If I were to buy a certain system for some tabletop roleplaying, which one should it be?

System? Be creative and make up your own!

Making up your own is fun, I have made up some of my own systems that have been sucessful with my friends. Otherwise, I would recommend the d20 System, (Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars), Coda System (Lord of the Rings), or GURPS (which is basically one game with a TON of variants, there are a few basic GURPS books with a whole bunch of different themes, such as WW2, Future, Modern, Fantasy, Alt-History, Space, etc.). Hope this helps.

My favorite non-computer RP game was Paranoia. That was a great game - easy to create characters, an emphasis on creativity and fun.

"The Computer is Your Friend. Trust the Computer." :D

Of course, the computer is terribly paranoid, and considers membership in secret societies to be treasonous, as well as possession of a mutant ability. And, of course, your character is both a member of a secret society and a mutant. Oh yeah, knowledge of the rules is restricted to the highest security clearance, to which no player has access - so, displaying any knowledge of the rules (ie. contradicting the game master, etc) is immediate grounds for your execution - something your fellow players will gladly carry out because of the rewards (experience points, etc.) they will receive for executing a known traitor.

It's a good thing you're a clone, so when you die (notice the word "when" not "if"), you need only activate the next number (2 of 6, etc.). All in all , a great game for the fun-oriented RPGer.

It's only a campaign setting, but I managed to find the Planescape manuals legally (http://positron.jfet.org/adnd/plane/Players_Guide_to_the_Planes.htm) if you're interested. :goodjob:

Palladium's system has been alot of fun to play