So, Who's Got the Biggest One?

[Mugen]

Summoning and binding, iirc. Still spells, and pretty open ended for effect.

Yes, and that is a major difference with D&D-like spells, which can hardly be described as "open". I was 12, expecting something, and got something else I was not old enough to like...

Note that rules for runes were available in a supplement (Demon Magic, I think), but I never used these.

[Toadmaster]

Well I might as well flaunt my decrepitude.

I started playing AD&D in 1977 or 1978, Traveller in the same period and RQ in 1979 or 80. The 1980s was my golden age of gaming, in the 1990s I was primarily playing HERO and AD&D (our main GM arm twisted the group back to his prefered system, AD&D).

If its on the list I played it enough to actually spend money on it (of course back in the day that could be two sessions).

Bold means I played it a significant amount of time but either infrequently but repeatedly or a fair amount but only during a specific period of time (Tunnels & Trolls fits here, I've never played it heavily but it is a nice simple entry game that takes little prep, so its been dug out several times over the years).

Bold and Underlined means it has been played in a significant quantity over multiple periods of time.

Note some of the games would have been played more (or in some cases less) if it were completely up to me.

Dungeons & Dragons (1974)

Boot Hill (1975)

Tunnels & Trolls (1975)

The Arduin Grimoire (1977)

Traveller (1977)

Gamma World (1978)

RuneQuest (1978)

Villains and Vigilantes (1978)

Bushido (1979)

Rolemaster (1980)

Space Opera (1980)

Basic Role-Playing (1980)

Top Secret (1980)

The Morrow Project (1980)

Car Wars (1980)

Aftermath (1981)

Champions (1981)

Stormbringer (1981)

Call of Cthulhu (1981)

The Mechanoid Invasion (1981)

Daredevils (1982)

Worlds of Wonder (1982)

Killer (1982)

FTL:2448 (1982)

Fringeworthy (1982)

Star Frontiers (1982)

Star Trek, The Role Playing Game (1982)

Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic (1983)

Lords of Creation (1983)

Powers and Perils (1983)

Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes (1983)

James Bond 007 (1983)

Superworld (1983)

Heroes Unlimited (1984)

Ringworld (1984)

Paranoia (1984)

Middle-earth Role Playing (1984)

Twilight 2000 (1984)

Justice Inc (1984)

Fantasy Hero (1985)

Danger International (1985)

Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game (1985)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (1985)

MechWarrior (1985)

Phoenix Command (1986)

Robotech (1986)

GURPS (1986)

Living Steel (1987)

2300 AD (1987)

Space: 1889 (1988)

Cyberpunk 2013 (1988)

Shadowrun (1989)

Hero System (1989)

Cyberpunk 2020 (1990)

All Flesh Must Be Eaten (1999)

Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine (2001)

The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (2002)

Tri-Stat dX (2003)

Silhouette (2003)

Conan (Mongoose Publishing) (2004)

Runequest (Mongoose) (2006)