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Best D20 Game Ever?

Started by RPGPundit, July 17, 2013, 02:28:52 PM

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Bobloblah

What are the other reasons?
Best,
Bobloblah

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crkrueger

Conan D20 Atlantean Edition
Call of Cthulhu D20
Everquest D20

I picked these because I think they did a great job of altering the system to meet the desired setting and genre.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

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trechriron

Star Wars Saga
True 20
Fantasy Craft
Trentin C Bergeron (trechriron)
Bard, Creative & RPG Enthusiast

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D.O.N.G. Black-Belt (Thanks tenbones!)

J Arcane

Dungeon Crawl Classics.
Bedroom Wall Press - Games that make you feel like a kid again.

Arcana Rising - An Urban Fantasy Roleplaying Game, powered by Hulks and Horrors.
Hulks and Horrors - A Sci-Fi Roleplaying game of Exploration and Dungeon Adventure
Heaven\'s Shadow - A Roleplaying Game of Faith and Assassination

Skywalker

Quote from: Bobloblah;672012What are the other reasons?

Its been a while TBH. I know I didn't like the Temptress class very much. They also added more options and complexity in some areas that I didn't think was necessarily a good thing.

Bloody Stupid Johnson

I must say I find all the love for FantasyCraft quite unfathomable.
YMMV I suppose.

Brad

Quote from: Bloody Stupid Johnson;672029I must say I find all the love for FantasyCraft quite unfathomable.
YMMV I suppose.

I like Fantasycraft holistically; it just looks like a neat system. But when you break it down, seems like a ton of overhead to basically do dungeon crawls. While I'm happy I have the game, I'll probably never play it.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

JeremyR

Wheel of Time d20
The Original Darwin's World
Stargate SG-1

TristramEvans

Quote from: J Arcane;672023Dungeon Crawl Classics.

If we're counting DCC as a D20 game, then I'll switch my answer to that as well.

Ronin

Quote from: Brad;672036I like Fantasycraft holistically; it just looks like a neat system. But when you break it down, seems like a ton of overhead to basically do dungeon crawls. While I'm happy I have the game, I'll probably never play it.

I feel the exact same way about Spycraft. I really want to love it. I really like it. but when I sit down with it and start bashing. It just feels so tedious, and overwhelming.
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Brad

Quote from: Ronin;672098I feel the exact same way about Spycraft. I really want to love it. I really like it. but when I sit down with it and start bashing. It just feels so tedious, and overwhelming.

Which version? The original Spycraft is pretty decent, but 2.0 made things overly complex.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Ronin

Quote from: Brad;672103Which version? The original Spycraft is pretty decent, but 2.0 made things overly complex.

Definitely speaking of 2.0. I also made the mistake of getting the pocket edition, stupid tiny ass text hurts aging mans eyes. Shakes my fist at the book, "Damn you Spycraft!":)

I do like the game dont get the wrong idea. Its just too much.
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Piestrio

Quote from: Novastar;671792Hell, even including 3.5 & PF, I'd still pick Star Wars Saga Edition.

Am I the only one who kind of liked d20 for everything except D&D?
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Currently Playing: AD&D

Emperor Norton

Quote from: Piestrio;672161Am I the only one who kind of liked d20 for everything except D&D?

I'm not a fan of PF or 3.x, but there are a few other D20 games I think are pretty good, so I guess that I'm kind of in the same boat.

Frey

Oh, I forgot: the Pathfinder Beginner Box. A complete ruleset with many of d20 good things and none of the bad.