Any good RPGs as of late?

[hukarez]

I'm guessing this forum is what I think it is. Well, seeing as it's still brand spanking new...

Would anyone have a good suggestion of an RPG to start playing up on a laptop, by any chance? :)

[haymondjunior]

see other thread

[SanDiegoCA]

Yes, definitely play Elder Scrolls 3, Morrowind. Excellent role playing game that is open-ended with a very neat storyline. It also has 2 very neat expansions added to it (Tribunal, Bloodmoon). The PC version of the game is especially cool, as it comes with a program mod that allows you to create your own worlds in the world of Morrowind. You can go to the elder scrolls website and download player mods that Bethesda (company that makes elder scrolls) or other players have made. Some of the player mods exceed the company mods. Try it out

[stratfest]

Current RPG's I like are:

www.worldofwarcraft.com (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml) To fight good or evil, monsters or other players.

eve-online.com (https://secure.eve-online.com/ft/?aid=101574) For intergallatic war, trade and more.

World War II Fighters Online (http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-1790678-7245740)

Even Yahoo Games (http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-2053222-10409807) has some fun RPG's and other genres.

[ohms_law]

You know, I could never get into Eve-Online. There's simply not enough... interaction? in the game. It's multiplayer, but you hardly ever talk to anyone, and the only interactions that you seem to have are combat.

Well, that's not quite true. You can talk to anyone who is online, but through an IRC/IM style chat interface. That's great and all, but it's not the same as WOW, UO, or EQ, where you actually have a character that everyone can see, and carry out conversations with. You know what I mean?

[stratfest]

You know, I could never get into Eve-Online. There's simply not enough... interaction? in the game. It's multiplayer, but you hardly ever talk to anyone, and the only interactions that you seem to have are combat.

Well, that's not quite true. You can talk to anyone who is online, but through an IRC/IM style chat interface. That's great and all, but it's not the same as WOW, UO, or EQ, where you actually have a character that everyone can see, and carry out conversations with. You know what I mean?

I am in a large corporation in Eve. Intergallatic Combined Technologies. Usually several members online. You are right though about not really seeing the other chrs. Those planet based games are more fun for interacting. We have had some fun asteroid mining ops in the past. I haven't had the time to play as much as of late. FM and BM are nice to play at office :)

[Jeff Olsen]

I've been playing City of Heroes/Villains and recently preordered Lord of the Rings Online.

I still fire up Morrowind from time to time but never really got very far with it.

[Jeff Olsen]

I've been playing Silverfall (http://www.silverfall-game.com/) while waiting for LOTRO access. Very nice game, lots of similarities do Diablo 2.

[ohms_law]

Interesting...

[Jeff Olsen]

It isn't often that a fantasy RPG features characters who can wield a shotgun.

[Lee]

Silverfall? That one snuck in there.... don't think I have heard of it before. Playing the Titan Quest expansion myself, but much like Diablo 2 it lends itself more to action roleplay than to story driven role play (such as Morrowind). Please follow up on Silverfall... def interested as the screenshots look like something I could enjoy.

[Jeff Olsen]

Silverfall is a classless RPG. There are four races (Man, Elf, Troll, and Goblin) and three areas of expertise (Fighting, Magic, and Other), each of which has three individual trees. Fighting has melee, ranged, and techniques; Magic has elemental, light, and dark; Other has a race-specific tree, a technique tree for those who like magic & nature, and a separate tree for those who think science & technology is the way to go. All Fighting and Magic trees are available to all races; access to the technique trees in the Other category are determined by the character's alligience.

As a player progresses through the game, they make choices that determine whether their character is faithful to nature or if they'd rather side with science & technology in the name of progress. Goblins have a natural affinity for the latter, Elves toward magic, and Trolls toward might. Haven't tried Men yet but with the other three taken, it seems logical they'd lean toward nature.

One's alligience to either nature or technology also determines some of the equipment one can use. For example: Nature gets animal skins, wooden armor, some nice bows and swords while Technology gets Art Deco metal armor, firearms, saws, and steam-powered hammers.

Similar to Neverwinter Nights, there are companions scattered around the map and they have their own little background stories. The first you'll probably meet is a Troll schooled in light magic but has amnesia; she's not far from the starting point in the main game. Companions have their own alligiences and how effectively they do their jobs depends on what your alligience is and how you converse with them. Sometimes they'll have insight into the tasks that are asked of you. A character can have up to two companions at any given time.

If you get defeated, your character and any companions get transported to the last encampment you visited, but your character loses all equipped items. Those get placed in a "tomb", which gets marked on your map. Should you expect a tomb to be virtually impossible to reach, you can purchace life insurance from a goblin near the starting point, but you have to perform a task for him first. There is a resurrect spell in light magic, which can be used on a dead companion or on you by another player. There is multiplayer support, both PvP and cooperative.

[ukslamjam]

I've been a MMORPG player for a while, I've tried WOW, EVE, COH/COV, Guildwars, Space cowboy (free space fighter game, cool but gets boring quickly) and most recently I've tried FFXI.

However I've been beta testing for LOTRO and I have to say how amazing this game will be!! I've pre-ordered the game and I have the opportunity to pay £100 for a lifetime membership!! That's right its a monthly payable game but if I pay £100 I never have to pay again!! Obviously when they release addon's I would have to purchase them but no monthly fees ever again.

Check it out!!

Europe site

http://www.lotro-europe.com/index.php

North American site

http://www.lotro.com/splash

[Jeff Olsen]

Last night I signed up for an Auto Assault (http://www.autoassault.com/news/) 14-day trial. It's essentailly an updated Autoduel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoduel) with MMO.

Haven't played much yet; got on at 1AM and my internet went out a half-hour later. Had to go to bed anyway. :)

[ohms_law]

whoa, cool!

[Jeff Olsen]

I was having trouble surviving the tutorial, probably due to being unfamiliar with the controls. It's been a long time since I used the keyboard to control a vehicle. :D

[martinezdiazder]

Any of you played Neverwinter Nights 2? Just got it, but haven't played yet.... is it good?

[themcnoisy]

You cant really go wrong with Final Fantasy, although it does take away your life for a fortnight.

Or try Zelda on the original game boy, cant remember the title for the game but it was ace.

[themcnoisy]

WHAT!!!


£100 for a membership is really hefty!!!
That kind of money just to play a game is pretty stupid in my opinion.

But I hope its worth it.

[ukslamjam]

WHAT!!!


£100 for a membership is really hefty!!!
That kind of money just to play a game is pretty stupid in my opinion.

But I hope its worth it.

Its sounds hefty but when you think about WOW, EVE and other MMORPG's you have to pay a monthly fee. Usually its around £8.99 per month but with LOTRO you never have to pay again! The best thing about it is that they are always improving and adding extra content to the game.

I have to say its not usually my type of thing, I tend to play sports games but I'm really enjoying playing. Also if you love Tolkiens work you will appreciate how much work has gone into this title.

:)

[themcnoisy]

I see, in that respect it would be worth it.

But to be 100% sure they are going to add all the extra content etc, surely paying per month is the way to go.
That way you can pull out if the service becomes sub standard later down the line.

Anyhow £8.99 would give you a silver membership with BM and £3.99 left over for a Big Mac meal!!!!!!!


Let the good times roll.

[ukslamjam]

I'm sure it will turn out ok but until then watch this space, if they don't I'll raise ****!! LOL

Like the idea on the mac! mmm. . . . burger's!! LOL

[themcnoisy]

While this thread is about RPGs, I wonder if anyone reading this knows the name of the game I will describe. Ive wanted to get hold of it for ages, as I had it when I was 12 (14 yrs ago) but dont know what happened to it.

It was on the Megadrive (Genesis)


Your this lad, and your a pupil to this magician.
You recruit mates to join your army and it plays like chess when fighting.
Its a top down rpg.
You character becomes a man halfway into the game.
You eventually go round in a caravan and can use about 12 characters in each battle.

The king goes crazy and loses his daughter and theres a massive earthquake so you move to a new continent. You meet a phoenix whos dead hard and you walk about this new world beating the **** out of every wild animal for a bit.

It would probably be really bad if I had a go today - but this thread made me think of this game.

[OldFatGuy]

Best RPG I ever played was Gothic 2. Betrayal at Krondor was very good, an oldie but a goodie. I consider that one a classic. The first and third Zelda's were very good. The first was played on the original Nintendo and the third was played on Supernintendo. (The second Zelda sucked) Morrowind was pretty cool. Fallout and Fallout 2 were my all time favorites until I played Gothic 2, though Gothic 2 is fantasy based with swords and dragons instead of modern era like Fallout. Arcanum was a pretty good RPG as well, one of the few RPG's sold by Sierra at the time. I had a blast with one called Soulbringer as well, the story and atmosphere were good on that one. Planescape: Torment were good.

If you haven't tried Gothic 2, and if you have a good computer with a good sound system, try it. The atmosphere is unlike anything I've ever played. You actually feel like you're there. There is a good bit of comedy and intrigue, and the story is extremely well done, with choices of paths to take and skills to learn. Also, make sure you get the Gold Edition with the Night of the Raven add-on. Bought Gothic 3, and am disappointed so far. Forced to use my keyboard (Gothic 2 let me use my Gamepad) and my computer (P-4, 2.5G) isn't enough for the Gothic 3 so it's choppy and so I basically gave up on it.

EDIT: Just got Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. This one looks intriguing, but I haven't gotten into it enough yet to give a good thumbs up or down.

[royals85]

Any of you played Neverwinter Nights 2? Just got it, but haven't played yet.... is it good?

Fantastic! some complain that it takes too much memory to run, but for a newer system it is no problem. People still play NWN1, probably more than NWN2, so its good the game is high-end, it has room to grow. If you like AD&D you'll love NWN2. The multiplayer option is great and the community is growing, if you like seriously detailed roleplaying with amazing custom options, this is top of the line. (not massively multiplayer, but the option is free, with at least a few hundred people always playing)

[slowrx7]

I am oldschool to the core. All I play as far as rpg's is muds.

[NoahSoho]

I've played a good amount of RPG's, both MMORPG and otherwise. I've been an active EverQuest player for about 6 years now, and have just recently taken a huge step back from it. During those 6 years though, I've tried games like FF IX, VanGuard, ShadowBane, Ultima Online, WoW, and Guild Wars as far as MMORPG's are concerned, and Diablo, Diablo 2, and Elder Scrolls 3 & 4 (Morrowind and Oblivion, respectfully). I've eyed LOTR Online, but haven't really decided on it, I guess it's part to my girlfriend actually played EQ with me, so I just focused on that (plus the 6 years of playtime, kinda makes it suck you accomplish what you do, then you go to a new game and hafta start all over...although sometimes, it's a nice reprive).

I've also been a fan of the not-MMO Final Fantasies, as most RPG "nerds" are. I also like games that may not be labeled "RPG" but are very much like an RPG, Condemned comes to mind.

Well, I've rambled far long enough! :)

[OldFatGuy]

I am oldschool to the core. All I play as far as rpg's is muds.

What are muds??? And what is MMORPG?? Haven't been able to figure out what the MMO stands for. Is the O online??

Thanks for helping to educate an old man.:)

EDIT: Am I the only RPG fan out there that HATES Diablo?? I don't like any of those hack and slash, its just a matter of clicking your mouse type RPG's. Darkstone is another Diablo like RPG.

[Clay Dreslough]

Wow. Four posts in this thread in one day. Interesting to see all the RPG fans.

OFG, MUD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD) stands for Multi-User Dungeon, or Multi-User Dimension.

I feel like a bit of a dinosaur myself. I grew up playing paper-and-dice-based D&D (and homebrew (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game#Homebrew) variants). When I got to Wesleyan in 1989, TinyMUD had just been established, so that was my experience with them. Like Wikipedia says, TinyMUD was primarily "social". That is, it was more about meeting, talking and role-playing than hacking up monsters.

However, TinyMUD also had a huge advantage over some of the earlier MUDs: it included a language by which the players themselves created the game world. You could create a room or object and then link it to one of the existing rooms in the world (by specifying an 'exit' or keyword that would let you travel from an existing location to your new location). There was always new stuff added everytime you logged in, and was really neat seeing what people had added.

TinyMUSH added more complexity to the system, letting you create objects that spawned new objects, or reacted in certain ways based on user input or random number generation.

I helped create some of the virtual Wesleyan on TinyMUD (including the tunnels that ran under the football field), but mostly it was my wife Dee who got seriously into MUDs and MUSHes. In the late 80s and early 90s, we didn't have net access in the dorm rooms, so 5 or 6 of us would gather in the 'terminal room' late into the night, building stuff and socializing.

MMORPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG) is a Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. World of WarCraft (aka 'WoW') is by far the most successful current MMORPG.

I mostly created this forum because tabletop (aka "paper-and-dice") games and RPGs have been a lifelong passion of mine, and I got involved in running live role-playing games in 1989 and have been doing it on and off ever since. I wrote a dice-based baseball game in 1976, and by the late 1970s I was writing my own RPG rules, along with a variety of computer games. So I've bounced back and forth between sports games and RPGs (primarily of the medieval/fantasy variety) most of my life.

As a game designer, I think the last thing the world really needs is yet another MMORPG. There are millions of people stuck in their chairs playing World of Warcraft. I spend all day in front of a computer -- something for which I am eternally grateful, that I can make a living doing the same thing I did as a hobby when I was a kid. But when I take a break from working on Baseball Mogul or Football Mogul, I don't want to sit at my computer for another 4 hours trying to "level up" on the newest MMORPG.

To quote an ad for the Dungeons & Dragons rulebook: "If you're goning to sit in your basement pretending to be an Elf, you should at least have some friends over to help."

And on occasion, I still head into the woods for a weekend and shoot monsters with padded arrows. Its hard to describe how much this is until you actually do it.

So, if anyone wants to talk about tabletop RPGs, or live RPGs, I'd love it. But I realize that most of the current RPG gaming takes place inside computer monitors.

:p

[ohms_law]

I played lots of D&D, I came here from the UO world (and more accurately, the EasyUO world), but I really miss playing the "original" Magic: The Gathering with my friends after work...

[OldFatGuy]

Wow. Four posts in this thread in one day. Interesting to see all the RPG fans.

OFG, MUD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD) stands for Multi-User Dungeon, or Multi-User Dimension.

I feel like a bit of a dinosaur myself. I grew up playing paper-and-dice-based D&D (and homebrew (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game#Homebrew) variants). When I got to Wesleyan in 1989, TinyMUD had just been established, so that was my experience with them. Like Wikipedia says, TinyMUD was primarily "social". That is, it was more about meeting, talking and role-playing than hacking up monsters.

However, TinyMUD also had a huge advantage over some of the earlier MUDs: it included a language by which the players themselves created the game world. You could create a room or object and then link it to one of the existing rooms in the world (by specifying an 'exit' or keyword that would let you travel from an existing location to your new location). There was always new stuff added everytime you logged in, and was really neat seeing what people had added.

TinyMUSH added more complexity to the system, letting you create objects that spawned new objects, or reacted in certain ways based on user input or random number generation.

I helped create some of the virtual Wesleyan on TinyMUD (including the tunnels that ran under the football field), but mostly it was my wife Dee who got seriously into MUDs and MUSHes. In the late 80s and early 90s, we didn't have net access in the dorm rooms, so 5 or 6 of us would gather in the 'terminal room' late into the night, building stuff and socializing.

MMORPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG) is a Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. World of WarCraft (aka 'WoW') is by far the most successful current MMORPG.

I mostly created this forum because tabletop (aka "paper-and-dice") games and RPGs have been a lifelong passion of mine, and I got involved in running live role-playing games in 1989 and have been doing it on and off ever since. I wrote a dice-based baseball game in 1976, and by the late 1970s I was writing my own RPG rules, along with a variety of computer games. So I've bounced back and forth between sports games and RPGs (primarily of the medieval/fantasy variety) most of my life.

As a game designer, I think the last thing the world really needs is yet another MMORPG. There are millions of people stuck in their chairs playing World of Warcraft. I spend all day in front of a computer -- something for which I am eternally grateful, that I can make a living doing the same thing I did as a hobby when I was a kid. But when I take a break from working on Baseball Mogul or Football Mogul, I don't want to sit at my computer for another 4 hours trying to "level up" on the newest MMORPG.

To quote an ad for the Dungeons & Dragons rulebook: "If you're goning to sit in your basement pretending to be an Elf, you should at least have some friends over to help."

And on occasion, I still head into the woods for a weekend and shoot monsters with padded arrows. Its hard to describe how much this is until you actually do it.

So, if anyone wants to talk about tabletop RPGs, or live RPGs, I'd love it. But I realize that most of the current RPG gaming takes place inside computer monitors.

:p


Thanks, I now know. Love to get educated, especially when its free. I never played D&D, I never played an RPG until Betrayal at Krondor on the computer way back in the early 90's. Although looking back I consider the old late 80's game on the nintendo, Zelda, sort of an rpg. So, I guess I'm
stuck in front of the screen now. My son purchased (I purchased it, one day in a store Dad buy me....) a D&D box with rules, paragraphs, dice and all way back in the 80's but I don't remember him getting into it much. After Betrayal at Krondor I've been sold and found myself buying everything on the shelf that said RPG, but I find some RPG's I really don't care for at all and others I get lost in for weeks at a time. I need to figure out a way to tell in advance, save me some bucks.

[royals85]

(from previous post) by OldFatGuy "So, if anyone wants to talk about tabletop RPGs, or live RPGs, I'd love it. But I realize that most of the current RPG gaming takes place inside computer monitors."




ok i'll talk pen n paper rpg (PNP) . check out the wikipedia page on Gary Gygax (one of the makers of DnD)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax
I didn't realize how old he is now! he looks like Gandalf! lol,... fascinating stuff,... I played AdnD 2nd edition, the late 80's early 90 's version of the game. It's too bad TSR went out of business, I hate that Wizards of the Coast bought them out, (a lot of people feel like that card game they put out Magic the Gathering, killed tabletop RPG's) and they are now publishing 'Dungeon' , and 'Dragon' magazines online. They streamlined the game with versions 3 and 3.5 too much I think. It does attract newer players, but I like the classic version better,... but for a good computer game utilizing 3.5 edition, NWN1 and 2 are really pretty good, what the mmorpg Dungeons and Dragons Stormreach should be !

[BBMogulLover21]

I play City of Heroes/villains... I love that game very well done... I tried WoW I just dont like the era its in... never got into it as much as so many others did

[Soysauce]

http://www.everonia.com/register.php?refer=Spartan

A new browser based rpg. About three weeks old with 300+ members.

[NoahSoho]

Ohms! I dunno where you are, but I would love to sit with ya and break out some Magic: The Gathering! I played D&D for quite some time, but once my little brother got involved with it, he became a little loot-hungry f'er, so I backed off playing because we'd make looting kinda stingy when he played.

But I still have thousands of M:TG cards sitting around, mostly bought during the early days of the relationship with my gal, she had a good interest in the game too.

[Jeff Olsen]

I have the first M:TG PC game (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/magicthegathering/).

[NoahSoho]

Nice! My roommate got M:TG Battlegrounds....I was like...um, dude...just keep it offa my computer! lol

[robinhoodnik]

How's this? From my attic. I also have some Gamma World stuff somewhere up there and old D&D Basic, Expert, and Advanced books along with dozens of dice.

[themcnoisy]

Has anyone in the rest of the world heard of "Fighting Fantasy" it was a compilation of 60 or so books, choose your own adventure style, dice rolling battling, magic conjuring, jolly good fun.

The two men behind it Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (Boss of Eidos), also wrote a number of Live rpg books. I still have a couple namely Dungoeneer and The Riddling Reaver.

Try it yourself.

[ohms_law]

How's this? From my attic. I also have some Gamma World stuff somewhere up there and old D&D Basic, Expert, and Advanced books along with dozens of dice.

WOW!
now that brings back some memories!

[FRENCHREDSOX]

Has anyone in the rest of the world heard of "Fighting Fantasy" it was a compilation of 60 or so books, choose your own adventure style, dice rolling battling, magic conjuring, jolly good fun.

The two men behind it Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (Boss of Eidos), also wrote a number of Live rpg books. I still have a couple namely Dungoeneer and The Riddling Reaver.

Try it yourself.

LOL played it way back in the 80's also Steve Jackson was a major force in "Runequest" (does anyone remember the board game White Bear & Red Moon ?? )which was D&D's major competitor in the 80's (as they went into a anti Tolkeinesque dimensia with empires/worlds/& religions (runes aspect)) obviously D&D saw the "growth "potential & developed also their "world" as did Warhammer/Warhammer 40k

[OldFatGuy]

Runequest, now that rings a bell somewhere but I can't remember. What is Runequest???

[wood34]

Runequest, now that rings a bell somewhere but I can't remember. What is Runequest???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneQuest

[FRENCHREDSOX]

Runequest, now that rings a bell somewhere but I can't remember. What is Runequest???

Same as Dungeons & Dragons but set in a world ,Glorantha (I think) & had Ducks as a character class but was more of a politico-religious game than D&D...certain religions couldn't band together so your partners had to be "friendly".Was a game for a "more cerebral" RPGer but also less "slash & hack" & thus had a smaller following.

In the 3rd edition they moved away from the "world" concept & it alienated its base.Game was good & has lead to some of its ideas being used in RPG comp games eg AOE & especially AOM.

[Jeff Olsen]

I recently preordered Hellgate: London (http://www.hellgatelondon.com/). It's from the same people who brought us the Diablo games. Looks great in the gameplay video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe5cOGp0C2s)s, sort of a FPS/RPG hybrid. There used to be a whole bunch of weapon vidcaps on the official site but looks like they've been taken down. The coolest weapon I've seen is a dual pistol that shoots bouncing plasma balls.

[ukslamjam]

I'd recommend checking out this site for some good free mmorpg.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?GAMEID=0&bhcp=1

I personally liked Voyage Century

[SF_Giants]

I've been playing Anarchy Online and its pretty fun, combat grind gets annoying at times but none the less its good times all around.

[BravesFan4Life]

I'm surprised that RuneScape has not been said yet. I used to play it all the time. It was a fad in middle school. Now that we're all in high school, we're too "cool" for RuneScape. My brother still plays it 23/7.

If kids at my school knew all of you and your RPGs, they'd call you dorks. :D

[Fastman]

If kids at my school knew all of you and your RPGs, they'd call you dorks. :D

I'm ok with that.

As far as PnP RP games, Call of Cthulu was one of my favorites back in the day. Always fun to have a character you KNOW is going to go insane and die, but to see how he/she/it gets there was always interesting. D&D was a blast, and I even had a short-lived affair with a game called Earthdawn.

For the RPG computer games, Elder scrolls Oblivion was a ton of fun, even though I have never actually finished it, it is amazingly open ended. The Fallout games were spectacular, and Planescape Torment was very original.

MMORPGs really don't seem to have a lot of RPing these days, unless they are MUDs or you find a group of people who actually want to RP their characters. It's all about loot and power gaming for most.

[Arctic Blast]

Just a little update...just picked up Mass Effect for the 360, and so far, it's all good. If you like Bioware's stuff, check it out.

[TwinswillWin]

Just a little update...just picked up Mass Effect for the 360, and so far, it's all good. If you like Bioware's stuff, check it out.

Seconded Mass Effect is very fun game.

[high_pitch]

I can say Hellgate london is a good rpg game as of late its stellar graphics and mix of FPS action brings more depth and uniqueness to the game. It is clearly a game to go play for a couple of months.

[DeathMitten]

I'm guessing this forum is what I think it is. Well, seeing as it's still brand spanking new...

Would anyone have a good suggestion of an RPG to start playing up on a laptop, by any chance? :)

That would depend on your definition of an RPG.

If you're into PC-based RPG's, I recommend installing Anarchy Online. It's even available for free and it runs on absolutely any platform.

On the other hand, if you're into text-based freeform games, I recommend Nationstates, or, barring that, playbyweb.com

[Bry]

I'm usually a reader of posts and not a person to write my opinions but this thread brings back memories to me. I started puting with a Tandy 1000 and the latest 10mg external hard drive [HD cost $999 US can you believe that] My first game was Rogue followed by games like Qbert and Tandy Boxing. I had a friend who worked for Radio Shack and he brought home all their latest fare .......
Who can forget Sierra games King's Quest, Space Quest and Police quest and their board games??
I was later hooked on Starcom.

Besides the D&D games the first true RPG that I got hooked on was The Bard's Tale series and then The Might and Magic Series.

Needless to say, today my collection has reached over 2000 games and of course playing all of them again is impossible but I often return to my old favorites.
I would be happy to share any of my games with a BBM member here if they drop me a line.

Enjoy your gaming ........... Bry

[Arctic Blast]

Never really got in to any of the Quest series aside from Police Quest...man, those were fun. The Bard's Tale series were good. For more recent adventure type titles, the Monkey Island series were fantastic. I've heard a lot of good things about the Sam & Max series, which go by subscription, with a release every few months, but haven't jumped onboard. Perhaps this $50 Future Shop gift card leftover from my birthday shall purchase the first 2 'Seasons'...

[ohms_law]

I'll never forget the Might and Magic series. Those were just awesome, especially considering the time frame when they were developed.

[Bry]

sudden sam 1 & 2 ....were great FPS's in there time..... Blast

[defcheetah]

I tried EVE out thinking I would get something similar to Earth and Beyond, but it seemed to be more of a business simulator. I played about 6 mos. Which in my opinion does have the best most sensible supply and demand environment... can't make weapons without certain parts etc. But being that its not a twitch based fighter game where you can use your actual pilot skills like in Vendetta or possibly Jumpgate, you can only truly expect to beat people within 5 levels or so.(In Vendetta you can play a few hours and kill someone whose been playing years :).) That and this bugged me if your a miner hey guess what you can by bots to do combat while you mine. If your a fighter guess what you can buy bots to mine while you fight.(compromise of hull space). The balance is way off. That and the warp disruptor ticked me off...its like "hey I'm better then you because I've been playing longer, and you want to run.... guess what... I won't let you..." Of course you could just join a company or clan but I hate that. Oh well Jumpgate Evolution will be out in a few months.

[Arctic Blast]

I have thus far avoided getting in to any MMOs...though I hear that Joss Whedon is helping convert a couple of his properties, Buffy (which I was a massive fan of) and Firefly (ditto) to an MMO universe, so I may not be able to avoid the virtual crack much longer.

[Rongar]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/arts/television/11hamm.html?th&emc=th

[JeepGuy63]

Wow. Four posts in this thread in one day. Interesting to see all the RPG fans.

So, if anyone wants to talk about tabletop RPGs, or live RPGs, I'd love it. But I realize that most of the current RPG gaming takes place inside computer monitors.

:p
While I used to play COH/COV, I come from the old tabletop RPG days. Not one for any edition of D&D - superheroes were my thing and Champions was the system. After years of that, a lighter system was called for - Over the Edge. Good stuff.