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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 117827" data-attributes="member: 871">[/rant]As for my vote: it depends.  I dare not challenge the depths that are F.A.T.A.L., based solely on the few horrors spoken on here, though I have not, & from what I can gather, will not read it.  However, as for games that I have read/played, I don't have problems with their concepts, but definitely their execution:*Amber Diceless: I played this thing once.  IMHO, it is not for 95% to 99% of the gaming masses out there, whether fans of Amber or not.  It is something which, IMHO, works great onyl in theory---the level of unbias required on the part of the GM (since I can't recall the official term) just really isn't out there.  It takes a good, strong group who have no doubts about their GM or his judgment.*GURPS: Once again, great concept, yet lacking in execution.  IMHO, it is not pick up & play friendly.  It has a lot of resources which are spread out amongst various books.  Characters for the game don't seem to be easily portable from one campaign to the next---quite a few disadvantages seem to be hardwired to the setting, or can be mere elements of roleplay rather than reasons to gain a few extra points.*Palladium: It doesn't matter which Palladium setting---it all stinks, especially since they now use the Rifts system.  Combat is abyssmally long; any sense of balance is thrown to the wind, penalizing players who want to work with a concept they enjoy instead of taking the most benefit-laden combo they can.  It seems to have started as the creator's answer to everything that D&D didn't offer, & festered into the system it is today.*Marvel (dice) RPG: Utterly failed to capture the four-color feeling that the SAGA version provides.  Luck of the dice worked against the setting instead of helping it.*TORG, then Masterbook System: Love the concepts, but (thanks to 3rd Ed.) have sheid away from the "roll a die & see what the result equals on a chart" style of resolution.  Absolutely hate the damage resolution system, as well as the magic system.  I think it tries too hard to cover all the bases.*d6 System: Just get tired of the ton of d6.  Can get to ridiculous lengths against powerful opponents.*Battlelords of the 23rd Century: Good god, how I hated combat in that game.  The degree of chart rolls for character creation were ridiculous.There are quite a few more games I'd vote, but I'm having trouble recalling details in my old age at this time.  Always enjoyed D&D, even more so with each edition that's been released, though I still have a soft spot for "Basic"---3E reminds me of it sometimes.  Marvel SAGA's proved very easy to use, & IMHO, works great for the superhero genre over dice-based systems (especially Marvel dice-based & Heroes Unlimited).Then again, one person's treasure is another person's trash.  Certain games are great for me because they meet many (if not all) the requirements I ask of it.  Other games aren't because they don't meet those demands, or just fail all together.Well, that's my 2 cents.[/endrant]</blockquote>

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