1.  Hollow Earth Expedition
2.  Doctor Who : Adventures in Time and Space
3.  Fading Suns
4.  Star Trek : The Next Generation / DS9 / Original (Last Unicorn)
5.  Feng Shui
6.  Duty and Honour/Beat to Quarters
7.  Atomic Highway
8.  Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Ed
9.  Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed
10. Desolation

10: DragonLance SAGA
9: CoC
8: Pendragon
7: L5R 1e
6: GURPS 3e
5: Star Wars D6
4: AD&D 1e
3: MERP
2: Burning Wheel
1: AD&D 2e

Games I've played that I've loved a lot:

1. Spirit of the Century
2. Rules Cyclopedia D&D
3. Call of Cthulhu
4. The bizarre mixture of Rules Cyclopedia, 1ed and 2ed that I played as a kid in which most everything was ignored except class information, spell lists, weird magic items and monster stats and in which the DM had never read more than half of any DMG. It was exceedingly awesome.

1. Hunter: the Reckoning - as my longest running and most successful campaign, it's still on top.

2. Toon - absolutely one of my favorite RPGs ever. Still a perfect pick up and play game.

3. Vampire: the Requiem - also one of my longest running campaigns. This is the definitive horror game. WoD is almost a flawless ruleset.

4. Star Wars Saga Edition - D&D 4e should have been more like this and less like what it actually was. scratch built for to play Star Wars games, and it does it better than any other system.

5. Pathfinder - Pretty much replaced D&D 3.5 on this list, Still not perfect, but slightly improved continuation of the incredible D20 legacy.

6. TMNT&OS - My introduction to the Palladium system which proved  to me it ain't half bad. It then showed me how awesome and fun it truly was. Best character creation ever.

7. Traveller (Mongoose) - Second best character creation ever. The best GM section and probably the most complete game ever provided in a single book.

8. AD&D - The game that brought me in to the hobby over 20 years ago. I'm still here, and I play it every year in tribute to Gary and Dave. It's still just as fun as it ever was.

9. Unknown Armies - This game was written specifically for me, or at least it seems that way. This would absolutely be #1 on my list if I could find more people interested in playing my weirdo games.

10. Reign - Loved the system in the one game I played and I would love to play more.

Honorable Mentions - Two Fisted Tales, Low Life (Savage Worlds), Gurps 4e, BESM 3e : all these games and systems seem awesome I've just played them too little (or not at all in the case of Low Life) to be able to put them up on the list.

My obligatory filthy hippie answers in a rough kind of order:

Prime Time Adventures - the best! fan mail is awesome.
Burning Wheel/Empires - despite its baroque complexity it has so much that I like
The Grey Ranks - only playtested, but an amazing, intense game.
D&D 4e - for playing like 3e except fun.
Kagematsu - only played once at a convention, but hot damn! it was good!
Sorcerer
Dogs in the Vineyard
In A Wicked Age - if only for the Oracle and the We Owe list.
The Shadow of Yesterday
Artesia - only for the character generation rules.

OK, let's try to finish up in the next few days here, then we can do the tallying.  Anyone want to help out with that?

Game   - Point Totals - Votes/Mentions PM with an e-mail addy for the Excel 2007 Spreadsheet

1. D&D BX/0D&D    174   23
2. Call of Cthulu   155   22
3. AD&D 3rd Ed (includes 3.x/d20)   121   19
4. Traveller Classic   103   16
5. AD&D 1st ed   102   16
6. Savage Worlds   84   14
7. D&D Rules Cyclopedia   83   9
8. Castles & Crusades   71   10
9. Traveller (Mongoose)   66   12
10. Pendragon   65   11
11. Pathfinder   58   8
12. Stormbringer   53   9
13. AD&D 4th Ed   51   7
14. Star Wars d6 (Weg)   51   9
15. Marvel Superheroes (FASERIP)   48   7
16. Swords & Wizardry   47   6
17. AD&D 2nd Ed   46   11
18. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2e   45   8
19. BRP (Basic Roleplaying)   43   6
20. Runequest II   36   5
Gurps 3e   34   6
Gurps 4e   33   4
Vampire: The Masquerade   32   5
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1e   31   6
Shadowrun     30   4
The Burning Wheel   30   6
Runequest III   29   4
Castle Falkenstein   26   5
Cyberpunk 2020   26   5
Labyrinth Lord   26   4
Unknown Armies   26   7
Feng Shui   25   3
Star Wars Saga Edition   25   4
Amber   24   5
Dragon Warriors   24   4
Earthdawn   24   3
World of Darkness (New)   24   4
Dragon Age   22   5
Iron Heroes   22   3
Legend of the 5 Rings   22   3
Rolemaster Standard System   21   3
Spirit of the Century   21   3
Tunnels & Trolls     21   3
Mutants & Masterminds   20   3
Rolemaster     20   3
Spycraft 2.0   20   2
d6 System (WEG)   19   3
Diaspora   19   3
Mekton 2   19   3
Traveller (MegaTraveller)   19   2
Barbarians of Lemuria   18   2
Dogs in the Vineyard   18   4
Paranoia   18   6
The Fantasy Trip   18   2
Rifts (Palladium)   17   4
SPI Dragonquest   17   3
Fading Suns   16   2
Gamma World   16   4
Hunter: The Reckoning   16   2
Primetime Adventures   16   3
Dark Heresy   15   3
Dragonlance Saga    15   2
Over The Edge   15   3
Space: 1889   15   2
Qin: Warring States   14   2
Starblazer Adventures   14   2
Angel/Buffy The Vampire Slayer   13   2
Gamma World 4 ed   13   2
Mutants & Masterminds 2ed   13   3
TMNT & Other Strangeness   13   2
Toon   13   2
Alternity   12   3
Dark Conspiracy   12   3
Elric/Stormbringer/BRP   12   2
Heroquest   12   2
Marvel Superheroes (SAGA)   12   2
Palladium Fantasy RPG 1st ed   12   2
Talislanta   12   3
All Flesh Must be Eaten   11   2
Cartoon Action Hour   11   2
Dangerous Journeys: Mythus   11   2
DC Heroes (Mayfair)   11   2
Gamma World  1 ed   11   2
Hackmaster Basic   11   2
Hollow Earth Expedition   11   2
MERP    11   3
Risus   11   3
Rogue Trader   11   2
Vampire: The Requiem   11   2
2300AD   10   4
Aces & Eights   10   2
Arduin   10   1
Blood of Heroes   10   2
Champions   10   2
Doctor Who: Adventure in Space and Time   10   2
EABA   10   1
Fudge   10   1
Galaxies in Shadow   10   1
In Nomine     10   2
James Bond 007   10   2
Shadows of Yesterday/Solar System   10   1
Trail of Cthulu   10   1
Traveller 4e   10   2
Conan TSR/ZeFRS   9   1
D&D BECMI   9   2
D6 Legends (Variety)   9   1
Encounter Critical   9   1
Mechwarrior   9   1
Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes   9   1
Osric   9   1
Runequest   9   1
Spacemaster Privateers   9   1
Star Trek (FASA)   9   1
Tunnels & Trolls 5th ed   9   1
Ultramodern Rules Kernal   9   1
World of Darkness (Old)   9   2
7th Sea   8   1
Bare Bones   8   1
D&D BX Mentzer   8   1
Don't Rest Your Head   8   1
Everstone   8   1
Fantasy Craft   8   2
Hackmaster 4e   8   1
Hunter: The Vigil   8   1
In Harm's Way   8   1
Kult   8   2
Legends of Steel   8   1
Mekton Zeta   8   2
Mutant Future   8   1
Orpheus   8   1
RoleMaster II (Isn't this RMSS?)   8   1
Scion   8   1
The Grey Ranks   8   1
AD&D Mixed (with Rules Cyclopedia)   7   1
Among the Beautiful Creatures   7   1
Ars Magica   7   1
Cold Space   7   2
Coyote Trail   7   1
D&D BX Moldvay   7   1
Deadlands Classic   7   1
Dungeon Slayers   7   1
Golden Worlds   7   1
Gumshoe   7   1
GURPS: Traveller   7   1
Star Trek: TNG /DS9 (Unicorn Games)   7   1
Stone Horizons   7   1
Trinity   7   2
X-plorers   7   1
Eclipse Phase   6   1
Empire in Arms   6   1
Geist   6   1
Ghostbusters   6   1
HARP   6   1
Kagematsu   6   1
Mage: The Awakening   6   1
Mechanoid Invasion Book 3   6   1
Metamorphosis Alpha   6   1
Metamorphosis Alpha 4ed   6   1
Microlite20   6   2
Reign   6   2
RingWorld   6   1
School Glue   6   1
Shadowrun 2e   6   1
Sorcerer   6   2
Star Frontiers   6   1
Top Secret   6   1
Transhuman Space (GURPS?)   6   1
Two-Fisted Tales   6   1
Warhammer FRP   6   1
Beat To Quarters   5   1
Bushido   5   1
Dread (the Horror w/ Jenga)   5   1
Duty & Honor   5   1
Harnmaster   5   1
Malestrom? (or Maelstrom)   5   1
Marvel Superheroes (Advanced)   5   1
Microlite (Iron Heartbreakers)   5   1
Mongoose Conan   5   1
Obscure Lands   5   1
octaNe   5   1
Shard   5   1
Stargate d20   5   1
Torg   5   1
True20   5   1
Tunnels & Trolls 7.5   5   1
Vice Squad: Miami Nights   5   1
A Dirty World   4   1
Aquelarre   4   1
Arcana Unearthed   4   1
Atomic Highway   4   1
Daredevil   4   1
Epic Role Playing   4   1
Fighting Fantasy/ Advanced FF   4   1
Gangbusters   4   1
Hawkmoon   4   1
Hercules & Zena   4   1
Hero System   4   1
Lords of Creation   4   1
Mongoose Rune Quest II   4   1
Monsters & Other Childish Things   4   1
Victoriana   4   1
Wasteworld   4   1
Werewolf    4   1
3:16 Carnage Amongsth the Stars   3   3
A|State   3   1
Atomic Highway   3   1
Basic Fantasy RPG   3   1
Car Wars   3   1
Danger Patrol  (beta)   3   1
FTL Now   3   1
Gurps   3   1
Gurps: Alpha Centauri   3   1
In a Wicked Age   3   1
Metal, Magic & Lore   3   1
Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game   3   1
Sundered Skies (Savage World)   3   1
Twilight: 2000   3   1
Werewolf: The Apocalypse   3   1
Wild West Cinema   3   1
Boot Hill   2   1
Chronicles of Ramlar   2   1
Cyberpunk (original)   2   1
Dungeon Squad   2   1
Empire of the Petal Throne   2   1
Exalted 1st ed   2   1
Gamma World 2 ed   2   1
Ganakagok   2   1
Genrediversion (for various settings)   2   1
In Harm's Way: Wild Blue   2   1
Lord of the Rings (Decipher)   2   1
Mutant Chronicles   2   1
On Her Majesties Secret Service   2   1
Ptolus   2   1
Serenity (Cortex System)   2   1
Spycraft 1.0   2   1
Starsiege   2   1
The Arcanum/Alantean Trilogy   2   1
The Shadow of Yesterday   2   1
Aftermath! (without DAT)   1   1
Artesia   1   1
Cybergeneration   1   1
Dead Meat   1   1
Desolation   1   1
Fuzion   1   1
High Fantasy (Dillow)   1   1
Hong Kong Action Theatre!   1   1
In Nomine Satanis   1   1
InSpectres   1   1
Little Fears   1   1
Magna Veritas   1   1
OHMAS   1   1
Song of Fire and Ice   1   1
Star Wars d20   1   1
Teenagers from Outer Space   1   1
Terra Primate   1   1
The Riddle of Steel   1   1
Whatever I think I'll Run   1   1
Wushu (Spike's Pundit Spcl ed)   55   1

Quote from: two_fishes;370993Kagematsu - only played once at a convention, but hot damn! it was good!

/Aside

The mechanics look interesting, but the whole focus on the cross-gender play for Kagematsu bugs me.  I'm not sure I dig the whole "social experiment" thing.

Thanks for the update, GameDaddy.

Wow. We are some traditional bastards.

I'd better get my top ten in before the cutoff.

1. Iron Heroes Revised
2. Star Wars Saga Edition
3. True20
4. Spirit of the Century
5. Pendragon
6. D&D 3.x
7. Talislanta 4e
8. Primetime Adventures 2e
9. Reign
10. Coyote Trail

Honorable mention to blasts from the past:
D6 Star Wars
Star Frontiers
D&D BEMCI
AD&D 1e
Top Secret SI
DC Heroes

Quote from: PaladinCA;371263I'd better get my top ten in before the cutoff.

Me too!

1. Call of Cthulhu (and BRP in general)
2. Stormbringer/Hawkmoon
3. Gamma World (1st)
4. WFRP (1st cause I never played 2nd)
5. Traveller (classic or GURPS)
6. The Whispering Vault (I would put this higher but I don't get to play it enough).
7. Kult (though I've only played the setting using BRP rules)
8. Fading Suns/Rogue Trader/Dark Heresy (FS was our 40K RPG before DH).
9. GURPS
10. Noumenon (more like a strange dungeon setting but it has its own unique rules... which I like despite them being 'gimmicky')

This would seem top ten of games of all time, not just those that have come out recently. I'm not sure about the order:

1. Feng Shui, the ultimate pick up and play game.
2. All Flesh Must Be Eaten, for being a really good zombie game self contained and well done.
3. Golden Heroes, for being a really solid SHRPG and boxed and British (keep your Justice League, johnny foreigner!)
4. Star Wars RPG, the force was with it (d6 version).
5. Marvel Saga, for being different and readable though i've never played it (because i've lost the cards somehow).
6. Castle Falkenstein, for being original and atmospheric.
7. In Nomine, because it actually works really well and is also easy to get going despite all the critics who hated it's organisation and apparent brokenness.
8. Adventure! because Guy Davis does the art and it has some good ideas (though the dramatic framing rules or whatever they were called were painfully contrived).
9. WFRP 1e (the only edition i've ever played) for being a unique and atmospheric fantasy horror game.
10. Star Frontiers, because it's Star Frontiers.

In the totals, I would tweak one or two things.

BX/OD&D should be separated. They are as different as any other edition of the game.

I would group together all the B/X games, including: B/X, BECMI, Moldvay, Mentzer, RC although some might ar

Rolemaster 2 = Rolemaster = Rolemaster Classic. RMSS is moderately different.

Just a few suggestions, great work so far!

Not sure if I am too late, but here are my 'top ten' (with the caveat that the exact order will change on any given day).

1. OD&D/S&W
2. MERP
3. Call of Cthulhu [BRP]
4. Elric!/Stormbringer (5e) [BRP]
5. Basic/Expert D&D/LL
6. AD&D (1e)/OSRIC
7. MRQII/OpenQuest
8. Angel/Buffy (Cinematic Unisystem)
9. Rolemaster 2e/Rolemaster Classic
10. RQ2 (Chaosium)

:hatsoff:

In the spirit of Gunslinger's method three years ago...

Quote from: Gunslinger;70255Took the question as my top 10 games I would save from a fire to my bookshelves.  I haven't even played all of them but each system gives me something I admire.  An old school nostalgia mixed with a doe eyed wonderment of how other systems approached the hobby.

1. Dragon Warriors (Corgi Books edition)
2. Swords & Wizardry (Core Rules) *
3. dK (here I can't decide between dK System and dK2 - second edition is more refined but first was a better read)
4. Traveller (LBB, preferably the digest sized QLI reprint)
5. Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (the I.C.E. boxed game, not the Decipher version using the same name)
6. Dungeoneer - Advanced Fighting Fantasy
7. Sovereign Stone (Revised Ed) **
8. Dragonlance 5th Age (SAGA)
9. Big Eyes Small Mouth (2nd Ed) **
10. Tribe 8

* Three years ago this spot would have been taken by D&D Rules Cyclopedia or Red Box D&D
** I honestly think that Savage Worlds combines the best traits of both of these into an even better system - but I am irrational. Out of a burning bookshelf I'd rather save the raw, uncut gems.

If there was more time I'd try to save as well (aka, honorable mentions):
Darkurthe Legends
Barbarians of Lemuria
SimulacreS (preferably Casus Belli HS 1)
Chroniques Oubliées (after almost a decade finally a version of 3.x I can stand, even like)
Myriad
Talislanta (4th Ed)
Warhammer FRP (1st Ed hardcover, typos and all)
In Nomine
Midgard (1st Ed) (or Abenteuer in Magira?)

And I have a hunch that Stone Horizons would at least make the honorable mentions list, if not kick another one from the Top 10 list. If it just was available!