Clarification: That's high fantasy, low magic. You've got a ton of fantastical elements (elves, dwarves, magical forests, ancient and powerful necromancers, etc. ad inifinitum) but no one is really hurling a fireball.

I just remembered another game I play...

Technoir - A cyberpunk RPG that fully embraces the film noir and crime thriller roots of the sub-genre rather than crossing it with fantasy or post-apocalyptic tropes. The game mechanics resolve actions through three sets of D6 - one determined by a PC's talent and learned skill, one pulled from a limited pool that determines extra effort, and one from a pool determined by the character's wounds/injuries (these cancel out the first two pools). Players utilize nine Verbs as well as a set number of Adjectives, Objects, Training Programs and Connections to determine their Stats. The system itself is very setting light but Transmissions, charts consisting of connections, events, factions, locations, objects and threats, are provided for specific city sprawls that are used by a GM to create a story. Three Transmissions are provided with the base game and new ones are free on the website. www.technoirrpg.com

I've got Technoir. Fell in love with it at GenCon when Grungy Dan ran a game. It's pretty good. Looking forward to more stuff by that author.

Also: I LOVE the PDF version. It is intelligently constructed to be easily read on a wide-screen monitor, easily printed by turning off the extraneous art and easily read with minimal art in the first place. It is the five-star, gold standard for PDF RPG publishing.

Jeremy Keller is probably a graphic designer by trade, if not training. Luke Crane, the creator of the Burning Wheel system, is of the same mold (he actually got himself hired as a designer just so he could learn how to use Quark Xpress). These are indie guys who realize that how your game content is read is just as important as the content itself.

If you're going commercial, presentation is just as important as crunch and fluff in upping your chances for success.

I wish Luke Crane were a writer or editor, instead. BWG really needed another editing pass before it went to print and he could really benefit from some better writing throughout.

Added Technoir and One Ring, thanks guys for the blurbs!
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Added The Trouble with Rose, because I'm dense and didn't include my own game.
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So you made that then. I saw it on the Giant In the Playground forums, and was rather impressed.

You are so good for my ego this morning.
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Added Fungeon and a new download link for PokTA.
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