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Hello, I was just wondering as we have such a diverse group here, what in your opinion makes a game system great?
This is not intended as a flame war of NetEPIC vs Epic40k, or Warmaster vs DBM, but rather a question of what games systems have caught your attention and why.
For example:
Myself - I loved SM2, it was the second gaming system I played (My dad bought me Warhammer 4th Ed but it soon got shelved in favour of SM2). Don't get me wrong Warhammer was great, and later on Advanced Heroquest was also fun. But it was the EPIC scale that grabbed me, it warmed the cockles of my inner megalomanics heart. The background was suitably dark and moody, which I think appeals to almost every teenager out there, and when I went into the store I was surrounded by people my own age, who would play it to the sound of heavy metal music  .
Later on I got Mighty Empires - again the scale of this wowed me, whilst we didn't have enough Warhammer models to play it as a Warhammer campaign, we played it as a gaming system in it's own right and it was amazing, we used to play the same campaign for weekends at a time until one player was in a position where he couldn't be defeated.
Later on I got Warmaster, which again suits me to a tee. War on a grand scale, nice miniatures, good background. Unfortunately - a lack of players  .
Epic: Armageddon is my current gaming system of choice along with NetEPIC, a really good ruleset, the background that I love. Smaller armies - but I can deal with that, it is a compromise, big games NetEPIC is better for, smaller games Epic:A is better for (talking about the number of models, rather than points).
Other games that I have enjoyed have been Man'o'War (long time ago) and Mordheim (great game btw, it is the experience and wounds system that makes it. You really get attached to your characters.)
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