In my early days of roleplaying, I'd play just about anything. I did spend more time with two games than any other besides AD&D. Those games were MERP and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. So, if I were to ask the question based on what I played back in the day, those two would be my choices.
If you were to ask me today, based on what I find myself wanting to play, it would be Tunnels & Trolls - a game I refused to play back in the day.
Go figure ;)
So, which game or games would make your list?
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I loved the Pacesetter stuff back in the 80s (Timemaster, Space Ace, Chill). A close second would be Villains and Vigilantes.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Traveller.
ReplyDeleteI have been hankering to play Traveller ever since Greywulf did his week long read through of it.
ReplyDeleteTMNT and Other Strangenesses: great random tables for character creation.
ReplyDeleteWarhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Pendragon and Call of Cthulhu.
ReplyDeletePendragon or Runequest for me.
ReplyDeleteSo many....all the ones that still make my list: T&T, Runequest (and I still own 2nd edition, which I'd still play as-is), Traveller, Palladium Fantasy 1st edition, Gamma World 1st edition, and Call of Cthulhu are all top dogs. Id' throw DC Heroes on the list, too; discovered that one in...1987, I think....but the Mayfair version of that game remains my favorite superhero system, hands down.
ReplyDeleteTraveller
ReplyDeleteI always liked Stormbringer, but Traveller and Cthulhu are always fun, too.
ReplyDeleteWHFRP is a big one for me. I am also quite fond of Dream Park by Mike Pondsmith.
ReplyDeleteTraveller is definitely my favorite "other Old-School game", by a long shot.
ReplyDeleteI played Boot Hill, Gamma World and Villains&Vigilantes "back in the day", but they never got much traction in my group.
Classic Traveller.
ReplyDeleteDragonquest of course, but I also enjoyed 1st Edition Gamma World and Star Frontiers.
ReplyDeleteThe Fantasy Trip.
ReplyDeleteWarhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Still is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Wfrp. The Imperial Campaign is the best campaign ever written for rpg! "A grim world of perilous adventure", amazing!
ReplyDeleteGamma World, by far.
ReplyDeleteChill, Villains & Vigilantes and some Traveller.
ReplyDeleteI played lots of Rifts and V:tM in the late 80s and 1990s when not playing D&D.
ReplyDeleteIn the last decade I've discovered Boot Hill, Star Frontiers, and (best of all IMO) Flashing Blades.
These days, I run almost as much FB as I do D&D.
Spacemaster, Gamma World 1st Edition (just enough rules to get you started, love adding new rules/equipment), James Bond (very innovative game), GURPS Autoduel/Car Wars (haven't played in years but we played a lot back in the day, one of my favorites). Although I don't play it anymore Stormbringer was a great RPG, just too dark for my taste now.
ReplyDeleteIt's a draw between Runequest II and Rolemaster with lots of Companion rules.
ReplyDeleteClassic Traveller with the Judges Guild material thrown in.. haven't played in years though. Everyone here wants to kill dragons and loot dungeons.
ReplyDeleteWarhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1e
ReplyDeleteGamma World, Star Frontiers, car Wars
ReplyDeleteCall of Cthulhu for me, though Runequest & Stormbringer would be close seconds. Never did get to play WHFRP but have recently picked up the core rules & Enemy Within campaign so that itch may soon get scratched.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 1980s my favourite games to GM were Call of Cthulhu and Toon. As a player, it was Stormbringer or Paranoia. I was fortunate to have brilliant GMs for both those games.
ReplyDeleteWe played a lot of Call of Cthulhu, Starwars d6, and DC Heroes. I like Runequest a lot, but never did get to play it. I have some weird games on my bookshelf which I played once or twice: TMNT & Other Strangeness, Ghostbusters, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, and Tales From the Floating Vagabond.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to go with GURPS 2nd ed, narrowly beating out Chill and it's extended family (Thanks Goblinoid!)
ReplyDeleteRolemaster! (With 1e Gamma World a close second.)
ReplyDelete1) CALL of CTHULHU!!!
ReplyDelete2) Star Frontires
3) MERP
Split between CoC and WFRP. Probably WFRP if forced to choose...
ReplyDeleteTwilight 2000, Palladium Fantasy 1st ed.
ReplyDeleteTop Secret SI
ReplyDeleteTwilight:2000
Paranoia
Sandman
Call of Cthulhu
High Fantasy - Dillow
ReplyDeleteRunequest
Tunnels Trolls
Traveller
MERP
I loved MERP back in the day (mid-1980s). I probably ran more MERP than AD&D during high-school.
ReplyDeleteThese days, though, I *still* play CoC. So that would be my favourite old school game today.
1) Traveller (Classic and Mega) - in fact, I love these more than any other game, by a huge margin
ReplyDelete2) Flashing Blades
3) Pendragon
4) Call of Cthulhu
5) The Arcanum
(AD&D and RC D&D would go here)
6) Top Secret
7) Empire of the Petal Throne
8) RuneQuest (Chaosium or AH editions)
9) Chivalry & Sorcery
10) James Bond 007
1)Tunnels & Trolls 5th Edition
ReplyDelete2)Call of Cthulhu, 4th Edition
3)Gamma World, 3rd Edition
4)Top Secret(the 2nd Printing, I think...)
5)Middle Earth Roleplaying(1st Edition, Revised)-The *only* one I owned bitd! :-)
5)Star Frontiers
6)Cyberspace
7)Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes
8)Stormbringer, 1st Edition
9)Villains & Vigilantes, Revised
10)Twilight:2000, 1st Edition
Yowch.
ReplyDeleteTwilight 2000 comes in on the list, along with Top Secret (both the original editions, not the second editions - although the second printing of Top Secret 1st edition is better than the first).
Star Frontiers we still play, ditto for Gamma World.
Played a shit-tonne of Call of Cthulhu and TMNT, but they aren't on my faves list by far.
And honourable mention to Villains & Vigilantes (which I own four copies of).
Dragon Warriors
ReplyDeleteMarvel Advanced!
ReplyDeleteFASERIP Forever.
One of the few games I haven't played from the Old School collection is the first science-fiction roleplaying game, Metamorphosis Alpha (1976) by James Ward. I recently illustrated his contribution to the Petty Gods project, Ravel/Unravel: http://hitstokill.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/james-ward-petty-gods-artwork.html
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