Tonic for edition warring? Pick an edition of <$GAME> you DON'T like and...

The Butcher · February 16, 2014, 02:57:59 PM

I like the smorgasbord of character options offered by 3.5e and PF by way of feats and prestige classes. This goes double for FantasyCraft.

I like 4e's emphasis on movement during combat.

I like Trail of Cthulhu's Ken Hite-penned discussion of and ideas for the Mythos deities.

I think Hero does a bitchin' job of modelling extraordinary characters from all over genre fiction.

I like Rolemaster's deadly combat system and hilarious crits.

Brander · February 16, 2014, 03:06:36 PM

I like that Star Wars:EotE lets me play a robot while using the normal chargen rules. I also like the way they handled "classes" and "specializations." The idea behind attribute defaults to skill being a smaller die and skill levels being a replacement with a higher die with a greater chance of success was a good idea.

robiswrong · February 16, 2014, 03:13:28 PM

Quote from: Piestrio;7315263.x, when played as intended (ie.. Like AD&D), is actually quite enjoyable.

Yup.

K Peterson · February 16, 2014, 03:17:50 PM

Mongoose Traveller has a nice, unified task resolution mechanic and great expandability to differing forms of Scifi gaming.

I like the art in the CoC 7e QuickStart rules.

Simlasa · February 16, 2014, 03:26:31 PM

Quote from: The Butcher;731577I like Trail of Cthulhu's Ken Hite-penned discussion of and ideas for the Mythos deities.

Oh yes! I don't like their 'fix' for CoC but I do think the discussions of the mythos, the flavor of the ToC stuff is great. They're make great supplements for CoC.

J Arcane · February 16, 2014, 04:07:50 PM

GURPS 4e is exactly what I asked for in a new edition in one important respect: It is indeed far more complete than 3e, and does in two books what 3e took core + three compendiums to do.

Bradford C. Walker · February 16, 2014, 04:11:59 PM

Fighters are not utter shit in high-level play in D&D4.

Phillip · February 16, 2014, 04:18:45 PM

I love Marvel Super Heroes, so the colorful table in TSR's Gamma World 3rd ed. is something I can dig. It still fit into a pretty small package, too, and seemed to have the old familiar setting elements.

Marc Miller's Traveller 4 offered a look at an earlier Imperium, and recaptured some of the feel of earlier Traveller rules sets compared with Mega and New Era. Illustrations conveyed a sense of classic adventure SF, and the selection of careers and gadgets was interesting.

Mongoose RuneQuest 1st ed. offered a look at an earlier Age of Glorantha, and seemed in many ways to bring the presentation "up to date" with industry standards. Above all, it brought the game in some form back into stores!

Ravenswing · February 16, 2014, 04:20:20 PM

The quality and production values of Pathfinder's setting materials are top-notch.

jeff37923 · February 16, 2014, 04:44:34 PM

I've found Megatraveller's cinematic nugget adventure system to be loose enough to allow for Player actions while being tight enough to provide structure for an actual adventure.

Poison'd, FATAL, and Maid have given me valuable insight into what kinds of play should not be catered to at the game table.

Daztur · February 16, 2014, 05:02:07 PM

I find the writing style of Burning Wheel hilarious, especially the jokes embedded in the life paths.

Gronan of Simmerya · February 16, 2014, 05:17:12 PM

The basic idea of 'prestige class' in Star Wars d20 is a neat idea.

gonster · February 16, 2014, 05:22:10 PM

HERO 5th shows the true secret to being a genuine combat monster -- having an amazing amount of dexterity. You are more accurate to hit, you dodge incoming attacks with ease, you just all around get more things done than the slower guys.

Phillip · February 16, 2014, 06:04:08 PM

Quote from: gonster;731609HERO 5th shows the true secret to being a genuine combat monster -- having an amazing amount of dexterity. You are more accurate to hit, you dodge incoming attacks with ease, you just all around get more things done than the slower guys.

How is that different from 1st-4th, 6th? Or is the point that it's not?

trechriron · February 16, 2014, 06:29:31 PM

Quote from: The Butcher;731577I like the smorgasbord of character options offered by 3.5e and PF by way of feats and prestige classes. This goes double for FantasyCraft.

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Ditto and Double Doubled.

My thoughts;

The setting and background of Kult was mind blowing to me. Just dripping with horror and intense dark ideas. It still creeps me out.

Alternity's Star Drive was the perfect setup for explorers in space. I really dig the various empires and corporations. This will remain one of my all time favorite sci-fi settings. I really wish someone would polish it up, create a system for it (maybe a SWN like approach?), and publish it. :-)

Me and my group of the day really enjoyed AD&D2er Combat & Tactics and Spells & Powers. I loved the ability to customize the game within a framework. It also inspired some of us that were getting tired of D&D to keep on playing for a while.

No one can do monsters like D&D/Pathfinder. I own every Pathfinder monster book in PDF. You can mine that gorgeous menagerie for foes for any game!

I LOVE the Scarred Lands! What a gem of a setting, wonderful mythical history, and another really creepy place to adventure in. The books were done well IMHO and added lots of great options to the game.

I also love Eberron! That was how I envisioned D&D in my mind and the setting just clicked with me. I ran a long campaign in this setting and it consistently provided oodles of ideas for adventure.