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¿Question #5463?
mats-k: Which is the best game featuring the worst mechanic?

TheGrimReeple: Kaylee is best mechanic, but Firefly also features Bester, who is definitely not.
Woelf: Definitely not Firefly, because Kaylee is the best mechanic.
BOBBYCAN: Panzerblitz has an unbelievable mechanic. It's really something to see.
the manatee: 2amp took mine.
ThatFedoraGuy: Zombies. There's this guy named HAL and he's a terrible mechanic.
ricardofo: Tito
Felimid: "Catan Histories: Struggle for Rome". What was its worst mechanic? The rule book.
Rygel: What is the worst mechanic?
arkibet: Werewolf. Mechanic: Player Elimination
WatchmanX2000: for what?
Randy Cox: This would mean I need to decide what is the worst mechanic. Don't want to spend the time.
cletusk82: Conquest of Paradise, stupid combat system
traininthedistance: Hm. In my mind the mechanic of "this game is only interesting when played for YOUR MONEY" of Poker is the worst mechanic around. So, I guess the best Poker variant (whatever that may be) fits the bill here.
elirlandes: Go Johnny Go-Go-Go-Go.
aleo09: don't know
DHEK: I haven't played enough games to say.
kimba: star fleet battles
POvidiusNaso: I don't like rolling dice for combat that much, but Command & Colors does it best.
bigbadsteve: it always sucks in a wargame when a great strategy is ruined by a bad die roll
2amp: Heroquest: a hero must roll dice for movement
GrimJester: Twister
Cromaa: Not possible
mats-k: Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition for the voting
nexttothemoon: Well I would say Capitol is a very good game with a really crap "component" (the scoring columns)...but that's just apart of the game...mechanics hmmm...well #1 might be in Attika which has the "connecting temples" victory condition that has to be watched for in 3 or 4 player games which as noted by many can lead to suboptimal choices having to be made just to block certain players from instant victories...and in Blokus the 3 player games where everyone takes turn playing a 4th color each round feels a bit "off" but with the fixed size of the gameboard I can't see an easy way around that problem. I'm sure there are others but those stick out a bit at the moment.
orodreth: Mousetrap played on the International Space Station.
_Kael_: Unknown combo to me.
Odat: The only thing that comes to mind is the mind numbingly stupid endgame in Message to the Czar
chaddyboy_2000: I honestly can't think of one right now.
ssmooth: Who is the worst mechanic?
Dave: Fist of Dragonstones for "blind bidding where you lose [albeit temporarily] everything you bid".
Lord_Prussian: Merchant of Venus for roll and move mechanic
skelebone: Wacky Garage -- Lou can't ever get anything fixed
CDRodeffer: Roll & move is an easy target for worst mechanic, but I'll say Twistgammon puts it to excellent use.
jttm: Umm... Heroquest for dice?