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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9771224" data-attributes="member: 4937">D&amp;D 3.0e would be my go to.&nbsp; I have extensive house rules tweaked to deal with the balance issues and cut down the content bloat of 3.5e and it is the most versatile and powerful game system I know especially over the long haul.&nbsp; Other choices would be BRP or a derivative (CoC, Pendragon), D20 Modern, WEG D6, maybe Traveller.&nbsp; I could conceivably run something in 1e AD&amp;D but by the time I got through house ruling it would be very much D&amp;D 3e wearing an AD&amp;D dress.Sure.&nbsp; D&amp;D 3.0e.Sure.&nbsp; D&amp;D 3.0e.D&amp;D 3.0e.&nbsp; If the intention was to keep characters alive the whole time, I'd probably need to tone down the difficulty a bit and reward a bit more XP than I'm used to, but it's doable.&nbsp; Characters are really durable and at some point Raise Dead starts becoming viable as a solution.&nbsp; I feel like low difficulty melodrama works against the strengths of D&amp;D, but at the same time I can't imagine most players I've played with over the years sustaining 250 hours or more of low stakes melodrama based on their love of self-expression and improvisational acting alone.&nbsp; You go for 250 hours or more, you need a lot of aesthetics involved to keep most groups interested.Currently my WEG D6 Star Wars game is at 72 sessions but the lack of hit points is starting to make the game creak a bit, and I do think that is the single biggest reason why D&amp;D systems just stand out for long running games.&nbsp; Hit Points are an amazing mechanic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 9771224, member: 4937"] D&D 3.0e would be my go to. I have extensive house rules tweaked to deal with the balance issues and cut down the content bloat of 3.5e and it is the most versatile and powerful game system I know especially over the long haul. Other choices would be BRP or a derivative (CoC, Pendragon), D20 Modern, WEG D6, maybe Traveller. I could conceivably run something in 1e AD&D but by the time I got through house ruling it would be very much D&D 3e wearing an AD&D dress. Sure. D&D 3.0e. Sure. D&D 3.0e. D&D 3.0e. If the intention was to keep characters alive the whole time, I'd probably need to tone down the difficulty a bit and reward a bit more XP than I'm used to, but it's doable. Characters are really durable and at some point Raise Dead starts becoming viable as a solution. I feel like low difficulty melodrama works against the strengths of D&D, but at the same time I can't imagine most players I've played with over the years sustaining 250 hours or more of low stakes melodrama based on their love of self-expression and improvisational acting alone. You go for 250 hours or more, you need a lot of aesthetics involved to keep most groups interested. Currently my WEG D6 Star Wars game is at 72 sessions but the lack of hit points is starting to make the game creak a bit, and I do think that is the single biggest reason why D&D systems just stand out for long running games. Hit Points are an amazing mechanic. [/QUOTE]

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