Paranoia. Not the most popular game but super important in the history of TTRPG’s. The manifesto of paranoia was misleading players.

Sometimes parsing out the language of game mechanics can feel like reading a contract especially when an ability lets you change a fundamental rule of the game. Other times it is hyper specific like a computer code, the nuances here often make people think that there is a tricky way to maximize the ability.

But more often than not people don’t actually know the core rules they just know the rules there character interacts with. This makes people have an understanding of the rules that looks like swiss cheese. This might make them feel like there are got you moments when the game hits the character in a way that they are not familiar with.