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by MasterGeek The Burning Wheel (Revised Edition), not only because it wasn't a great fit for my group, but also because it's just so vastly different from the types of games I'm used to running.I...
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by karlkrlarsson Rifts. That was a pain.
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by HavocIsHere Amber diceless roleplaying game.At first it was extremely difficult, nothing like I ever played before.It required a reconfiguration of my RPG thought patterns. But once I did...
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by Volfield MasterGeek wrote:The Burning Wheel (Revised Edition), not only because it wasn't a great fit for my group, but also because it's just so vastly different from the types of games I'm used...
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by brumcg While it wasn't always the case, these days it's games with my definition of medium crunch or higher. I have a hard time reading games like that, so things just spiral down from...
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by panzer-attack I found Deathwatch a bit of a chore just because of the sheer amount of rules for the player characters abilities. I guess that's what happens when your starting characters have...
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by Astinex Anything Palladium Books is a bear to run. But the most frustrating I've dealt with had to be early editions of Rolemaster (1st, 2nd & Classic Editions).
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by Benevolentgamemaster I never let it come to that stage. If I don't think I "get" a certain game, I might mine it for ideas but not run it. Anything hypercrunchy is out from the start. I like to...
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by iuchiban Blood & Honor. I love it, half my players immediately got it and loved it too, and the other half had massive brain explosions and shut down :PI'd love to give it another try some day,...
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by PzVIE Paranoia (1st Edition). Controlling a sack of fleas is easier than keeping or staying in control in this game :meeple:
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by aramis Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not because the system is all that crunchy... but because doing the setting right with that system meant 2:1 to 4:1 prep:play... and I ran 6-hour sessions or...
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by ctalbot I struggled a lot with running GURPS (3rd Edition) for a year or so in my late teens when I thought I wanted crunchier, "realistic" games, but I never could get the hang of running the...
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by E Decker Toon. Nothing is as difficult as humor on demand.
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by Xavier Onassiss GURPS 3rd ed.And I tried so hard to like it... I really did!
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by aramis Xavier Onassiss wrote:GURPS 3rd ed.And I tried so hard to like it... I really did!I liked G1E and 2E for several years... but the fans of the system I kept encountering showed me that the...
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by lcx0r I've never understood three things: quantum field theory, conditionals and the mechanics of Capes.l.
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by PghArch I'd have to say Mouse Guard both because I wasn't totally comfortable, and because it wasn't a great fit for the table. None of us really knew that before starting, but some good after game...
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