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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 4895167" data-attributes="member: 8447">The first game that gave me that &quot;Wow!&quot; was RuneQuest, which became my major game in the 80s.&nbsp; I mean, it was amazing!&nbsp; Skills were important, anyone could do magic, there were no character classes, you could really do well or really mess up in combat, and if you wanted to be a religious sort you had to know something about the power you worship -- dead amazing!The next one that did it for me was Ars Magica:&nbsp; a game actually set in the Middle Ages with amazingly detailed magic, and the notion that there is an extra character in the game -- the covenant.&nbsp; Time seriously passes and people can die of old age...Then came two at about the same time for me:&nbsp; Castle Falkenstein (love the card mechanics! love the steampunk feel!) and Over The Edge (still the one game I have used to move more non-gamers into gaming above all else -- so simple, so easy to explain, and the mechanics can be used in so many different settings).&nbsp; Of late, I would have to agree that Spirit of the Century is a &quot;WOW!&quot; game.&nbsp; Quick to run, easy mechanics, exciting play, and simply a lot of fun!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 4895167, member: 8447"] The first game that gave me that "Wow!" was [I]RuneQuest[/I], which became my major game in the 80s. I mean, it was amazing! Skills were important, anyone could do magic, there were no character classes, you could really do well or really mess up in combat, and if you wanted to be a religious sort you had to know something about the power you worship -- dead amazing! The next one that did it for me was [I]Ars Magica[/I]: a game actually set in the Middle Ages with amazingly detailed magic, and the notion that there is an extra character in the game -- the covenant. Time seriously passes and people can die of old age... Then came two at about the same time for me: [I]Castle Falkenstein[/I] (love the card mechanics! love the steampunk feel!) and [I]Over The Edge[/I] (still the one game I have used to move more non-gamers into gaming above all else -- so simple, so easy to explain, and the mechanics can be used in so many different settings). Of late, I would have to agree that [I]Spirit of the Century[/I] is a "WOW!" game. Quick to run, easy mechanics, exciting play, and simply a lot of fun! :) [/QUOTE]

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