This one was a bit harder since there are so many well-written RPGs, many with well-designed rules and others with well-crafted narratives. But the one that ticks all those boxes for me is CJ Carella's WitchCraft.
I talk about this game a lot here, and with good reason. It is one of my all-time favorite games.
Mere words can't express my love for this game. Though I have tried many, many times. This is the game I come back to. This is the game that I hold up as my Gold Standard of Games. Not that it isn't without its own issues, of course, but nothing I can't work around or even with. I have often said I wrote Ghosts of Albion as nothing but a giant love letter to the WitchCraft RPG.
WitchCraft was the game that pulled me back into RPGs. I was ready to give up until I found this game. I have never looked back.
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I am participating in Dave Chapman's #RPGaDAY2024 for August.
Excellent choice!!!!
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