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« Reply #105 on: April 04, 2010, 04:45:15 PM »
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One suggestion...

You should have an OD&D(any) category that combines
OD&D 80 9
Swords and Wizardry 76 9

that would make OD&D (any) 156 18 or 5th on the list.


Also, some of the Runequests might be put together. I notice there's a general category for RQ, and then a couple of separate entries for various versions.
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« Reply #106 on: April 04, 2010, 05:42:34 PM »
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The mechanics look interesting, but the whole focus on the cross-gender play for Kagematsu bugs me.  I'm not sure I dig the whole "social experiment" thing.



Yeah, I was kind of hesitant about it going in for exactly this reason, but the gender issue almost immediately revealed itself to be a non-issue and it was just a great game.

Hm, maybe non-issue isn't exactly the right way to describe it, but it wasn't something that hindered play or made it uncomfortable.

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« Reply #107 on: April 04, 2010, 06:39:54 PM »
1. AD&D
2. Marvel Superheroes
3. OGL/d20
4. Gamma World 2e
5. Champions (pre-Hero System)
6. GURPS 3e
7. Danger International (pre-Hero System)
8. Bushido
9. Epic RPG
10. Bushido

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« Reply #108 on: April 04, 2010, 10:18:23 PM »
Quote from: CRKrueger;371687
One suggestion...

You should have an OD&D(any) category that combines
OD&D 80 9
Swords and Wizardry 76 9

that would make OD&D (any) 156 18 or 5th on the list.


Did anyone vote for both of them in their list? If so, that'd be letting those people double-vote.
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« Reply #109 on: April 04, 2010, 10:39:48 PM »
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Did anyone vote for both of them in their list? If so, that'd be letting those people double-vote.
There aren't. I just checked. You will find most votes are for "OD&D/Swords & Wizardry", "Swords & Wizardry" (either Core Rules or White Box or without mention), or, interestingly enough, some people who voted for a "Basic/Classic D&D" section dumping OD&D and/or Swords & Wizardry, Holmes, Moldvay, Mentzer, Rules Cyclopedia in the same broad vote. Interesting.

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« Reply #110 on: April 05, 2010, 01:36:37 AM »
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Also, some of the Runequests might be put together. I notice there's a general category for RQ, and then a couple of separate entries for various versions.


That's #14 on the points list and #12 on the votes/mentions list. All of the RQ put together.

If we put all the D&D together, then Stormbringer, Pathfinder, Gamma World, BRP, & Marvel Superheroes also make the top 20.
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« Reply #111 on: April 05, 2010, 07:42:24 AM »
Thanks for tallying everything up!
 

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« Reply #112 on: April 06, 2010, 12:15:30 PM »
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D&D is a special case in that most of the time it drastically changes with every major version.


Depends on what you want to call a major version, I guess.  I don't think I would have any problems running a game where one player used OD&D, another player used Basic/Expert, a third player ran an AD&D 1st edition character, the forth used BECMI and the fifth used 2nd edition AD&D.  My Bandit Kingdoms campaign featured an Unearthed Arcana cavalier and a 2nd edition bard as the two longest running PCs.  Usually no one could really tell when I was using the 1st edition version of a magic item or monster as opposed to the 2nd edition version.

If your point was that all the editions that TSR did were drastically different from the two and a half editions WotC has produced so far, then I suppose I agree.
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« Reply #113 on: April 06, 2010, 01:02:32 PM »
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Depends on what you want to call a major version, I guess.  I don't think I would have any problems running a game where one player used OD&D, another player used Basic/Expert, a third player ran an AD&D 1st edition character, the forth used BECMI and the fifth used 2nd edition AD&D.


I've done that with no real problems. I can use adventures for any of the TSR editions with any other TSR edition (or a clone) and do what little conversion is needed on the fly as well.  There wasn't nearly as much difference between any of the TSR editions of D&D as there are between any TSR edition and either of the WOTC editions.
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« Reply #114 on: April 06, 2010, 01:17:39 PM »
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I've done that with no real problems. I can use adventures for any of the TSR editions with any other TSR edition (or a clone) and do what little conversion is needed on the fly as well.  There wasn't nearly as much difference between any of the TSR editions of D&D as there are between any TSR edition and either of the WOTC editions.


When AD&D came out, I incorporated the books into my ongoing game as they were released - first the Monster Manual, then the PHB, then the DMG, IIRC. Same with second edition AD&D. Phased in as we went along.

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« Reply #115 on: April 06, 2010, 09:25:18 PM »
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When AD&D came out, I incorporated the books into my ongoing game as they were released - first the Monster Manual, then the PHB, then the DMG, IIRC. Same with second edition AD&D. Phased in as we went along.


That's what my group did, only we left out all the parts of AD&D we didn't like. Our D&D was OD&D plus what we liked from AD&D, Arduin, etc. The AD&D books became the primary reference once all three were finally out, but what we played wasn't anything like RAW.
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« Reply #116 on: April 06, 2010, 11:55:29 PM »
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That's what my group did, only we left out all the parts of AD&D we didn't like. Our D&D was OD&D plus what we liked from AD&D, Arduin, etc. The AD&D books became the primary reference once all three were finally out, but what we played wasn't anything like RAW.


Same here. I was stripping out rules and making house rules before I ever played or ran the game. Then again I was a long time war gamer, and that's how we did it back then. :D
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« Reply #117 on: April 11, 2010, 11:42:38 PM »
The Top 50 games at RPG.net
(Rating/Points 0-10 Scale)

1. Delta Green - Call of Cthulu 8.45
2. Delta Green - Countdown (CoC) 8.4
3. Nobilis 8.3
4. Spirit of the Century 8.25
5. King Arthur Pendragon 8.14
6. Unknown Armies (Atlas Games) 8.13
7. Call of Cthulu 7.97
8. Feng Shui 7.95
9. Mutants & Masterminds 7.76
10. Vimary Sourcebook (Dream Pod 9) 7.74
11. Over The Edge (Atlas Games) 7.7
12. Warhammer FRP 7.69
13. Paranoia 7.68
14. Angel RPG 7.67
15. Mouse Guard RPG 7.64
16. Talislanta 7.63
16. Planescape Campaign Setting 7.63
17. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7.62
18. Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium 7.59
19. Pulp Hero 7.58
20. Prime Time Adventures 7.56
Fantasy Hero 7.56
Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM) 7.55
Don't Rest Your Head 7.55
Tribe 8 (Dream Pod 9) 7.54
Starblazer Adventures 7.53
Masks of Nyarlhotep 7.52
Fading Suns 7.48
Suppressed Transmission 7.46
All Flesh Must Be Eaten 7.45
Jovian Chronicles 7.45
GURPS: Russia 7.45
Harnworld 7.43
GURPS: Cabal 7.41
Heroquest 7.4
Adventure! 7.4
Silver Age Sentinels 7.39
GURPS:  Biotech 7.39
Runequest 7.38
Reign 7.36
Lawyers, Guns, & Money 7.36
Dark Champions 7.36
Hudson City: The Urban Abyss 7.35
Call of Cthulu d20 7.34
D&D Rules Cyclopedia 7.34
Star Wars d6 RPG (Weg) 7.33
Bearers of Jade: The Second Book of the Shadowlands  7.32
GURPS: Transhuman Space 7.31
Wraith: The Oblivion 7.31
Guide to the Technocracy 7.31
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The Top 50 of RPG's at RPG.net
(Most Rated/Mentions)

1. D&D 3.5 2006 Boxed Players Kit
2: D&D 3.0 PHB
3. Call of Cthulu 1st ed
4. Nobilis
5. Spirit of the Century
6. Exalted 1st ed
7. Warhammer FRP 1st ed
8. Big Eyes Small Mouth
9. d20 SRD
10. Mage: The Ascension
11. Mutants & Masterminds 1st ed.
12. Over The Edge (Atlas Games)
13. D&D 3.5 Core Rulebook gift set
14: World of Darkness 1st ed.
15. Aberrant:  Deluxe Edition
16. Ars Magica
17. Savage Worlds
18. Legend of the Five Rings L5R
19. Vampire: The Masquerade
20. Feng Shui
 King Arthur Pendragon, 1st ed.
 Delta Green
 Fading Suns
Call of Cthulu (WoTC) 2002
D&D 4th Edition Core Rulebook Gift Set
Shadowrun 1st Edition
D&D 4th Ed. Players Handbook
Godlike
Star Wars d20
Hero System
Dogs in the Vineyard
Star Wars d6 (WEG)
Witchcraft
Burning Wheel FRP
Heroquest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
All Flesh Must Be Eaten
Conspiracy X
Don't Rest Your Head (Evil Hat Productions)
Trinity Limited Edition (White Wolf)
Deadlands 1st Edition
Tribe 8 (Dream Pod 9)
Paranoia XP
Transhuman Space (GURPS)
Adventure! (White Wolf)
Eberron Campaign Settting
GURPS 2nd Ed.
Weapon of the Gods (Wuxia Action by Eos Press)
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