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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9246646" data-attributes="member: 42582">I don't know what the worst RPG ever made is. I think [USER=9053]@SteveC[/USER] is right to say that we're past the era of such a thing - maybe Man, Myth and Magic is the worst that I own and have read?But seeing as this thread seems to have drifted into commenting on RPGs posters don't enjoy, I'll get in on that action: the worst RPG I've played in that sense is AD&amp;D 2nd ed. The PC build is arbitrary; what action resolution rules there are are mostly just carried over from classic D&amp;D; and the only way to actually resolve actions and events in the sorts of scenarios the game purports to deal with is to have the GM make stuff up, perhaps guided or prompted by some player die roll. In my experience, the mechanical system doesn't do anything that couldn't be done by just sticking half-a-dozen descriptors on the PC sheet, and having the GM refer to those to tell everyone what happens next.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9246646, member: 42582"] I don't know what the worst RPG ever made is. I think [USER=9053]@SteveC[/USER] is right to say that we're past the era of such a thing - maybe Man, Myth and Magic is the worst that I own and have read? But seeing as this thread seems to have drifted into commenting on RPGs posters don't enjoy, I'll get in on that action: the worst RPG I've played in that sense is AD&D 2nd ed. The PC build is arbitrary; what action resolution rules there are are mostly just carried over from classic D&D; and the only way to actually resolve actions and events in the sorts of scenarios the game purports to deal with is to have the GM make stuff up, perhaps guided or prompted by some player die roll. In my experience, the mechanical system doesn't do anything that couldn't be done by just sticking half-a-dozen descriptors on the PC sheet, and having the GM refer to those to tell everyone what happens next. [/QUOTE]

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