Simon Gill

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In the past I've played and GMed, in no particular order:

D&D (Tiny bit of 2E, quite a lot of 3E and 3.75 and some 4E). It is the classic after all.
Mutants and Masterminds. Does the job. The GM is the important part here.
GURPs. Never again... Not after 7 wolves took 2 sessions to kill.
Deadlands. Fantastic world.
Savage Worlds. I don't think it lived up to it's promise. The unskilled roll mechanic kills it for me.
Exalted (1E and 2E, Solar, Lunar, Dragon-blooded and Fair Folk). A massive world is balanced on the head of a pin and your characters are the force for change on a huge scale.
Old World of Darkness (Vampire, Mage and Werewolf) The world is stranger than anyone knew. All that strangeness makes for fascinating explorations.
New World of Darkness (Vampire, Werewolf and Changeling) nWoD does a very good job of bringing in more darkness. It encourages engagement with a small sandbox that can feed into the personal horror themes of each game.
D20 Modern. This was the game that proved that d20 had been played out to me.
Call of Cthulu d20. Palatable mechanics. It doesn't quite fit the theme thanks to using classes and levels instead of skills.
WFRP 3E. Cards. Everywhere. Don't let that put you off though, the dice mechanic helps you narrate more detail about how your actions go ahead, beyond simple success and failure.
Spirit of the Century. Pulp action and adventure. If you can go from not knowing anything about the game to the Pyramids of Mars in an hour you have this game and a great GM.
6d6. Tried it, didn't like it. FATE does a much better job of achieving the same goal.
FATE. I haven't been able to think of anything this system can't handle for me.
Legend of the Five Rings. Detailed and fun world that keeps evolving. The mechanics are bound into the themes incredibly well.
Fiasco. The horror... oh the horror. Being chased by syphilitic man-eating penguins through the antarctic ice. And that was before the intermission.
Scion. The Gods are still here and they are very randy. You're the result, and your grandparents have woken up to take the world back. It also doesn't assume anybody is going to stay hidden (which is very refreshing in urban fantasy).

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Feb 6	revised	Defy Danger and attribute selection deleted 36 characters in body
Feb 3	revised	How do multiple natural attacks work? Removed numbers.
Jan 31	revised	How to deal with overly cautious players? Removed swear word and fixed typo.
Jan 31	revised	Samurais studying abroad: automatic killing machines? added 41 characters in body
Jan 26	revised	How can a friend and I play two complementary characters effectively as a duo? Fixed capitalisation.
Jan 25	revised	Languages and Knowledges Fixed homophone (pigeon instead of pidgin).
Jan 22	revised	*How to Determine Honest* Sincerity** Added more examples and game rules.
Jan 22	revised	Newbie Q: How to get started with a 7yr old edited tags
Jan 21	revised	How rare are magic items in the Old World? Added some sources to explain WFRP's magic items flavour.
Jan 16	revised	Does Wealth By Level allow for “free” potions? added 223 characters in body
Jan 16	revised	Help turning my NPC Druid Undead added 77 characters in body
Jan 15	revised	Why do spells need to be “prepared”? Added points about Sorcerers.
Jan 12	revised	Is the information gained from a knowledge check fallible? added 812 characters in body
Jan 11	revised	What do you do when there's nothing to do in combat? added 144 characters in body
Jan 11	revised	How can I play monsters and NPCs up to their potential? Changed reference to Gareth's answer from positional to named.
Jan 9	revised	What's the nicest way to handle lycanthropy when it comes to XP? Added a clarifying detail.
Jan 9	revised	Common Dice Mechanics added 488 characters in body
Jan 8	revised	Common Dice Mechanics added 14 characters in body
Jan 7	revised	Did piracy problems bring down White Wolf? Added a section on pdfs and piracy.
Dec 14	revised	What Wizard schools are best to specialize in? Which schools are best to sacrifice? Changed title to make intention clearer. Ban is quite emotive in this context.