Quote from: darGURPS Fantasy II by Robin Laws.

Isn't this the one where the evil gods are twisted versions of the characters from Winnie the Pooh?

Quote from: darForgive me for going against the spirit if not the letter of the OP....


GURPS Fantasy II by Robin Laws.



When I first saw it I was to busy to just go and get the darn thing. Now I'm very interested. I'll get the PDF but I'd rather have the hardcopy.

Forgiven.  You know, that's one of those products I looked and looked at getting, but it always seemed like another product came up or was out there I wanted a leeeetle bit more. And that was during my hot n' heavy "I don't play GURPS too often, but I buy the shit out of their sourcebooks" period.

If we're including GURPS books, then I'd put in C.J. Carella's excellent GURPS Voodoo and Malcolm Dale and Claude Thomas' hilarious GURPS Goblins.  

Otherwise I'd have to go with Swordbearer, an excellent and clean fantasy RPG from the 80s, with an intriguing magic system.

-Earthdawn by FASA, well known but still underrated in my opinion.  Not without it's shortcomings, but it really pulls of being crunchy AND having slick, playable mechanics- something few games do.

-Broadsword by the Jeff the Evil DM.  Both the "core" Broadsword rules and the World of Broadsword expansion are great fantasy fare.  You can run them with the included 1PG rules or transport the excellently written adventures over to another system without any trouble.

-Excursion into the Bizarre by Blind Dog Games.  An overlooked 1985 release.  PC's are transported from their home dimension to Earth and have to find their way back home.  One of the 2 character options is to be a dungeon delver from a very D&Dlike world.  The other is to be an evolved animal from a world without humans.  Either way you get magic spells.  Basically, the game is like the D&D cartoon in reverse.  The PC's get sucked up from a fantasy world to the real world and have adventures.

Quote from: wulfgar-Broadsword by the Jeff the Evil DM.  Both the "core" Broadsword rules and the World of Broadsword expansion are great fantasy fare.  You can run them with the included 1PG rules or transport the excellently written adventures over to another system without any trouble.

I really dig this one. It's got a spirit that most games lack.

Regards,
David R

Quote from: wulfgar-Excursion into the Bizarre by Blind Dog Games.  An overlooked 1985 release.  PC's are transported from their home dimension to Earth and have to find their way back home.  One of the 2 character options is to be a dungeon delver from a very D&Dlike world.  The other is to be an evolved animal from a world without humans.  Either way you get magic spells.  Basically, the game is like the D&D cartoon in reverse.  The PC's get sucked up from a fantasy world to the real world and have adventures.

I've never even heard of this, but it sounds pretty cool.

Quote from: joewolzIsn't this the one where the evil gods are twisted versions of the characters from Winnie the Pooh?

err... what?!?!

I dunno, but I gotta now.

Quote from: darI dunno, but I gotta now.

It's discussed, for example, in this thread.

Ummm, Changeling: the Dreaming, Exalted, Ars Magica, Dragonfire (The one where you play the dragon and the human counterpart?),  TORG: the Possibility Wars, etc.

What about Dungeons and Dragons... it's pretty terrible, but there are worse ones...

My favorite obscure fantasy games:

Harnmaster  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnmaster
Truly the setting of Harnmaster is the star of the show. Harn was a great fantasy world that was just unique enough to be really cool, but different enough not to be another "generic fantasy" world.  The game system for Harnmaster was great. It was a little clunky in character gen, but it worked well ther est of the time.

Ars Magica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Magica  and http://www.atlas-games.com/arm5/index.php
A historically correct fantasy world set in Europe with just a few differences. A great magic system, compelling elements, and troupe play. What more could you really want?

Bushido http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido_%28role-playing_game%29
A game of Fantasy Japan. It is one of the best done games ever, and it fits its envrionment perfectly.