What Fantasy rpg's, other than D&D, do people enjoy?

[orchid blossom]

As far as why so many people play D&D first, as someone already said, everyone knows it. It's the "common language" of fantasy gaming. Sit down with 5 people you've never gamed with before, and D&D will probably be the one game everyone has experience with. So if you decided to play a pick up game, D&D it would be.

I'd love to try Exalted. Otherwise if I'm going to play a system other than D&D, I'll probably aslo switch genres.

 

[hrafnagud]

HârnMaster. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but if you find WotC-style fantasy cliché, give it a look.

 

[Enforcer]

Exalted, Exalted, Exalted. Yes, some of the rules could use tweaking, yes, it seems to be suffering from mild (MILD) power creep. And yes, its setting makes any other game I've read/played look like crap.

Other FRPGs I like:

-Wheel of Time. I would've done a few things differently, but it's still a pretty faithful game. Besides, I've been involved in a Wheel of Time play-by-post game for longer than I've been involved in any RPG, no matter what the format was. (We're level 4 now!).

-Shadowrun 3rd edition. I don't think there'll ever be a game that will be quite like Shadowrun. It's just cool for inexplicable reasons.

And that's it. Those are fantasy-based games I'd play automatically if asked.

 

[Dancer]

GURPS!
Been running a homebrew fantasy gurps campaign for 4 straight years now with 8 players. Everyone is loving it. I'm loving the flexibility of the system. I can simulate pretty much anything I want. I've had gritty political adventures to serious dungeon crawls. I don't think it gets much better than this. (plus I can convert any cool DnD stuff I want).

Ran an Ars Magica campaign for a few years before that. Man, that is a fantastic system also. A little more abstract in some areas than I would have liked but I loved running it.

 

[mythusmage]

My list includes.

Dangerous Journeys: Mythus
Ars Magica
Everyway
Lejendary Adventures
Talislanta
Skyrealms of Jorune
Tribe 8
Ork World

If you're in the San Diego area drop me a line.

 

[MonsterMash]

I'm going to be fairly strict about the definition of fantasy and say:
RuneQuest2

Call of Cthulhu

Also tried, but not so keen on:
Chivalry and Sourcery, MERP,

 

[CCamfield]

I can't believe that no one here has mentioned one of my favourite RPGs of all time, Feng Shui.

I've also played and really enjoyed
- 7th Sea
- Silver Age Sentinels [currently playing]
- Amber (years ago)

I have and wish I could get into a game of
- Castle Falkenstein
- Agone
- Adventure!

And I have tried and have no desire to go back to
- Champions
- Rolemaster. Would be willing to try HARP, though.