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Five ttrpgs whose designers' zeal for the subject matter is in my opinion particularly notable.

Five Fun, Extremely Distracting SFF Roleplaying Games
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"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the third edition of the DC Heroes Superhero Roleplaying Game!"

DC Heroes Third Edition by Greg Gorgon & Bryan Nystul
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Emanuele Galletto​’s 2023’s Ennie-award-winning Fabula Ultima, roleplaying in the style of Japanese computer roleplaying games.


Fabula Ultima by Emanuele Galletto
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A look at the updated, greatly expanded version of the classic Pleiades exploration campaign for the venerable SF TTRPG, 2300 AD.

Project Bayern by Gavin Dady
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Champions was released at Origins VII July 3rd - 5th, back in 1981. Happy (approximate) birthday, Champions, whose complex rules had surprisingly little positive effect on my ability to do math on the fly.
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A modern take on extremely streamlined tabletop roleplaying game rules.

The Comae Engine by Clarence Redd 
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If there's one aspect of the 21st century that seems utterly bizarre to me, an old who has been playing TTRPGs since the field was six years old, it's the idea of so many TTRPG gamers being angry with and derisive of the publisher of DnD for regrettable business decisions. I mean, who didn't love it when TSR went after fan sites, published those cool plastic players boxes, or decided not to honour S&T subscriptions after the SPI takeover?

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