Binti is the place to start.

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2/2 And Genesis Survivor Gaiarth was the critical entry point. I was already falling down a sci-fi and fantasy hole, and this smooth combo of fantasy trappings with sci-fi backing was a POWERFUL influence on me. Still is in a lot of ways.

I like solarpunk and its technological and ethical optimism.

Yes. Especially at reasonable prices.

2/2 Now all I need to do is track down a set of Genesys dice and I'm back to full speed. But for the usual games I'm in or experimenting with? I am set for dice again!

Absolutely to all of this.

That's something I've noticed too, with older gamers from when multiple systems were the norm and with new gamers who came in from other games. We all see D&D as "a" game, but not "the" game.

I believe it.

Right? I understand why Harmony Gold peeled the canon back to the shows, IDW comics, and whatever they're producing now. Stuff got *weird*.

Yes, some of these were OGL, but the point is that they all do D&D type adventures better than D&D in more ways than one. And if you're in the "we don't really use the rules, we just like the framework..." camp, why are you paying D&D prices to ignore the content? Get something easier to create in.

And for the record, D&D doesn't even deliver the best D&D experience anymore either. Hasn't for a while.
Here's some that do:
- Basic Fantasy
- Pathfinder (all editions)
- Palladium Fantasy (all editions)
- Dragonbane
- Forbidden Lands
- Tales of Argosa (Low Fantasy Gaming 2e)
- Low Fantasy Gaming

I loved that era too, but damn... Palladium kept making it *weird* for no reason.

Robotech: The Sentinels and the Southern Cross era are my guilty Robotech RPG activities. Played a lot of Sentinels...

Damn... We made so many characters with this book during our comics phase in the '90s. Like, dozens upon dozens to match all the characters we were drawing.

I found a copy in a used bookstore in Smithers BC (literally in the middle of nowhere, check it out on a map!) while working an archaeology job and you better believe I picked it up! It felt good to finally own my own copy of the game that got this whole show rolling.

2/2... season and a movie that was that season truncated.

The mechs? Good. The characters? Good. The Marduk? Way scarier than the Robotech Masters. But yeah, the whole thing was undercooked and now it's a forgotten alt-history of the Macross timeline.