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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4802863" data-attributes="member: 13892"><a href="http://www.swordsandwizardry.com/" target="_blank">Swords &amp; Wizardry</a> — A spiffy 0e clone with multiple options for play, allowing for as much or as little streamlining as you like in a rule system. This is currently my preferred system for big magic adventure in the vein of movies like Krull, The Sword &amp; The Sorcerer, Hawk the Slayer, etc. It's like b-movie Hollywood for my table-top. <a href="http://www.powersandperils.org/" target="_blank">Powers &amp; Perils</a> — An old Avalon Hill offering that I previously dimissed as too complex and later came back to when I realized that it better served my interests than most games currently on the market. It falls somewhere between Swords &amp; Wizardry and HarnMaster on the verisimiltude spectrum. <a href="http://www.columbiagames.com/cgi-bin/query/cfg/allharnitems.cfg" target="_blank">Harn Master (3rd Edition)</a> — Like the old ad copy says, Harn Master is as real as you want it to be. Harn Master has a tighter focus on verisimilitude in design than any other fantasy RPG under the sun, which makes it my go to game for 'serious' fantasy and medieval roleplay. Think The Name of the Rose, the Brother Cadfael novels, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4802863, member: 13892"] [URL="http://www.swordsandwizardry.com/"]Swords & Wizardry[/URL] — A spiffy 0e clone with multiple options for play, allowing for as much or as little streamlining as you like in a rule system. This is currently my preferred system for big magic adventure in the vein of movies like Krull, The Sword & The Sorcerer, Hawk the Slayer, etc. It's like b-movie Hollywood for my table-top. [URL="http://www.powersandperils.org/"]Powers & Perils[/URL] — An old Avalon Hill offering that I previously dimissed as too complex and later came back to when I realized that it better served my interests than most games currently on the market. It falls somewhere between Swords & Wizardry and HarnMaster on the verisimiltude spectrum. [URL="http://www.columbiagames.com/cgi-bin/query/cfg/allharnitems.cfg"]Harn Master (3rd Edition)[/URL] — Like the old ad copy says, Harn Master is as real as you want it to be. Harn Master has a tighter focus on verisimilitude in design than any other fantasy RPG under the sun, which makes it my go to game for 'serious' fantasy and medieval roleplay. Think The Name of the Rose, the Brother Cadfael novels, etc. [/QUOTE]

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