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Warzone Resurrection. This is the only thing I have found that really brings back that golden age feel from back in the 90s. I was a huge fan of the original, and dearly love this version. It flows better than 40K, and costs a hell of a lot less to play. For just a few hours I'm back in the mid 90s having a great time with some good friends like we used too.

Epic 40,000. I think it was ahead of its time from a rules perspective.

it was fast and relatively simple to play. It had tactical depth. Lists were easy to make and not very restrictive, while still generally producing actual armies. Blast markers were a great concept (similar to pins in bolt action). It also had alternate activations and order dice (similar to bolt action). Hell, bolt action probably owes a lot to it. BFG stole half its rules from epic40k.

The scale was great, it really showed off 40k well (although that was true of space marine and titan legions too).

Sadly it had a failed launch, because it was just too different from its predecessor and many fans were angered by the changes. But I really quite liked it. Probably one of the best rules sets I've ever played. I only wish it had come out when I was older and had more money and time to spend on it.