Great article and I personally really loved the image of all the old West End Games' Star Wars books! That system was my introduction into roleplaying. Since then, I've tried everything from AD&D to Palladium Books' to every edition of Star Wars. I've even created a few of my own along the way.
My current love is Pinnacle's Savage Worlds.
Oh, and before I forget, a few of us are trying to organize tags for the roleplayers among Steemit. We use the tag Tabletop-rpg (or just hashtag it somewhere in the post).
RE: Dungeons & Dragons is a lot of fun, if you're willing to give it a chance