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As an exercise in amusement, I asked my gaming discussion group ( the Galway Games debate ) to name their favourite Warriors, Mages, Rulers, Generals, Game Supplements & Characters. The first four catagories could include any fictional, mythical, historical or extant characters. The fifth catagory could ( obviously ) only include books & game supplements. And the last referred to characters we had played in games ourselves. And here are the reasons, and ( in some cases ) GURPS stats for that person.

Origins : ML = Myth/Legend, R = Real/Extant, F = Fiction, G = Games

Top Warriors
This was an easy topic for people to put forward ideas, if not an easy one to agree on. For the moment we have some answers as :

Gilgamesh ML, R? - The Epic of Gilgamesh
Cuchulainn ML - The Tain
William Marshall R
Joan de Arc R
Khalam Mhekhat F - The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Tenaka Khan F
Ashen Shurgar F
The Hound F - The Song of Fire and Ice
Coltaine F - The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Miyamoto Mushashi R - A Book of Five Rings

Top Wizards
Wizards were a tough one - how often have you been really impressed by a Wizard in a book? Most are pretty sucky. Still,

Prince Arithon F - The Wars of Light and Shadow
Merlin ML
Balor of the Evil Eye ML
Morgana le Fay ML
Quick Ben F - The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Top Generals
Another tough one, but suggestions were slowly made until we had more than just a couple.

Alexander the Great R
Hannibal R
Shaka Zulu R
Wellington R
Rommell R
General Lee R
High Fist Dujek F

Top Kings & Rulers
Some strange replies here at first glance, but even thinking about the strange ones they make sense...

King David Ben Jesse ML/R
Julius Caesar R
King Arthur ML
President Washington R
Genral Franco R
Cardinel Richelieu R
Guy du Bas Tyra
Lord Eddard Stark F - A Song of Ice & Fire
Yoritomo G - Legend of the 5 Rings

Best Game Supplements
The ones that wowed us...

GURPS Imperial Rome
GURPS Ultra Tech ( We love David Pulver! )

and Bio Tech
and High Tech
Veichles
Mecha...

GURPS War against the Cthorr
WHFRP Death on the Reik
WHFRP Realms of Chaos 1 & 2
CoC Horror on the Orient Express
WW Dark Reflections : Spectres
WW The Shoah
WW The Autumn People
WW Exalted

Top Characters
The ones that were fun to play & play with.

Mr. Cadaver (Charles) GURPS Space
Ethan Shreike & Michael Redfern (Me & Simon) Vampire:Dimension War 1-3
Gabriel Knight & Clones (Kris & I) CoC ( kinda )
Boomer (Mike) Aberrant
Sparko Figgins (Kris) WHFRP
Cesair aka Conan Swarzenegger (Charles) GURPS Fantasy via Advanced Heroquest
Caspian (Kris) GURPS Fantasy
Br. Williams (Brian) GURPS Fantasy
Rhodry Walker (Charles) Changeling
Sam Douglas (Me) Changeling
X'a (Fearghus) GURPS Fantasy
Griblix (Kieran) GURPS Fantasy
Mordred Roberts (Charles) WHFRP
Rodney Urgh (Kieran) CoC ( kinda )
The Jackrabbit (Niall) GURPS Supers
Vivian (Simon) Changeling

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