Call of Cthulhu is a cornerstone in my RPG library.

I'll be honest, character creation is a pain to get through for the simple difficulty of shifting around a crap-ton of points on a character sheet. However, it's also the easiest game on the planet to run and is capable of moments of very real tension.

Still, in this day and age, it's a tough game to play due to the new gaming culture which includes winning as a foregone conclusion.

I actually had a player state to me in a short-lived campaign, "What's the point if you can't win!?"

Sigh.

Final Rating: 10/10

Because no other system has yet to capture the feeling of Lovecraft as capably, and I loves me my Lovecraft. Still, I have yet to check out Trail of Cthulhu...