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Monday, November 17, 2008

The 12 RPGs you need to play 

Naturally PARANOIA appears on the GnomeStew blog's list article "12 RPGs Every Gamer Should Play Before They Die." The others: Amber, Burning Wheel, Call of Cthulhu, Dread (?), D&D, GURPS, HERO System, any LARP, Og (??), Rifts, and Vampire. I would add Pendragon; one of Greg Gorden's one-table RPGs such as DC Heroes, TORG, or Earthdawn; Puppetland; and My Life With Master. I could see a case for Spirit of the Century too. Opinions?
Posted by: Allen Varney / 11:39 AM

Comments:
Gurps and Hero are redundant -- their differences just aren't different enough to mandate both.

Definately Over the Edge or Everway (or The Window or Risus) -- some truly rules light system is required, and they didn't see fit to include one.

Puppetland, though..how many people have actually -played- Puppetland?
# posted by Blogger mneme : November 17, 2008 12:27 PM
 
I'll second TORG as a good RPG to experience. I personally think they did a pretty good job at blending all of the various genres for roleplaying (at least of their selected ones) into one system. True role players could have a lot of fun with the system as well, though there were definitely systems that were avoided (Living Land, anyone?). The horror genre had potential, but you need a good combination of GM and players to really make it work well.

Pretty good list and I'll need to check some of those out in more detail.
# posted by Blogger Peter Schott : November 17, 2008 1:42 PM
 
Man, this list is completely unimaginative. Dungeons and Dragons and Vampire. Exciting.

I'd be putting things like Dogs In The Vineyard, Dying Earth and Misery Bubblegum in there.

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# posted by Blogger Graham : November 17, 2008 7:54 PM
 
My list:

I agree with mneme that GURPS/HERO are both fulfilling the same niche of game design.

I'd swap out Dread and the LARP for My Life with Master and Dogs in the Vineyard. Rifts would be replaced by Shadowrun: still a ridiculous gonzo world with a mixing of genres, but you won't have to deal with the Palladium system. Og, the only one there I've never heard of, would get swapped out for TORG, WFRP, or Reign. Oh, and Spirit of the Century or Pendragon would replace HERO.
# posted by Blogger Allandaros : November 18, 2008 1:05 AM
 
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