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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 2299126" data-attributes="member: 12328">I'll give you a few of the ones I've read & enjoyed in about the past six months.  I'm a little over d20 right now, so my first pick goes to the Savage Worlds second printing.  There is a lot I could write about this innovative game, but here's a link instead:  <a href="http://www.peginc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.peginc.com/</a>I also recently very much enjoyed reading GURPS Prime Directive (GPD), even though I don't play GURPS.  I read the fluff & skipped the crunch.  It is produced by the same company who does Star Fleet Battles (SFB)--a very established miniature tactical combat game based on the original Star Trek source material.  I got GPD because Prime Directive d20 (PD20) will release soon, and I got a good deal on a trade for it at a game store out of town (I got th eslightly older version for 3rd edition but one is now out for GURPS 4th edition).  Anyway, it was very nicely done in a sort of retro style with high text density on paper that reminds me of games form the 1980s.  The setting & story elements were fun to read as was the brief history of the SFB game and universe.  A good read that will whet the appetite.  (I was a little less excited about the newer Star Trek player's guide.  It had great info about the entire ST story line, but I again skipped all the rules (the crunchy parts).  It is a beautiful book with many pictures on glossy paper.)  I also recently read the adventure Robinloft for Hackmaster from KenzerCo.  It is a satirical homage to the classic Ravneloft module.  I never read or played the original, but Robinloft was fun.  Here again, I don't play HackMaster; but I did play AD&D so it made sense.  Another GURPS book I read recently was a WWII supplement about the Winter War pitting Finland vs. Russia.  It was short with good, detailed setting information.  The best do plug I can give you is for Omega World, a brilliant adaptation of Gamma World to the d20 rules set.  It was in the pOlyhedron side of Dungeon #94.  You can get a back issue here:<a href="http://paizo.com/dungeon/products/v5748btpy72wv" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/dungeon/products/v5748btpy72wv</a>Otherwise, for d20 I favor 2 modules: Last Hero in Scandinavia; and Ancient Kingdoms: Mesopotamia (also a setting book).  I don't know if I'll get around to running them since I've got some d20 burnout, but I did enjoy reading them.</blockquote>

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