>>96030969
My favorite is traveler style 2d6. its a nice blend of averages and risk for extremes.
I also like West end games d6 system, primarliy used for thier star wars game, but its very scalable easy to rule on the fly, and gives a great pulp feel
More obscure choice, but I like rangers of shadow deep's d20 system. Its really a small skirmish wargame with campaign elements, but I played it as an rpg and it worked really well. most things being an upposed d20 dice roll quickens things up and the stat blocks hit that sweet spot of simplicity and utility
Warhammer fantasy rpg 2e is also a favorite. d100 system, roll undder your stats. Like its use of career progression instead of being either a class base or a skill based system. I also like the degree of chrunch thats not excessive, but you still got things like hit location tables that makes things feel a bit more raw.
>>96031005
Arent most system universal when you get down to thier system guts? In my experience, its more about what system fits what sort of experience rather than it doing everything. Which imo almost anything can, the question is: how well.
>>96031018
>Need that right group
def the most important part of any rpg
>>96031232
Havent played, but heard good things about gumshoe.