RPG purchases you know you'll never use

[Jeph]

Starwars RPG.

I want to play it, but I want Corlon to GM it.

Corlon wants to play it, but he wants Me to GM it.

Ivanhoe wants to GM it for Corlon and I, but neither of us want to play with him as a GM.

 

[Wicht]

I bought all of the following with no real hope of ever playing them. Some (Wraith and Synnibar) I knew before buying that I would not ever play them for certain.

Wraith
Mage
Tales from the Crypt
Warhammer FB
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Synnibar
Tunnels and Trolls

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Wraith (loved the concept)

Me, too.

I usually hate the fluff/flavor text in any game. Especially in WoD stuff. But I loved the Wraith flavor text. Couldn't get enough. Now I have 8 Wraith books I'll never use.

I also have all the Weird Wars books, even though I don't have a group to play it with. (My gaming group has two different DnD 3e campaigns going on; and the kids group I DM is strictly DnD.)

Another book I'll never use: Star Wars Role Playing (d20 version). Someone asked me to run some "Living Force" modules, but it never happened

Hackmaster
Deadlands d20 (bought it by mistake)
Forgotten Realms - all 3e books

On the other hand, I plan on running games of The End and Little Fears if it kills me.

 

[Bagpuss]

Oh I forgot...

Mage
Ars Magica
Prince Valiant (got it cheap but love the idea of throwing coins for skill checks)
Malestrom (the herb section is worth the price of the book alone)
Planescape (are we counting settings?)
Villians and Vigilantes (got cheap again)
Star Trek (bought for a fiver)
Werewolf: Wild West

bought and sold without playing...

Year of the Pheonix
Psi World
and some others I can't remember.

I've got loads of stuff I've played only once and only because I forced my players to try something new... like

2300 AD (you name it I've got it, still think the Kafer Sourcebook has to be one of the best RPG products ever written)
Deadlands: Hell of Earth
Dark Conspiracy
Everway
Conspiracy X
Traveller: New Era

Probably a load of stuff I've forgotten, I read RPG's like other people read novels.

 

[Thorin Stoutfoot]

Ars Magica
Shadowrun
Call of Cthulhu 4th edition + loads of CoC adventures

What was I thinking? I've sworn never to buy another RPG I won't use again.

Of course, the Call of Cthulhu 4th edition was what got me to work on the Masks of Nyarlathotep conversion, so that did get used... Albeit indirectly.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Re: Re: Ravenloft

Sugar mommas are the best....

I should know i am going to take the plunge with mine!
man rings are freaking expensive!!

Congrats Wikidogre! Engagement rings are expensive? C'mon! Don't forget that they are sooo useful for other things too, like ... umm...
well... perhaps for... hmmm....

My collecting dust list:

1) Elric - loved the novels, but - The RPG is a little spartan
2) Fading Suns - some good stories anyway...
3) Fast Forward's Encyclopedia of Demon's & Devils - Comparing this to Green Ronin's books, I found them flat and uninspired. I need GREAT artwork in monster books to help motivate me to use them...
4) ELH -- maybe a munchkin game for a lark someday
5) Deities and Demigods - worshipper info anyone? Hello? !!!???

 

[TiQuinn]

The ELH, unfortunately. By the time our group hits 20th level (if we hit 20th level!), we'll be ready for a breather and then a new campaign.

 

[Jeph]

Yeah, my ELH arrived in the mail today, from amazon.

Darn waste of 24.50, if ya ask me. Only reading it now do I realize that
a) I'll never use it
b) I don't like the material, and
c) I could probably do something better than that myself.

oh well.

 

[Zaruthustran]

Won't ever play but love the flavor:
Fading Suns
Al-Qadim
Deadlands
Wraith
Mage

No else wants to play:
Call of Cthulhu 4th ed
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Got bored with and won't play again:
Vampire
Heroes Unlimited (ha!), Rifts, other Palladium games

Why do I own this?!
Werewolf
Hunter
Exalted
Star Wars RPG

 

[roytheodd]

For months I've been trying to win an auction on the Ghostbusters RPG. I'm willing to pay good just to have the game back that I enjoyed as a teen. None of my friends will even consider playing the game though.