a lot of exposure to other game systems after I moved into the city in 1992, but I rarely bought anything besides D&D 2e.I gained an interest in some of TSR's other RPGs. Gamma World was great, but I only bought a few of the sourcebooks for Fourth Edition. I soon knew what Boot Hill, Star Frontiers, and Top Secret were and Marvel Super Heroes as well. I bought books for Amazing Engine and Buck Rogers - XXVc The 25th Century but I eventually let them go, and the Gamma World books too. (I kept several "key" Alternity books, however.)I dove into FASA's Earthdawn and dabbled with Battletech. However, I never convinced my friends to play those games. (I didn't push very hard. I had enough trouble getting them to play D&D.)Now... it's 2009, and I'm starting to gain a real interest in Old School games. I've been delving into <a href="http://www.acaeum.com/" target="_blank">The Acaeum</a> and <a href="http://www.waynesbooks.com/" target="_blank">Wayne's Books & Old School Games</a> web sites.However, there is so much that I'm getting lost in the maze of products, especially on the Wayne's Books site. There are still many of the RPGs listed on that site that I've never heard of (i.e. Bushido; High Fantasy; Living Steel; Man, Myth & Magic; Midkemia; Powers & Perils; etc). Plus, I know very little about the other games I've listed. I guess I've been a D&D fanboy for far too long.So, what I'm looking for on this thread is advice. Tell me about your favorite RPG that came out before 1990. (Heck, tell me about your favorite non-D&D RPG that came out before the year 2000!) What was good? What was bad? What was so bad that it was good?Let the mayhem begin,Cheers!Knightfall</blockquote>

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