Fiasco

Simply an amazing game. Fiasco emulates the kinds of movies where hapless people engage in criminal misadventures that invariably hilariously and tragically fall apart with elegance and grace. The system is a paragon of rules-light mechanics, avoiding task resolution nearly entirely in favor of getting the group to generate a fascinating and bizarre cast of characters, and having them stumble towards catastrophe. Both readable and playable, Fiasco is one of the best indie RPGs I’ve played.