What is your favourite non-D&D adjacent fantasy RPG?

[Thierry-Advent]

What is your favourite non-D&D adjacent fantasy RPG and why? By adjacent I mean any variant ranging from to OSR to NuSR like Shadowdark, also Pathfinder, Shadow of the Weird Wizard and 13th AGE.

 

[soviet]

Close call between WFRP 1e (characterful professions, beautiful art, singularly comprehensive core book, light and intuitive resolution system, excellent adventures and supporting material in White Dwarf) or Rolemaster 2e/MERP (innovative and logical game system, immersive levels of detail, exciting and dangerous combat with evocative crits, beautiful Angus McBride art, beautiful Pete Fenlon maps, mind- boggling levels of setting detail that's a joy to explore in play).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Fantasy HERO.

 

[M.L. Martin]

Of those I have experience with, probably the SAGA Rules System from Dragonlance: Fifth Age (although I've used it for Ravenloft, Dragon Quest/Warrior, and Final Fantasy games).

Ones I'd really like to get a chance to play or run include The One Ring, Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne, Against the Darkmaster, and Fantasy HERO.

 

[jdrakeh]

Rolemaster Express (sadly no longer in print).

 

[zarionofarabel]

Pendragon and it's sister game Paladin, two of the best TTRPGs ever made. No other game quite like them. Also Mythras if realistic blow-by-blow combat is wanted. Also Burning Wheel for being the absolute best system for running players driven sandbox games, and for having the most Tolkienesque Elves and Dwarves I've ever encountered. Dragonbane is another fun one that is kind of a simplified Mythras.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I love The One Ring, and i really like Blades in The Dark, Fantasy Age, and Mouseguard.

 

[Sacrosanct]

GEAS, but I'm biased

 

[Greg K]

Toss up between Barbarians of Lemuria with the Sword & Sorcery Codex, BASH! Fantasy Legend of Steel, and Savage Worlds.
Honorable Mention: Fantasy Hero

 

[aramis erak]

What is your favourite non-D&D adjacent fantasy RPG and why? By adjacent I mean any variant ranging from to OSR to NuSR like Shadowdark, also Pathfinder, Shadow of the Weird Wizard and 13th AGE.

Pugmire and its spinoffs, Monarchies of Mau and Squeaks in the Deep.

I much prefer its class mechanics.