What are your all time favorite rpg games, and why?

[pogre]

1. D&D - Just the main game these days. I play it at least once a week and I really enjoy it. There is just so much material available, and a lot of it is pretty decent.

2. WFRP - Played it for years - from 1986 to 3E.

3. Millennium's End - The mechanics - man I love that system.

4. Ars Magica - Starting a new campaign this December - I cannot wait! The whole troupe roleplaying idea is very cool - and the amount of player involvement really attracts me to the game. The magic system is a ton of fun as well.

 

[johnsemlak]

D&D





Why, because.


I guess I never really thought about it. I started with D&D. I've looked at a few other FRPGs (not many though) but was never really convinced.

I've never really been interested in RPGs in other genres, though I did dabble a bit in Star Frontiers long ago.

 

[Crothian]

Apparently you've never seen Tribe 8

Or I have and I think Thieve's World is much better.

 

[Sammael99]

I'd be hard put to pick ONE favourite RPGs so...

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as :

Skyrealms of Jorune : Most evocative post-apocalyptic medfan meets science setting with great artwork and cool ideas.

Fading Suns : Best Sci-Fi RPG in my book ever.

Tribe 8 : Nearly got to GM that once. Most excellent setting (if a little depressing ) and hugely enjoyable story arc.

Rêve de Dragon : The best French RPG bar none. Out of print now, but most excellent.

Mage : The most original and yet playable game I've been given to read... and play !

 

[Alzrius]

D&D is my all-time favorite, but I also liked BESM. It was fun to occassionally take a break from the more complex D&D system and just whip out one book and be able to do anything with it. It offered nice, simple rules and was good for any genre.

 

[Shadowdancer]

D&D/AD&D -- The first one I played, and the one I've played the longest.

Traveller -- first science fiction RPG I played. I really like this game. It is so flexible and diverse, you can play so many different kinds of campaigns with it.

Cyberpunk -- Something about the setting and style has always appealed to my latent criminal side. When we get tired of playing goody-goody D&D characters, we don't play evil D&D characters for a change of pace -- we play Cyberpunk until we satisfy our bloodlust and desire for larceny.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

D&D 3E: Favorite game to GM. I stayed away throughout the 2E years, but came back big time.

Deadlands: Favorite game to play, although I haven't in a long while.

Rifts: Ran my best campaign ever for this game, although 3E has really put me off Palladium.

Delta Green: Favorite game product I own and have never ran or played. Hopefully D20 Modern will change that. Until then, I can actually sit and read those two manuals like I would any literature and just bask in the conspiracy.

Stormbringer: Everyone was either Melnibonean or Pan Tangian, with bound demons up the wazoo. Fortunately, our GM was good and really made the game about something other than combat.

 

[NoOneofConsequence]

Runequest (2nd ed)

Bushido (a lot of proto DnD 3e concepts here)

 

[Terraism]

I liked Alternity, actually - great system, I think, though I only played a game or two of it.

 

[Turlogh]

Dungeons and Dragons (any edition) by far

Then:
Traveller
Shadowrun
I also like Palladium games (Heroes Unlimited, Mechanoids, etc.) but the rules really are in need of revision and refinement.