Your favorite game setting, and why...

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Alina P
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Your favorite game setting, and why...

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... In ten words or less. Here's mine:

Shadowrun: Guns, trolls, and things that go boom.

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Exalted. Dash of imagination = ANY fantasy story I want.

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I havn't had too much RPG exposure, but I like Faerun for the random, strange potential.
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I like Rifts. I like the idea of being to run just about any kind of crazy game I want if I put the effort into it, even though most games are all about combat and the quest for bigger guns. I figured it's be obvious since I was actually willing to run a game on here.
I don't get to play much but it's my home system and setting as far as most of my early gaming.
I have too much respect for Palladium to convert their stuff to a "better system" as some people say I should.

Does it feel wrong to anyone else to adapt a whole setting to a different game system?
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Warhammer, The ruinous powers are watching me on the privy.
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World of Darkness (old setting)

Brooding storyteller game of personal horror or futile rage.
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Less setting, more of a theme.

Dark, realistic and brutal with slim chance of survival.
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Werewolf: the Apocalypse followed closely by Rifts and Champions.
I like everything about Werewolf, the wonderous variety or Rifts, and Champions...well...it's a game devoted to playing Super Heroes...what's not to like?
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Changeling the Lost: Faeries aren't Nice, and Neither are We.

Iron Kingdoms: Steam Powered Mechs, Guns, and Gods that turnip you up.
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Palladium System
Everything and anything you could imagine or make.
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Rifts: The Anything-Goes School of Role Playing

Unknown Armies: The more you know, the more terrified you should be

Call of Cthulu: Character death nearly manadatory, and certainly better than the alternative

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Alina P wrote: Call of Cthulu: Character death nearly manadatory, and certainly better than the alternative
It's not better than the alternative! I enjoyed my totaly insane Private Investigator! hehe... he didnt' get much acomplished but he was certainly amusing! :o :lol:
" Hmmmm summon a unholy terror from the deep... or get ice cream... decisions decisions!"
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"Humor is reason gone mad." (Groucho Marx)
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'..." (Jayne)
"And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?" (Mal)
"Do you know what the chain of command is here? It's the chain I go get and beat you with to show you who's in command." (Jayne)
"Dear Diary...today I was pompous and my sister was crazy." (flips page) "Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever." (Jayne)

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My favorite setting is a homebrew and a little arrogant so I apoligize if it seems narcisstic...

The Adventures of Pedro Steckecilo: Post Apocalyptic Steam Punk Western with Gangsters! Also Explosions.

Hollow Earth Expedition: Nazi's, Dinosaurs, Atlantians, Giant Drilling Machines and Horrendously bad geology, oh my!

Starwars SAGA Edition: Easy to Learn, Fun To Play, Jedi, Sith and X-wings! What more could you want?

... all the people here who like Rifts makes me feel bad about getting rid of all my old books.

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OOH! Speaking of Rifts fans! I got to shake Kevin Siembieda's hand at GenCon! I thanked him for keeping the company alive on behalf of all us here at the Weregeek forums. :D
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Speaking of Palladium Games...

Nightbane: Psychological Trauma + Super Powers = Win!
Robotech: This ain't DnD, this has Giant Robots in it!
Heroes Unlimited: Enhanced Sense of Taste? Alter Physical Structure Foam? I'm there!

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Over The Edge: Intrigue, conspiracy, and truth all on a Mediterranean island.

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Paranoia: The Computer. Confusion. Compulsory fun through drugs and singalong. Summary executions.

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I agree with Alina...for the same reasons.

BOOM!

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Current World of Darkness setting; Personal Horror trumps Gothic Horror, and the lack of rampant Misanthropy is a major plus.

Within that setting, Promethean: the Created. I really dig the themes of Alchemy and personal exploration of what it means to be truly human.

Changeling: the Lost is right up there too, for similar reasons.

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