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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alaxk Knight of Galt" data-source="post: 4753859" data-attributes="member: 4129">Some non-WotC games I've enjoyed7th Sea (the d10 edition):  This game is great.  In my mind, it is the perfect cinematic rpg.  It takes 7 European countries at the various times in their history (Renaissance and pre-Renaissance eras), tosses in some pirates, and all sorts of interesting mysteries (ancient civilizations,religious mysteries, etc) and tosses them all together to make a wonderful setting.  I love both they system and the setting (though I do wish that that magic system wasn't tied so heavily to the setting).  Anytime a question of "what to play" comes up, I'm always recommending this.  While the game itself is out of print, you can buy the PDFs of the books through DriveThruRPG.Older Edition DnD:  I'm a big fan of 2E dnd (being born in `79, this edition was what introduced me to the game).  It has some great settings (if you don't want to homebrew) and, for me at least, captured a very gritty feel.  For me, 2E dnd is the gritty where 7th Sea was Cinematic.  If you wanted to go the free route ORSIC is out there and I think does a nice job of capturing the flavor of older editions.M&M / Champions:  Both of these games are great super hero games, allowing you to create virtually anything you can imagine.  M&M, for many gamers, is the friendly d20 title they will jump on (though I think Champions has a great system as well, I have found that many of the gamers I play with avoid non-d20 games).Savage Worlds:  I've yet to play the game itself, but what I've read of it I have really liked.  There is a wealth of books out there for it.  It is non-d20, so that my turn off some gamers (the argument of I don't want to learn a new system has been thrown at me more then once to my chagrin).</blockquote>

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