My Favorite Games

Released in 1985 - The most memorable RPG from my childhood. The use of then unheard-of moral dilemmas and spiritual elements in the gameplay, the world reacting to the character's actions in a signifcant way - really blew my mind. For the first time, a CRPG portrayed a convincing, living, breathing world.

Released 1986 - Space exploration / trading / RPG / sim at its best. A great pioneer of open-ended, freeform gameplay too. I loved exploring the hundreds of planets, gathering materials and lifeforms, finding artifacts amid the alien ruins and conversing with the various alien races during space travel.

Lets face it - without tabletop D & D the world of gaming would be a much different place. Not only did it start me on the path into the wonderful world of RPGs but also inspired me to become a professional artist through looking at all the great fantasy art from the books. I should mention that my first D & D experience was with the red basic set - soon followed by 1st edition Advanced D & D. Those earlier systems were a much different beast than this new fangled 3.5 edition everyone plays now. I kind of miss those simpler times and I think 3.5 is a bit overly rules-heavy but it is still quite enjoyable with a good group.

Released in 1981 - one of the great pioneers of the 1st-person dungeon crawl CRPG genre.

Released 1985 - The beginning of a great series which expanded upon the Wizardry formula.