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« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2018, 09:21:56 AM »
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Prince Valiant doesn't really count because it came out a year too early. But I'll nominate it anyway because it is awesome and is more like the first 90's game than like the last 80's game.

Beyond that I'm kind of surprised at how few games I own (or even know of) that were published as 1st editions in the 90's


I'm there too.  I don't know that I own anything that was first published in the 90's.  I have played a couple since, but overall it seems like a pretty sparse era for anything interesting mechanically.  There were interesting new takes on settings, but usually saddled with inappropriate systems.....and I'm not much into playing in other people's settings.

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« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2018, 09:46:27 AM »
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Prince Valiant doesn't really count because it came out a year too early. But I'll nominate it anyway because it is awesome and is more like the first 90's game than like the last 80's game.

Beyond that I'm kind of surprised at how few games I own (or even know of) that were published as 1st editions in the 90's

I'm the same way with Cyberpunk 2020 - it was published in 1988, but it holds center place in my 90's-era gaming memories.

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« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2018, 09:52:32 AM »
According to those rules, nothing.  Except for some occasional AD&D, I spent the whole of the 90's playing games that were released in the '80s, or the '90s release was a new edition, such as the D&D Rules Cyclopedia ('91).  

I mostly played 4th ed. Fantasy Hero, which was the first truly unified version of FH, with its version synced with the Champions 4th ed. "Big Blue Book".  FH 1st ed. was a late '80s game, but was a very different game than what came later.

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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2018, 09:58:52 AM »
Mage the Ascension probably takes this top slot. Although, there is something to be said about Legend of the 5 Rings.
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« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2018, 10:08:59 AM »
The SAGA Rules System (Dragonlance: Fifth Age and Marvel Super Heroes, although I never used the latter version in play).

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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2018, 10:18:19 AM »
2e D&D (Spelljammer, Darksun mostly), Cyberpunk 2020, Vampire, Mage, WEG Star Wars.

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« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2018, 10:29:04 AM »
Nothing, I guess. The way I remember it, the 90s were not very good for RPGs. The early 90s was a good time for buying new modules for games that were mostly published in the 80s. There were some interesting new games too, but maybe not my cup of tea. But then, Magic the Gathering hit, and everyone and their aunts were suddenly playing card games. It led to a crash for many RPG publishers, partially because they wanted to join the card circus and then got burned. So, for me both the 80s and the 2000s were better.

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« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2018, 10:38:48 AM »
Fading Suns
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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2018, 10:45:03 AM »
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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2018, 10:55:15 AM »
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Feng Shui (1st edition). A real breath of fresh air compared to my gaming to that date (it was 1997), and still one of my favourites.

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It has got to be Amber Diceless. The fact that I'm still playing it now and I'm no longer playing any other 1990's rpgs says it all.

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CP 2020, Amber and Feng Shui are all from the 90ies? For some reason, I thought they're all one year early or too late:)!
I need to add them to my list, since those are 90ies games I'd gladly play;).
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« Reply #25 on: April 16, 2018, 11:23:49 AM »
Heroquest, of course. 1989, but close enough I hope.

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« Reply #26 on: April 16, 2018, 12:21:36 PM »
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Buck Rogers XXVc, of course. :p


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« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2018, 12:41:39 PM »
We played a lot of TORG (though apparently the GM often used GURPS so don't know how much or little of the system we engaged). Great setting though.

Feng Shui is another good one.

Even though I never ran it, I played in a lot of Vampire and WOD campaigns, so I'd have to include that too.

For looser and beer and pretzels play, Tales from the Floating Vagabond was a lot of fun (though not sure how well it holds up).

If it qualifies, my favorite 90s RPG is the Ravenloft setting. Technically the AD&D came before in 1983, but the 2E setting box set was released in 1990 (and the setting overall felt very 90s to me) and I tend to see it as a new game built on the concept laid out in the original module.

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« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2018, 02:35:37 PM »
I played a LOT of Deadlands in the late 90s, and a lot of GURPS 3rd Edition. In Nomine was well regarded by my friends and I, although I didn't play it a whole lot.

Not and RPG, but I played a whole lot of GorkaMorka int he last few years of the decade.
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« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2018, 02:45:09 PM »
Over the Edge - hands down. Fantastic setting, extraordinary (and simple!) rules. Have played the crap out of it, well into the 00s and beyond.
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