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<blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 2104488" data-attributes="member: 317"><p>In order of preference:</p><p></p><p>#1 Classic Deadlands- no other RPG books even come close for fluff and flavor text. These are some of the only gaming books I have that are a joy to read, and will genuinely make you chuckle several times while reading.</p><p></p><p>#2 Midnight- somehow FFG managed to capture all the best elements of fantasy with this game, and avoid the worst. The prose in the book is evocative, and its the only fantasy book series I have read where the descriptions are good enough to actually let me see the locales and people in my head as I'm reading, LOTR movie-style. That, and just a 5 minute quick read through any of the Midnight books is enough to give me 2-3 adventure ideas.</p><p></p><p>#3 Tie between Arcanis and Iron Kingdoms</p><p></p><p>Arcanis is another great setting that is often overlooked because of the small size of Paradigm, but its an incredible setting. More Romanesque than medieval, it has a very different spin on things, including an evil theocracy that actually makes sense theologically, politically, and economically- not just a bunch of guys wearing black for the PCs to kill. No other setting has ever managed to portray an evil country as anything other than a bunch of one-dimensional black hats. Arcanis also has very different takes on dwarves (cursed giants), elves (a slave race created by the ssethragorans), and serpent people (ssethragorans).</p><p></p><p>Iron Kingdoms, although new, has a lot going for it in terms of flavor and in-depth background. I really like their take on gods, magic, and the pseudo-steampunk thing is starting to grow on me. I still haven't finished the IK world guide yet, but it seems to have lots of great possibilities for gaming. The only thing I am somewhat leery of is that there seems to be a pretty strong metaplot element, which hopefully won't take over too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gothmog, post: 2104488, member: 317"] In order of preference: #1 Classic Deadlands- no other RPG books even come close for fluff and flavor text. These are some of the only gaming books I have that are a joy to read, and will genuinely make you chuckle several times while reading. #2 Midnight- somehow FFG managed to capture all the best elements of fantasy with this game, and avoid the worst. The prose in the book is evocative, and its the only fantasy book series I have read where the descriptions are good enough to actually let me see the locales and people in my head as I'm reading, LOTR movie-style. That, and just a 5 minute quick read through any of the Midnight books is enough to give me 2-3 adventure ideas. #3 Tie between Arcanis and Iron Kingdoms Arcanis is another great setting that is often overlooked because of the small size of Paradigm, but its an incredible setting. More Romanesque than medieval, it has a very different spin on things, including an evil theocracy that actually makes sense theologically, politically, and economically- not just a bunch of guys wearing black for the PCs to kill. No other setting has ever managed to portray an evil country as anything other than a bunch of one-dimensional black hats. Arcanis also has very different takes on dwarves (cursed giants), elves (a slave race created by the ssethragorans), and serpent people (ssethragorans). Iron Kingdoms, although new, has a lot going for it in terms of flavor and in-depth background. I really like their take on gods, magic, and the pseudo-steampunk thing is starting to grow on me. I still haven't finished the IK world guide yet, but it seems to have lots of great possibilities for gaming. The only thing I am somewhat leery of is that there seems to be a pretty strong metaplot element, which hopefully won't take over too much. [/QUOTE]
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