Call of Cthulhu--6th Edition specifically, but it goes a little beyond that. It's sort of more than the game, but the genre itself that grew on me.

For years I scoffed at "mythos" type games--it just didn't appeal to me, despite liking the Lovecraftian elements in Hellboy, Buffy, etc. However, getting a chance to really play a longer campaign, dig in and explore the system made my like the game, and come to appreciate the genre much more than I ever thought I would. Presently, the only games I'm in at the Big Purple are of the cosmic horror genre--two were CoC 6th (one recently ended) and the other is Sine Nomine's "DIY Mythos" game Silent Legions--which I even backed on Kickstarter! So CoC really turned things around for me.

Another one for my list.

Tunnels & Trolls: At a glance it looks rather simplistic. Two and a half classes, really spartan design. (Which for me is not a detraction. I like rules pared down to the basics.) But after finally getting an in depth look at it at Liz Danfourths urging I saw that the set up works well and the combat mechanic for group combat was fun as it rendered mass combat down to two rolls and the open nature of the chargen meant you could tinker as you pleased. Not to mention theres a batch of solo adventures. Some of which can be played with groups.

Well, I didn't dig 4E much, but I'm beginning to re-examine the way magic worked, as well as the encounter-based design. One of the things I don't care much for when it comes to our OS game is the attrition-based mindset you have to have when designing challenge. I sort of like the idea of going in mostly full up. Of course, encounters that are hours and hours long aren't my cup of tea, either, so I won't go fully back to 4E anytime soon. But I wouldn't be completely close-minded to a simplified version of the system (which, I guess, 5E kinda sorta is in some ways).  Don't know if that counts as "grows on you," though, as I ain't re-sold.

I'm a serial offender here. I tend to be skeptical of just about every new RPG anyone tries to show me. Then I actually sit and play it, have a blast, and wonder why I ever doubted the recommendation.

So basically, most of them.

Another for Savage Worlds.

It's clunky and needs minor house ruling. Come to think of it, D&D was always clunky and needed small fixes. I like tinkering with mechanics.

Talislanta - After being neck-deep in D&D for years. A player made a case to try something different and offered up Talislanta. At first I was like "WTF is this weird shit?" Then the system!... it all started to click and the S&S vibe swept me away.

Still loving it and all its descendants - Atlantis 2nd Age, Hellas, etc. I'll always say Talislanta is one of the most under-rated games ever made in TTRPG's.

Quote from: tenbones;804114Talislanta - After being neck-deep in D&D for years. A player made a case to try something different and offered up Talislanta. At first I was like "WTF is this weird shit?" Then the system!... it all started to click and the S&S vibe swept me away.

Still loving it and all its descendants - Atlantis 2nd Age, Hellas, etc. I'll always say Talislanta is one of the most under-rated games ever made in TTRPG's.

Couldn't recall if I had ever looked at Talislanta. I did a quick Internet search and I was suprised to see that Talislanta.com shows up on my search with the notation "This site may be hacked."

Weird.

what browser are you using? I've looked at it with three different ones, all updated. And I get nothing indicating that.

Quote from: tenbones;804141what browser are you using? I've looked at it with three different ones, all updated. And I get nothing indicating that.

Google search via IE9.

It's a thing Google does - see here.

Gods below, there are people voluntarily using any version of Internet Explorer?

I've not had a game grow on me yet. I usually either enjoy them or I don't.

Great question.

GURPS. While I love the source material (I have a large collection of 3rd ed books, and backfill regularly), I just found the game ... shudder. I mean, I was in High School when Man-to-Man and then GURPS were released. Somewhere out there is my lost notebook with M2M and my handwritten notes for adding magic. But as soon as the GURPS box hit, I was yawn. Worse, when I played a few years later in college, it was an awful fucking experience. GURPS was on my no-play list for decades.

The other year, I decided to give it a try and used 1st/3rd to power some Harn campaigning. It was exquisite! The use of d6, the portability (I went old school professor style and gave my players small photocopies of the rules), the old sheets. All of it. So good.

Rolemaster / Spacemaster. I wanted to like, but boring, dry, meh. And math and tables ... good gravy! I had the SM2 boxed set, and wanted to like it on release. It seemed so ... boring. Maybe it was the style, the print, I dunno. Plus, no one wanted to play.

I had a chance to acquire and read and run RM2 recently, and while it wasn't the same experience as GURPS for me, it was totally viable. Funny how my view changes with access to POD/personal copier technology along with a couple decades of hardcore business math and such.

For Spacemaster, I've really found the source materials so much more usable and enjoyable in recent years than on-release. Maybe nostalgia, or just that I do a lot more tool kitting and "library research" when putting together games now, and it provides some decent stuff for the mill.

GURPS is a game that's actually worth getting sourcebooks for even if you don't play or like the system.

(I'm in that category)

Amber Diceless, but then I realized that I wasn't put off by the system, so much as the author's tone throughout.

Long time ago, I picked up AD&D 2E, but I had it excised and a skin patch over the divot. Hasn't come back yet.

-clash