Games that are more fun to read than to play

[Hungry Like The Wolf]

Ars Magica
Dragon Warriors

Mythic Europe and Legend are two great settings but the systems leave a little to be desired imo. Even though I never play them I still routinely read these books for inspiration and flavour.

 

[Rassilon]

Sadly, D&D. I'm struggling to get a game going at the moment, but curling up with a book (even just browsing the DMG. again.) is stil great fun.

Oh, and 'kill puppies for satan'. I was willing to give it a shot, but, you know...

lumpley games: kill puppies for satan

 

[Asmor]

Oh, and 'kill puppies for satan'. I was willing to give it a shot, but, you know...

lumpley games: kill puppies for satan

I ran a one-shot of that once. Was fun.

 

[Jhaelen]

A game which I loved to read, but sadly was pretty impossible to run adventures in (because as a campaign setting there was no drama, no secrets, no hooks) was Skyrealms of Jorune GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Skyrealms of Jorune

This is one of the systems I acquired just to add it to my collection of 'odd' rpgs (stuff like Over the Edge, Amber, and Aria). What first got me interested was the computer game. It's utterly weird and you don't understand anything in the beginning until you've memorized the most important terms from the glossary. I really enjoyed the art, though.