man, we used to play a ton of AD&D, runequest, paranoia etc. when I was younger. We still get to fit in some cthulhu and D&D on a friday night. Unfortunetly most of the guys want a controller in their hands, at best we fit some board games in.
Yeah alot of people around here go "why play D&D if we can play WoW instead" and stuff. It's not the same. MMOs are fun, but not as involved.
We play with Cthulu involved in D&D. It even sparked the joke:
"What does Cthulu do when hes horny? He Hasturbates"
leave it to me to come up with something like that.
I had a Juicer in Rifts that tweaked out, tried to de-juice, failed all his insanity rolls, and ended up running into a crowded street naked, and blew his head off with a lazer pistol. That was some hilarious crap. Best death ever.
BESM is my favorite system. It's open ended character wise, but not so open ended that it's a total mess.