Game Hybrids That Should Not Be

[Kafkonia]

This was inspired by an old strip in Murphy's Rules. I present to you:

Game Hybrids That Should Not Be

Spellhammer

Take your ratcatcher and sail the phlogiston seas, fighting off the hordes of chaos -- and space hamsters!

GURPS D20 (and GURPS D20 Modern, GURPS D20 Past, GURPS D20 Future...)

The generic universal roleplaying system, now in d20 format!

Kult of Cthulhu

The lucky ones go mad.

Mage: The Gathering

A hidden network of Awakened souls manipulates reality by using cards to tap into mana.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

F.A.T.A.L. Toon

'nuff said.

 

[blargney the second]

Dungeons & Dragons: The Masquerade

 

[hafrogman]

Spellhammer

Take your ratcatcher and sail the phlogiston seas, fighting off the hordes of chaos -- and space hamsters!

Isn't this Warhammer 40k?

. . . nevermind . . .

I present for your consideration:

Synnibarr: The Masquerade

Stand in a room with your friends, wearing black clothing, playing "rock, paper, scissors" and pretend you are a half-demon-half-were-iguana-cyborg with laser eyes, telekinesis and 1.35 million hit points.

. . . or, you know, Synnibarr with anything really.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

. . . or, you know, Synnibarr with anything really.

Yes, Synnibarr goes with everything!

It's the one true role-playing game.

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

Paranoia: The Troubleshooting

GURPS d20

Advanced Bunnies & Burrows (or, Burroughs, if you want the Naked Lunch element)

FUDGE HoL

Magic the RPG

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Ravenscape - Gothic plane-hopping with each plane ruled by an imprisoned big-bad-evil-dude that you can't actually defeat.

Dark-Loft - Psionic uber-characters in a prison-plane controlled by mind-flayers.

World of Dark-Craft - Vampires and Werewolves and Orcs and...uh...all online.

Ravenjammer - Gothic space-pirates

Eber-jammer-tur - Ninja space pirates on dinosaurs and magic trains.

Forgotten Lances - Uh, I forgot.

 

[thedungeondelver]

SEN-ZAR d20
CHAMPIONS d20
MEKTON BATTLETECH BY DREAM POD 9 (Actually I might play such a beast...)
CASTLES & CTHULADES
MEKTOON ZETA PLUS (It's either the scottish version or here comes Wile E. Coyote in a Transformer!)
CASTLE F.A.T.A.L.STEIN (NOOOOOOO!)
TOONKUMEL: EMPIRE OF THE PETAL TOON
DOON
ROBERT JORDAN'S THE WHEEL OF THYME
FALSE20
UNORIGINAL D&D (oh, wait, K&C already did this one... )
MAGE: THE ASCENSION: THE EXALTED: THE CHOSEN: THE MASQUERADE
DECON (The game of ex-Vietnam soldiers who've come home to the worst cockroach problem ever!)
POKETHULHU (Not very original, I realize...)
SOLITAIRE THEIVES' WORLD (With apologies to Steve Jackson...)
ROBOTECH RALLY
RIFTSZALTED ("Hey, how munchkin can we make an RPG, anyway? What? Gods wearing powered armor? Sounds good to me!")

 

[Shadowsmith]

Yes, Synnibarr goes with everything!

It's the one true role-playing game.

Sorry, the one true role-playing game is Amber Diceless. All others are simply imperfect shadows.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Advanced Bunnies & Burroughs

That is going to be hard to top!

BESM: The Masquerade

Shadow Run: Bunnies & Burroughs