There are non-DND pen and paper RPGs if the wizards and warriors trope doesn't do it for you. Peter Watts pointed out Eclipse Phase[1] recently if transhumanism

There are non-DND pen and paper RPGs if the wizards and warriors trope doesn't do it for you. Peter Watts pointed out Eclipse Phase[1] recently if transhumanism/singularity/horror are more your style; the PDF is legally available on various torrent aggregators if you want to try your hand without having to convince a half-dozen friends to shill out for a book. That said I haven't actually played it yet myself, as others have pointed out getting a group of friends in different zip codes into one session is NP hard. [1] http://www.eclipsephase.com/game http://www.eclipsephase.com/game