The Fifteen Games Thing

Allright, the first 15 that come to mind, that will always stick with me:

1. AD&D. My first gaming love, as it were.

2. Yar's Revenge for the Atari 2600. My first video console love. Don't know why, but I loved this game and always think fondly of my hours spent playing.

3. Risk. My AD&D buddies also introduced me to Risk. Give me Africa and Australia and I'll conquer the world, starting with Europe!

4. Talislanta. I didn't get to play it much, but it was my first introduction to RPG's beyond AD&D.

5. Call of Cthulhu. The first RPG, other than AD&D, which I played at any length. I really enjoy Chaosium's d100 system.

6. Talisman! God, I love that game. We must have played it 3 times a week for about a year. My friend had the game and all the supplements. Many years later, I tracked down a copy on ebay and dropped $70 to get a 2nd edition copy. Then I downloaded a bunch of fan made cards from the internet and spent another year playing.

7. Cribbage. Hah! Haven't seen this listed yet. My favorite traditional card game.

8. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura. One of the few CRPG's, I enjoyed enough to actually finish. Any game that let's you loot the dead down to their underwear, has the kind of stimulationist approach I'm looking for in a CRPG.

9. Chrysalis - an old Nintendo RPG which was cool. Mixed some science fiction into the fantasy as well.

10. Warcraft II - Never played WOW, but Warcraft II was hella fun!

11. Swords & Wizardry - I haven't played it much, but it helped me re-frame a lot of my ideas about D&D.

12. Lego Star Wars - One of my sons favorite games. He's now moved on to Lego Harry Potter, but experiencing my son discovering Star Wars, rekindled my own love for that Universe. He moved on to the toys and movies, but the Lego game is the touchstone through which he experiences Star Wars, not the movies. :)

13. Fighting Fantasy - The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. This was such a cool idea. I couldn't stand the TSR Endless Quest books, but throw in some simple character gen and dice and I was all set!

14. The Lone Wolf Series - Hell yeah! Railroady as all hell, of course, but now I get a solo campaign! And I didn't have to use the lame paper chart in the back, because I had actual d10's!

15. Grass - This is one hell of a fun card game, especially when you're 18 and Stoned.