Gaming poll

I'm plotting out a space-opera game, and interested in what systems locals who might be interested in a face-to-face RPG campaign would be willing to play under.

The choices:

• FUDGE. Fudge is a rules-light role-playing game, concentrating on role-playing rather than endless dice rolls and tables and similar detailed game mechanics. It also uses words rather than numbers to describe character traits. Advantages: Free, fairly simple mechanics. Disadvantages: Poorly supported.


• GURPS. With GURPS, you can be anyone you want - an elf hero fighting for the forces of good, a shadowy femme fatale on a deep-cover mission, a futuristic swashbuckler carving up foes with a force sword in his hand and a beautiful woman by his side . . . or literally anything else! GURPS has been the premiere universal roleplaying game for almost two decades. The new Fourth Edition makes it even better! Advantages: Comprehensive, extensive support. Disadvantages: Not free (although there is a free "GURPS Lite" that teaches the basics), mechanics can get complex.


• Dark Heresy. You are an Acolyte in the service of the Emperor's Inquisition. You stand in the front line of a great and secret war where your duty is to hunt out the foul stench of heresy, the vile alien, and the twisted influence of Chaos. You will tread where others fear, venturing to distant planets, ancient space hulks and the unsavoury depths of the under-hive. You will never know fame nor reward, yet if you stand resolute your deeds will be whispered to the God-Emperor of Mankind and your name will be revered for millennia. Advantages: Good mechanics, loads of setting goodness. Disadvantages: Single setting, not familiar to many people.

[Poll #1552090]