OT: The might of Pen & Paper

[chrispedersen]

I've run, ref'd and played thousands of Paper and pencil systems:

Fantasy Hero 2nd edition: (Hard to find). Incredible rules, best fantasy system I have ever found. *Any* spell can be created - including all the Dominions spell.

Gurps. Much more customizable than DND; good spells; good combat.

Midnight: D20 variant. Aweseom flavor - creepier than Dom but it could be Dom gone bad. This game literally had me raving for 2 solid years. And has the *best* module - out of thousands.. that I have ever played.

Dnd 3.5. Lots of players, readily available

Call of Cthulu: Awesome if you are playing Rylleh Dreamlands.

Dnd 4.0 Crap. But plentiful.

Ars Magica. Well I like it. But no one else did.

Honorable mentions: Elfquest. Elric, Paranoia, T&T, Lionheart,
probably a few dozen I'm forgetting.