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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1230620" data-attributes="member: 8447">I have less interest in systems, per se, than in games and settings.The D20 system is pretty good, a far stretch improvement over previous versions of the game just because it is pretty much comprehensible out of the box.Ars Magica is probably the game I have played the longest and most consistently, albeit in three different editions.&nbsp; I absolutely love the magic system and the sense of community and time that the game engenders.&nbsp; Of course the fact that I am a Medievalist might also have something to do with this&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Over The Edge is, despite the setting material included in the core book, one of the most flexible, easy, and fun systems I have ever run across.&nbsp; As long as you are running a campaign where characters are sufficiently varied in skills and background it is absolutely fantastic -- I have run games in the core setting, a fantastic pulp campaign, and a fun little superhero game using it!The old Runequest as fun -- quick, easy to learn, loved the percentile and crit/fumble system, and all like that.&nbsp; One of the best things about the system was the instant rewards -- each session you could go up in skills, rather than waiting for level breaks.Oh, and then there is the Holy of Holies -- Paranoia!&nbsp; What can you possibly say against this system or setting?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1230620, member: 8447"] I have less interest in systems, per se, than in games and settings. The D20 system is pretty good, a far stretch improvement over previous versions of the game just because it is pretty much comprehensible out of the box. [I]Ars Magica[/I] is probably the game I have played the longest and most consistently, albeit in three different editions. I absolutely love the magic system and the sense of community and time that the game engenders. Of course the fact that I am a Medievalist might also have something to do with this ;) [I]Over The Edge[/I] is, despite the setting material included in the core book, one of the most flexible, easy, and fun systems I have ever run across. As long as you are running a campaign where characters are sufficiently varied in skills and background it is absolutely fantastic -- I have run games in the core setting, a fantastic pulp campaign, and a fun little superhero game using it! The old [I]Runequest[/I] as fun -- quick, easy to learn, loved the percentile and crit/fumble system, and all like that. One of the best things about the system was the instant rewards -- each session you could go up in skills, rather than waiting for level breaks. Oh, and then there is the Holy of Holies -- [I]Paranoia[/I]! What can you [I]possibly[/I] say against this system or setting? ;) :D [/QUOTE]

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