Herein are all the games I am either: currently running, playing, or that I really want to run or play.
I also have links to gaming sites that I think are cool.
Games that I'm very into, like All Flesh Must Be Eaten, will get their own page at some point.
When I have time.
Sigh 
And be sure to look at the other stuff I like on my regular Links page.
Updated 4/11/03

Cumberland games is the brainchild of S. John Ross, one of the best RPG writers in the industry today (GURPS Russia, GURPS Warehouse 23, GURPS Black Ops, Star Trek for Last Unicorn Games, BESM, the infamous Pokethulhu, and more. His personal page, the Blue Room, is here). From his pages, you can get a lot of very, very cool stuff. Not only does he have a quick and fun full RPG to try (Rius), and free cool fonts, the best things are the HexPaper fonts, Sparks paper miniatures fonts and Points In Space. 

With HexPaper (a well worth it $3) you can with any word processor make a hex map at whatever scale you wanted. I made a very large laminated hex map for my Champions game with this font, and the equipment at Kinko's, which would cover a good sized table and was the right size for those WizKids Heroclix minis. I also made a 10x10 star sector map for a sci-fi game using it and Adobe PageMaker. 

With Sparks, you not only get scaleable paper minis for many, many genres, like pulp, sci-fi, fantasy (including dungeons), supers, and more. Since they're a font, you can print as many as you need, and at any size. Need a giant, print it at 72 or 90 dpi! And not only do you get the minis, you also get cool backgrounds for all the figures. For my new Champions game (again I mention it. Send me some cash for these plugs, Steve) I was able to insert just about all of the Justice City characters and have several plots for the game already built in.

The third best bit is Points in Space, a generic set of starport locations that can be inserted into any Sci-Fi game, be it Traveler, Star Trek or what have you. It greatly enhanced my sci-fi game by giving me lots of color bits to add to my starports. You also get a free cool card game, The Face of Emoch.

Brought to us by Matt Forebeck and AEG, Brave New World was a game where low powered superheroes are fighting a fascist government that has taken over the USA. If you had the power, would you be willing to fight and sacrifice everything you have for freedom? Sadly, the game is out of print, but most of the books can be found if you scour Ebay. Check out the web sites below for more info about this great setting.

Get reports from the front line against Delta Prime from the encafinated ONE!, as well as links to other good sites.

Steve Crow gives us lots of new power packages and characters on his great page, as well as the official BNW FAQ.

 The Wild West. Weird abominations. Strange science. Magic wielding card players and powerful shamans. Great tastes that taste great together. Add it all up and you get The Weird West, and its spin-off Hell On Earth set in the possible future post-apocalypse where you fight to survive and save what's left.

Take the Cuthulu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. Place it in modern times with secret government agencies, aliens, and modern cults bent on controling or destroying the world. Add lots of paranoia and you get Pagan Publishing's ORIGINS AWARDS winning game of sanity-blasting horror: DELTA GREEN. There are more goodies on their pages than you can shake a Mi-Go at. 

As a side note, the DG Mailing List is where I received my "sneezy the squid" moniker, thanks to the Ever-Lovin Man in Black.  I had just joined the mailing list, and a discussion on how to pronounce Cuthulu came up, and while some debated seriously, I said "I always thought you should try by taping some squids to your face and say Cuthulu while sneezing." The Ever-Lovin' MiB then shot back "I hereby dub thee "Sneezy the Squid." And I liked that kind of gonzo nickname, and hung onto it. Simple, eh?

Fallout is the kick-ass computer RPG where you struggle to survive in a harsh world where the Nukes have dropped. The feel is very "Post-Apocalypse" meets the 1950's  "Popular Science" view of the future. Mutant animals, harsh desert, plasma rifles, robots, mutants, raiders, Power Armor and you. There is a reason it won "Best RPG of the Year" in 1998. There is one excellent sequel to the game that picks up 80 years later, and a third which is ok. You can pick up Fallout and Fallout 2 in a $10 combo pack at any computer store or from Interplay's web store, and I cannot recommend it enough.

The game has a strong following with several web sites and an official message board. From there you can get the Fallout Bible written by developer Chris Avellone. It gives you all kinds of inside information about the world. A must if you want to game in the setting. You can also visit No Mutants Allowed which has maps, hints, news about upcoming Fallout-related goodness, and other cool stuff.

There is a Pen & Paper version of the game available here which has the game system and a large amount of expanded world information. Lots of good stuff.

Kenzer and Company are the publishers of HackMaster, Kingdoms of Kalamar, Fairy Meat, and Knights of the Dinner Table, probably the most famous gamer comic, ever. If you're a gamer, you know and read it. If not, read some samples online here. There's a reason they win Origins Awards, people. 

 One of the best horror games ever made. Period. Is the World of Darkness too "Touchy-Feely" for you? Think that there's more to reality that most people think, and that the truth would make you claw your brain out to get away from it? Then KULT is the game for you. To explain what it's like, in Call of Cuthulu, you see the monsters and go insane. In Kult, you go insane and see the monstrous reality. It's currently out of print, but the books can still be found and there's a movement to get another publisher to carry it. To see its potential, go to The Abyss and let it gaze into you.

Guardians of Order is the publisher of the wonderful game Big Eyes, Small Mouth. BESM is a multi-genre game engine for anime based role-playing. And since there is an anime for almost every genre, you can use this game for anything. Horror, Space, Action, Fantasy, Supers, Romance, BESM can handle it all. It's perfect for anything with fast action and cinematic style. I've used it for a post-apocalyptic world, based on the Fallout computer games and my aforementioned Space Opera game. If I'm not running HERO, I'm running BESM.

 The HERO system, aka CHAMPIONS is the universal system to do almost any genre, from Fantasy to Sci-Fi to superheroes. Very flexable but rules intensive. 5th Edition is now out, written by my friend Steve Long, of ST:DS9 RPG fame. (Have another shameless plug, Steve. :) ),  There are some things I would change, but overall it's an improvement over 4th Ed. So far all the books for the new edition rock. Go to the site for updates, news, free stuff and message boards.

 Gold Rush Games, (publishes the San Angelo setting, a great four-color Champions campaign world this is supposed to have some new books out soon.

Feng Shui

Feng Shui is the great game that thrusts you into the wild world of Hong Kong Action Movies! One of my favorites! The official FS section on Atlas Games page is a bit thin, but the unofficial FH homepage has lots of cool stuff. It can be found here. If you've ever wanted a game with lots of cinematic action and a quick system, this is your one stop shop!

 

Further Paths

About.Com's Roleplaying Page is run has weekly articles, reviews and tons of great links for almost every game out there, including a lot of free web-published games. It also has links about the various social aspects of gaming, and some about the controversy that is most of the public's misconceptions about gaming. Well worth checking out, even with the pop-ups.

RPG.net has a lot of really cool articles that are put up daily, as well as polls, press releases and bulletin boards. Their main page also has pro and fan articles and reviews. A great place to visit.
Critical Miss is the very funny online magazine by some warped British guys. There's always something that will either make you laugh, put a new spin on things or is just cool. I have to run "Death to the Hippy!" at some point
SixSiders Citadel is home to the only gaming-related radio show! They do a weekly two hour show that is broadcast over RealPlayer and covers all areas of gaming/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror fandom. It's worth checking out. The web page also has reviews and news.

Here's is Oxaca's homepage. It's stuffed with his fiction, poetry, a list of Kult players, and other cool stuff.  I met him through the AFMBE mailing list, and he's way kewl. Drop in and tell him I sent ya.