[machineiv]

Right now, my active shelf involves:

Freemarket
Dragon Age
Leverage
Maschine Zeit
Eclipse Phase
Chronica Feudalis
Apocalypse World

[CanRay]

How is Dragon Age, my group has looked at it, as, well, Darkspawn Killing gets old about the same time Zombie Killing does...  But couldn't decide...

[machineiv]

How is Dragon Age, my group has looked at it, as, well, Darkspawn Killing gets old about the same time Zombie Killing does...  But couldn't decide...

Honestly, as far as fantasy RPGs go, I dig it. It's very simple, very 'beginner,' but it has a nice, clever mechanic at the core of it. I've had to do a lot of playing it, because of some of the adventures I wrote for it. But it was cool enough that our crew kept trying it.

Basically, it acts like a simplified, cinematic-friendly D&D. The rules take all of a half an hour to master, and character creation takes just about the same amount of time for non-gamers. Someone familiar with the game can make a character in five minutes.

It's kind of what I remember the red box D&D experience as being, but for real (it wasn't nearly as simple an experience as I remember it.) It's also very friendly to hacking and bringing your own material to the table.

[Rockopolis]

I like collecting RPGs, because I can't really find opportunities to play them .

Hmm…off the top of my head…
I like Fading Suns, I really dig the feudal future thing.
Space 1889, Victorian Science Fiction.
It's so irritating, I lost my Tekumel book somewhere .  And it's selling for inflated prices on Amazon, too.  I might pick up pdfs of the original form drivethru; they're cheap and it's like gaming archaeology.  Anyone know where I can get the novels?
I want to get into Skyrealms of Jorune, but I don't really know where to go or what to do.  It seemed pretty cool from what I saw of Alien Logic and what I've managed to read.

I could never get into World of Darkness.  Mostly because I couldn't read the books; the font and backgrounds were terrible, gave me headaches.

[bigity]

Aside from Shadowrun (including all editions)?

Star Wars D6
Marvel Super Heroes (old FASERIP version, with dice)
AD&D 2nd edition (without alot of the power creep stuff that came out later in the cycle)
Warhammer Fantasy RP (1st or 2nd edition, 3rd edition is freaking 100 bucks for the starter set, no thanks)

[Gnomercy]

For me, aside from SR,

Hero System (5th Ed)
Pathfinder
D&D 3.5
7th Sea
Deadlands

I've tried a little bit of Star Wars, and a friend of mine is proposing a Dragon Age inspired D&D 2nd Ed game that might be interesting....we'll see though.  At this point, I just want someone else to run Shadowrun so I can actually play :-)

[Goodwin]

Howdy!,

My fav's other then my new shiny Shadowrun are;
Dark Heresy
3.5 D&D (Eberron or homebrew settings) (don't play anymore, but I miss it!)

I also have Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, and one day will have Black Crusade!
Would like to play/run World of Darkness and All Flesh Must Be Eaten!

Never got around to trying Pathfinder, but given my longing for 3.5 that may be a good idea!  Really don't like 4th edition D&D.  Warhammer Fantasy RPG looks too much like a board game; friend bought it and though I'm a fan of the settings I have negative amounts of interest in trying that.

[Gnomercy]

Never got around to trying Pathfinder, but given my longing for 3.5 that may be a good idea!  Really don't like 4th edition D&D.  Warhammer Fantasy RPG looks too much like a board game; friend bought it and though I'm a fan of the settings I have negative amounts of interest in trying that.

I like Pathfinder...it's pretty clean, very 3.5-like.  There are some differences (for instance, the paladin mount doesn't reside in the Celestial plane....it's just summoned from wherever it happens to be).  My gaming group also plays 3.5 Eberron :-)

4e is really, really not my thing.  I tried it once, but it felt way too "point and click" for my tastes.  I can see where it could free up a good storyteller for better RP, but that's probably the exception and not the rule.

[baronspam]

I have played every edition of DnD over the years (although very little 3rd).  Been mostly playing 4th ed the last couple of years.

Over my whole gaming career, which much be about 30 years now, have also played lots of Hero (various editions), Talislanta (various editions), most of the old TSR boxed games (Top Secret, Gamma World, Gangbusters, Star Frontiers.  oh what I wouldn't give for a good 4th ed take on Star Frontiers), 1st and 2nd edtions of Shadowrun (of course), some Warhammer 40k, some Battletech, some Ars Magica in the 3rd to 4th edition era.  Oh, and don't forget Dawn Patrol.  When I was in junior high we were Dawn Patrol junkies.  A little GURPS but didn't really care for it.  A little bit of MERP but couldn't keep a group together.

 And for the cherry on top, I once played Toon in a McDonalds with some of the geekiest geeks ever to draw breath.  That has to the the Olympus Mons of utter gameing geekout. 

[Goodwin]

There was no power like a 3.5 edition wizard after a few levels! *thunder* It was my one joy in life when I was able to play; and now its gone!  3.5 Eberron would have probably been a dream to play.  But I usually had to run, and I liked the Eberron setting so much that...I was afraid to ruin it, so I didn't actually run very much in it.  I just looked in through the window and commented on how cool it was.

[Operator]

Actually, I thought that 3.5 clerics and druids were on par with the wizard. For all-around versatility, a high level cleric has a large degree of flexibility.

[Morg]

and too many Touch Based spells

[CanRay]

"I need to touch you to heal you."  "I need an adult."  "I am an adult."  "I need a non-priestly adult."

...

Yes, I'm going to the Special Hell, I know, I know...

[Morg]

*spurts coke out of nose from laughter*

+1 for you sir

[Operator]

Who said anything about touching? If you get damaged repeatedly, I'll utilize a wand of cure X wounds and jab it into the point of injury.

It'll be like a taser that heals with a jolt instead of disabling, but it'll be a jolt all the same.