[FastJack]

He has the precious! He stoles it from us!

[PeterSmith]

If you were at GenCon in 09, there were print copies too!  Which I have of course.

I was very sad when BattleRun didn't win best freebe. It was a free product that was so awesome that people did pay for it!

[Ghost]

Exalted 2nd edition.

[hazmat the monstar]

I have always wanted to get into battletech, and I am considering checking out eclipse phase. But shadowrun is by far the greatest of all time.

[hazmat the monstar]

I just downloaded the Battletech quick start rules. I'm gonna check it out.

[Mystic]

I have always wanted to get into battletech, and I am considering checking out eclipse phase. But shadowrun is by far the greatest of all time.

BT is a great game. Although I admit I am into it (and SR) more for the story of the universe rather than as a gaming system. Sure, I'll learn both, but I get more out of the fluff from both than the actual rules and or stats. And in the case of BT, its like WOW, sooooo many new pieces of equipment, its hard (yet fun) to try and keep up. Good thing in the case of BT is I am more of an Aerojock than a Mechwarrior so there isn't QUITE as much to have to remember.

 

[FastJack]

I have always wanted to get into battletech, and I am considering checking out eclipse phase. But shadowrun is by far the greatest of all time.

BT is a great game. Although I admit I am into it (and SR) more for the story of the universe rather than as a gaming system. Sure, I'll learn both, but I get more out of the fluff from both than the actual rules and or stats. And in the case of BT, its like WOW, sooooo many new pieces of equipment, its hard (yet fun) to try and keep up. Good thing in the case of BT is I am more of an Aerojock than a Mechwarrior so there isn't QUITE as much to have to remember.

 

WoBbies brought back LAMs. 

[FoxBoy]

My favorite non-shadowrun games is the OLD World of darkness (vampire the masquerade, werewolf the apoclypse, ...) mainly because in those games, it was very flexible as to what you can do, and if you have a GM whose on the ball, the politics can be absolutely MURDEROUS. Very RP heavy.

I still have some of my stories that I wrote for that setting too.

[Mystic]

I have always wanted to get into battletech, and I am considering checking out eclipse phase. But shadowrun is by far the greatest of all time.

BT is a great game. Although I admit I am into it (and SR) more for the story of the universe rather than as a gaming system. Sure, I'll learn both, but I get more out of the fluff from both than the actual rules and or stats. And in the case of BT, its like WOW, sooooo many new pieces of equipment, its hard (yet fun) to try and keep up. Good thing in the case of BT is I am more of an Aerojock than a Mechwarrior so there isn't QUITE as much to have to remember.

 

WoBbies brought back LAMs. 

Ah LAMs...the worst of both worlds, heh. I heard about that, but havent seen any of the new ones so I will reserve judgement. But the old ones, just didnt care for them, made the game seem too much like a Macross rip-off. Yeah, I said it.

 

[The_Gun_Nut]

Of course they ripped off Macross.  They ripped off all the old robot shows.  That was the point, to be able to slug it out with giant robots.  They used the designs from those shows because those were handy, and no one was copyrighting them at the time.

That all changed.  Years later, the companies that had the license for those old shows started getting beligerent.  Mainly because anime and Japanese hero shows (think "Power Rangers," or rather what the original shows were that became "Power Rangers") started becoming popular and therefore worth money.  It's one of the reasons (a big one) that FASA had a breakdown.

Check out Project: Pheonix.  It updates those old designs.  They are still recognizable, but no longer in danger of copyright infringement.

[Mystic]

Ironically, one of my favorits mechs in BT is the Pheonix Hawk, (a true BT classic) which is the most blatent rip...er use of said designs from Macross, it being basically a re-hash of the infamous VF-1J (?) "Skull Bandit". Most complained about the Project Pheonix re-deux, me I love most of the redesigns, especially my beloved P-hawk.

[FoxBoy]

First BT game I played, I was running a '25 Phoenix Hawk. I literally ended up disarming a Commando in one round, and blowing out the leg of a Warhammer two rounds later. Like Jack, I was hooked. Although truth be told, Im more of an aerospace fan.

My first game of BT was up in the mountains with my scout troop, snowing like crazy outside, lanterns lit up to keep the cabin lit up and dice was flying. First two shots from my mech was a double crit on an another player's sensors. I still got my head (and arm) handed to me that game but that was loads of fun.

[hazmat the monstar]

I'm gonna go with Eclipse Phase. This has got to be the next big thing in gaming. At least for those who love depth in the stories.

[raben-aas]

In descending order, restricted to TOP10 (oh God there were so many more...):

(1) Vampire The Requiem (LARP) by White Wolf/Feder & Schwert
(2) Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century by SSDC
(3) Cyberpunk 2020 by R. Talsorian
(4) Pathfinder/(A)D&D by "various"
(5) Traveller by Mongoose/13Mann
(6) Star Wars D6 by West End Games
(7) In Nomine by Steve Jackson Games
( In Nomine by Truant (totally different game)
(9) Sturmbringer d100
(10) Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) by (then) Schmidt Spiele, 1st Edition

[freddieflatline]

Here is my list in no particular order:

Cyberpunk 2020
Shadowrun 4th ed.
Rifts/Robotech
Star Wars (D6 WEG) ran a single campaign for nearly 3 years back before the Phantom Menace, and now I just do not want to run Star Wars anymore (I hate Lucas).  Still love and have most of the books.
Mechwarrior 2nd edition (love the rules)
Pathfinder
D&D 3.5/2nd ed.