Your Three Desert Island RPGs


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I normally don't have interest in all the games that are using the Shadowdark engine to build games in other genres, like cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, space opera, etc., but even if I didn't already love Shadowdark, its flexibility and strong foundations make it a good argument for a universal engine on a desert island.

Depending on who I'm stuck on an island with, I think there are folks who would want 5E D&D, as it does a good job with characters players can live with for years or decades.

And, because I'm perverse, probably Castaway as my Borg-engine game.
 


GURPS - for most things, including Traveller
PF1 - for the high fantasy fix
Rollmaster

Pretty well covers the 3d6, d100 and polyhedral type game systems. If you can't figure something out with these three, time to quit gaming and start looking for Mary Ann. I hear her coconut cream pies are pretty good.
 




SWADE
Call of Cthulhu
I own all of the Forged in the Dark games but haven't played any yet but I would probably pick one of those. They all sound interesting and it would give me something new to try out.
 



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