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I suspect a lot of people will probably say DnD since we are in a DnD game forum, but let's pretend for a moment that other RPGs exist out there besides DnD. Shocking, I know :eek:
Anyways, as I sit here and wait for my 5th Edition book to arrive (I refuse to call it Next) because after having messed with the play test rules, I thoroughly enjoy how it feels so much like 2nd edition, but streamlined now (I hate 3rd, 3.5 and Pathfinder for the record), I am reminiscing during my earlier years when I use to actually peruse outside my DnD books in my favorite game shop (specifically the Ravenloft campaign setting) and how many different RPGs I use to look through several of which I actually bought.
I have a vast library dating back to the mid 80s, I know some have older libraries, and my collection ranges from 2nd and 3rd edition DnD mostly, a little bit of Shadowrun, White Wolf games (aka all the various incarnations from Vampire, Wereowlf and Mage), Star Trek TNG RPG (the Last Unicorn game version), Star Wars (d20 version *shivers*), and various other games here and there that caught my eye but I never really got into. I even had Alternity (for those that don't remember it was DnD for SciFi stuff made by TSR in the 90s) and their X-Files Alternity setting, Dark Matter. I really wish I could have played those but those were some convoluted rules. Sadly I doubt Alternity will ever see the light again.
Now, as I sit here and imagine in my brain how I will convert Ravenloft rules to 5e based on what I know from the basic rules, there is one game I have left off the list that I still pick up and read to this day, because I loved it so. That game is Deadlands. I don't mean this Savage Worlds version, which I consider an empty shell of its former glory, I mean the old classic, original Pinnacle games version of Deadlands. The orange books with the Weird West logos, the games where you immersed yourself into the whole setting with actual chips cards and such.
I loved it for that level of immersion, and just the sense of humor the books had as well. Deadlands came out just about the time 3rd edition did, with 3rd editions dry, humorless, no non-sense descriptors and bland miniature text matter-of-factly describing every scenario in a series of numbers that can be equated as bonuses or penalties against a d20 roll and it was ugh, frustrating. One of the core reasons I hated 3rd edition because the whole identity of role playing was completely removed and sterilized with the idea of roll playing.
Deadlands was a breath of fresh air then in what I considered a dim time for my DnD phase of life, as the books felt lively and crafted with love. It felt like the rules themselves were trying to tell you a story and get you immersed into the mythos of our own history just set askew and twisted. And I loved every moment of it.
If you've never seen or read the original Deadlands, I highly encourage looking it up. Classic Deadlands is probably one of the best RPG experienced, especially for immersive table top role play I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of and I think many today would enjoy that level of quality.
So what is your favorite PnP RPG, besides DnD?
Anyways, as I sit here and wait for my 5th Edition book to arrive (I refuse to call it Next) because after having messed with the play test rules, I thoroughly enjoy how it feels so much like 2nd edition, but streamlined now (I hate 3rd, 3.5 and Pathfinder for the record), I am reminiscing during my earlier years when I use to actually peruse outside my DnD books in my favorite game shop (specifically the Ravenloft campaign setting) and how many different RPGs I use to look through several of which I actually bought.
I have a vast library dating back to the mid 80s, I know some have older libraries, and my collection ranges from 2nd and 3rd edition DnD mostly, a little bit of Shadowrun, White Wolf games (aka all the various incarnations from Vampire, Wereowlf and Mage), Star Trek TNG RPG (the Last Unicorn game version), Star Wars (d20 version *shivers*), and various other games here and there that caught my eye but I never really got into. I even had Alternity (for those that don't remember it was DnD for SciFi stuff made by TSR in the 90s) and their X-Files Alternity setting, Dark Matter. I really wish I could have played those but those were some convoluted rules. Sadly I doubt Alternity will ever see the light again.
Now, as I sit here and imagine in my brain how I will convert Ravenloft rules to 5e based on what I know from the basic rules, there is one game I have left off the list that I still pick up and read to this day, because I loved it so. That game is Deadlands. I don't mean this Savage Worlds version, which I consider an empty shell of its former glory, I mean the old classic, original Pinnacle games version of Deadlands. The orange books with the Weird West logos, the games where you immersed yourself into the whole setting with actual chips cards and such.
I loved it for that level of immersion, and just the sense of humor the books had as well. Deadlands came out just about the time 3rd edition did, with 3rd editions dry, humorless, no non-sense descriptors and bland miniature text matter-of-factly describing every scenario in a series of numbers that can be equated as bonuses or penalties against a d20 roll and it was ugh, frustrating. One of the core reasons I hated 3rd edition because the whole identity of role playing was completely removed and sterilized with the idea of roll playing.
Deadlands was a breath of fresh air then in what I considered a dim time for my DnD phase of life, as the books felt lively and crafted with love. It felt like the rules themselves were trying to tell you a story and get you immersed into the mythos of our own history just set askew and twisted. And I loved every moment of it.
If you've never seen or read the original Deadlands, I highly encourage looking it up. Classic Deadlands is probably one of the best RPG experienced, especially for immersive table top role play I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of and I think many today would enjoy that level of quality.
So what is your favorite PnP RPG, besides DnD?
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