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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4391635" data-attributes="member: 43283">Well, if you're looking to turn the dial up to 11...Fantasy:I don't know about Senzar. I've never been able to get a copy, although I'd really like to. From what I've heard, the system is actually useable. So between having both a useable system _and_ turning the dial up, Senzar seems like a good way to go.World of Synnibarr... I have much love for this. The system... man, it is all kinds of wrong. I know that people on the internet claim to have run it, but I can't see myself _ever_ doing that. But using a supers system? Yeah, I can see that. This game just turns the dial up to 15 and then breaks the knob off. If you aren't so worried about the system, I think this bad boy wins hands down.I've actually got the 1st (starting to come apart <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />) edition, as well as the 2nd edition, _and_ The Ultimate Adventurer's Guide.The difference between 1st and 2nd ed? I've got no idea, I bought them as a lot. The art is different though. 2nd ed art is what you usually see, with a dragon breathing fire on two people on a grav-bike looking thing. 1st ed art is some sorta angel looking chippie barely dressed. I think she's got some cyber bits too, but I'm at work and don't quite remember.Space Opera:I'm not sure if Battlelords really qualifies as "space opera", although I can certainly see running it as such. It's definitely another game that turns the dials up. The system seems useable, although it's way too fiddly for my tastes. It's hard to go wrong with Ram Pythons <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    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I'd probably put Battlelords up for the Space Opera before Synnibarr though. Synnibarr is just all kinds of whacked out Arduin on crank.Since I'm bumping Synnibarr out of the Space Opera category, I'd like to offer a replacement for your consideration: Encounter Critical. You can find it here:<a href="http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/encounter-critical.htm" target="_blank">http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/encounter-critical.htm</a>Dark Future:I'm not really familiar with what you've mentioned here, other than having heard of SLA Industries. You can get a copy of the book free (slightly older version):<a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=24798&it=1&filters=0_0_0" target="_blank">http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=24798&it=1&filters=0_0_0</a>Updated version here:<a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=24961&it=1" target="_blank">http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=24961&it=1</a>If you're actually able to spend money (instead of relying strictly on what's already in your library) maybe Underground is a possibility?<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_(role_playing_game" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_(role_playing_game</a>)It looks like you can still order the books from Mayfair, and get 'em all for $100. I'm not sure about this though.<a href="http://www.mayfairgames.com/mfg-shop/rpgs/underground/mfg-ug.html" target="_blank">http://www.mayfairgames.com/mfg-shop/rpgs/underground/mfg-ug.html</a>Of course if pdf is fine with you, you've got everyone's favorite rpgnow:<a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=314" target="_blank">http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=314</a>Horror... I've got nothing. Well.... actually... not quite...I'm not sure if it'll work for you or not...I'm a pretty big fan of Beyond the Supernatural. Depending on how you tweak bits of it, you can get a pretty over the top sort of game going. At it's base though, it's not a bad gritty game, which seems to be a staple of "horror". Don't get the 2nd Edition though, get the first.If you're not sure which edition you're looking at...2nd Ed has a green looking thingy confronting someone as they come out of a shop (Antiquities).1st Edition has a team of 3 people in blue confronting a two legged thingy with scales and fur. It's in the process of chewing on the leg of one of the team members as they dangle from its jaws, and there's a guy firing an assault rifle.If you're still not sure... the 1st ed book come with the Victim class. <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    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Now, if you want to punch things up a bit... I'd say Nightbane might be the way to go. It's kinda like that old Clive Barker movie "Nightbreed". At least that's the vibe I got from it. Again, a bit of poking to suit personal tastes, and you've got some really good potential here.It originally came out as "Nightspawn" but Palladium ran into Todd MacFarlane and he slapped them eighteen different ways till Friday; the book was promptly renamed "Nightbane". No real difference I know of between the two, except whether you want to be all snooty/gloaty about "It will always be 'Nightspawn' for me, and I've got the book to prove it."</blockquote>

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