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* ''[[Wraeththu]]'': The RPG [[Canon Defilement|"adaptation"]] of Storm Constantine's fantasy series about post-apocalyptic mystical mutant hermaphrodites with flower-like genitalia (no, seriously) ended up not realistically portraying the setting of the books at all, casting the player characters as [[Smug Snake|pretentious and glamorous sociopaths]], and going out of its way to be as unhelpful to the novice GM as possible. Of note are the gutwrenching mechanics: Among other transgressions, chain mail transfers a statistical immunity to flamethrowers. Details [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=244590 here] and [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14347.phtml here.]
{{quote|'''Darren MacLennan''': I think that the next interaction between Storm Constantine and Gabriel Strange is going to involve Storm delivering a flying spin kick to Gabriel's windpipe. You could not make their work look worse if you actively tried.}}
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' module N2 ''The Forest Oracle'' has every single problem a published module could have.
** Poor editing all around, with third level NPCs that have only have the HD of a second level character and the HP of a first level one and attack with weapons they don't own.
** Railroading all the way
** Area descriptions describe what isn't in a scene (there are no secret passages in the fireplace).
** The PCs are railroaded into captured by Orcs who... give them an axe (to cut wood) then largely ignore them.
** A fey is unable to break a magical sleep effect on her friend, even though it just requires shaking them. In return for this assistance, she gives a solution to another problem she could have easily done herself.
** There's a dungeon that's a straight tunnel with some side corridors. Despite this it's assumed the PCs stumble into every encounter despite avoiding them being literally "go in a straight line".
** A high level Druid tasks the players to kill a few Goblins he or ''one'' of his guards could nuke in their sleep for no reason at all (not even "he's busy with something else" or "it's a test").
** Gypsys with absurd levels of magic who force the PCs to do a task they could easily do themselves if not for super convoluted reasons.
== Board Games ==
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