Same hat in both regards; the very best war-stories have a little of what makes those games great, but most war-stories are not very good, I think; it's very easy to forget that your investment in your own characters doesn't make them interesting to others, even for me. I also haven't found an alternative for fantasy adventure RP that I like. I should try and get ahold of dungeon world though, given that it sounds pretty interesting from what I've heard. There's always so much to read, though.