One episode of Will Wheaton’s Tabletop made me want to buy and play FATE Core.
I mentioned somewhere that it would be cool to have a game set in Steven Brust’s Dragaeran setting and got the advice to check out Blades in the Dark. So far that setting is a no show, but the game seems really cool.
I found out about Symbaroum after doing an extensive search on the internet looking for a modern fantasy game that was better than my favorite game from the 80’s. That game, the original Drakar och Demoner, hadn’t aged very well.
I had of course heard of Dungeons and dragons many, many times before, but I had no idea there was a 5th edition until I saw the Starter set in my FLGS.