Most unusual system / setting

[cybertalus]

The Dr Who RPG

The old FASA one? That was the first RPG I ever bought, years before I ever heard of D&D. Never found anyone else who was willing to play it though. Still, I know exactly where it is and if my house ever caught fire it would be the second thing I'd grab, right after my computer.

As for weird stuff, I mostly avoided weird. Did play in a WW Vampire game once where all the characters were versions of ourselves. All I'm gonna say about that is that if you ever really wanna turn someone off to WW, that would be a really good way to do it.

There was also Killer, a quasi-LARP type game from Steve Jackson that would be pretty foolish to play in the current climate, and probably wasn't much smarter to play back in the anti-RPG heyday either.

Oh, and then there was Macho Women With Guns. Didn't actually play that one, just occassionally threatened to run it.

 

[howandwhy99]

Wuthering Heights Roleplay

http://philippe.tromeur.free.fr/whrpg.htm

I'm attaching the Persona Creation rules below, but you really should check out the link for Rage, Despair, and Oldness Checks; Suicide/Murder, Suffering, Slow Death, and other rules.

The Problem Table is also bizarrely funny.

Persona Creation

The Actor shall throw two ten-sided dice & add thirty-nine to obtain the Persona's amount of Rage .

He shall throw two ten-sided dice & add thirty-nine to obtain the Persona's amount of Despair .

He shall throw one ten-sided die & add fifteen to obtain the Persona's Oldness . Unless some special Problem , this is exactly the Persona's Age .

Then the Actor shall throw one ten-sided die & divide by two (round up * ). This is how many Problems his Persona has.

The actor then determines each Problem for his Persona by throwing 1d100 & referencing to the Problem Table. If the Actor rolls twice the same Problem , he should either double its effect, or roll another Problem . The Actor may refuse a Problem for his Persona ; every time he does that, he must roll 2 Problems in its stead. If an Actor only rolled one (or two) Problem (s), it is advisable he should choose one other Problem to make his Persona more interesting.

He now chooses a Name , such as Heathcliff, Gwynplaine, Jean Valjean...

He then chooses a feature floating in the wind (hair / coat / scarf / kilt / whatever).

The Actor should check the box corresponding to " Worried " & " Tired ", the default mental & physical states.

Choosing an Occupation is optional (this occupation only brings status, not skill).

* : always round to the number which is the most annoying for the Persona. Round up when in doubt.

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