This week's entry on my journal The Most Beautiful Things is on the Most Beautiful Roleplaying Game, for which I selected White Wolf's Mind's Eye Theatre. And yes, I did seriously consider D&D.
I'm sure not everyone here agrees with that choice, so please go over there and register your opinions if you feel inclined. (Especially if you want to give Jason's ego a boost.)
Mike
Actually I'll go ahead and disagree right here!!
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I would disagree in favor of Call of Cthulhu, since it encourages a rare form of actual storytelling ability (not just setting up a plot) combined with the crunch that actually makes it an RPG and makes it work. Another possibility is the True20 system since it allows for such a wide variety of games and settings with the same mechanics, which also goes for Rifts and GURPS. Though i'm still not convinced why you chose that particular one out of so many choices. it seems like you say that it's the most beautiful since it opened the door to accept a lot of people and was very widespread. feel free to correct me if i'm worng on that, but it seems that every generation of game, or every once in a while one comes out to allow this. not calling you out on your choice, but i am asing you to explain it better please.
I would disagree in favor of Call of Cthulhu, since it encourages a rare form of actual storytelling ability (not just setting up a plot) combined with the crunch that actually makes it an RPG and makes it work. Another possibility is the True20 system since it allows for such a wide variety of games and settings with the same mechanics, which also goes for Rifts and GURPS. Though i'm still not convinced why you chose that particular one out of so many choices. it seems like you say that it's the most beautiful since it opened the door to accept a lot of people and was very widespread. feel free to correct me if i'm worng on that, but it seems that every generation of game, or every once in a while one comes out to allow this. not calling you out on your choice, but i am asing you to explain it better please.
Well, there are always lots of choices. But for me, bringing a new generation of gamers in is a major plus. I think that's happened three times in the tabletop RPG realm: D&D's blue box, Mind's Eye Theatre, and D&D's 3rd Edition. That MET generation was younger, more socially adept, and had a distinct sense of style. And I particularly like that Mind's Eye encourages 150 people to play at once, with a minimum of moderation. It's just... graceful. That's what makes it more beautiful than any other.
But Call of Cthulhu is either #2 or #3, depending on whether you think I can fairly evaluate D&D.
Mike