Yes, MaG. Tomb Raider.

There's a lot of adventure in it - exploration and puzzle solving. So what if some of the puzzls involve the application of ammunition

Gremlin

thanks, i'll remove all but the last four from the list and just wait for the rest.

My favourite games are:

American McGee's Alice
Nibiru
The Watchmaker
Sratches
Still Life
Siberia 2
Aura
Sentinel - descendants in time
Mystery of the druids
Dark fall II
Broken Sword
Delaware St. John
Black MIrror
The Moment of Silence
Post Mortem

katootje. Alice is action/adventure and will need to go to the darkside list.

Here is my list:

1. Uru and Path of the Shell
2. Dreamfall
3. Myst II Riven
4. The moment of silence
5. Myst
6. Myst III Exile
7. Myst IV Revelation
8. Myst V End of Ages
9. Gabriel Knight 3
10. Broken Sword 3
11. Keepsake
12. Mysterious Journey II
13. Sentinel
14. Syberia 2
15. Voyage

OK, I thought this list was just for games of 2006, but since it's for "all time" I have my 15, listed in alphabetical order. I did not include the Uru Series since it's a role playing game:

Amerzone
Black Dahlia
Black Mirror
Byzantine - Betrayal
Dark Fall - The Journal
Myst-Riven-Exile-Revelation
Paradise
Qin
Reah
Riddle of the Sphinx
Schizm I
Sentinel
Still Life
Syperia I & II
Timelapse

Here goes....
myst
riven
tlj
amerzone
shivers
black dahlia
grim fandango
morpheus
obsidian
syberia
sanitarium
timelapse
amber
drowned god
ayrun quest

Thank you so much Flotsam for doing this every year.

*Still Life
*Cameron Files:Secret of Loch Ness
*Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
*Syberia
*Longest Journey
*Gabriel Knight 2
*Gabriel Knight 3
*Runaway, A Road Adventure
*Broken Sword 1
*Broken Sword 2
*Obsidian
*Amerzone
*Post Mortem
*Zork, Grand Inquisitor
*Messenger

1. Longest Journey.
2. Zork Grand Inquisitor.
3. Sanitarium.
4. Daemonica.
5. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Rose Tattoo.
6. Discworld (and the two other Discworld games).
7. Death Gate.
8. Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within.
9. Pandora Directive.
10. Syberia.
11. Shivers.
12. King's Quest 6.
13. Secret of Monkey Island (and the sequels).
14. Arthur's Knights.
15. Blackstone Chronicles.

And there are so many more. *sniff*.

Mine are
1 Riven
2 Amerzone
3 Blackstone Chronicles
4 Sanitarium
5 Syberia#1
6 Syberia #2
7 URU
8 Shivers #1
9 Dracula resurrection
10 Aura
11 Grim Fandango
12 Night long
13 Morpheus
14 Circle of Blood
15 Exile

Here's my addition!
(also in no paticular order)

Syberia
Syberia II
Keepsake
Nancy Drew- Ghost Dogs
Nancy Drew- Blackmoor Manor
Voyage
80 Days
Harry Potter- Prisoner of Azkaban
Black Mirror
Scratches
Myst V - End of Ages
Delaware St John 1
Delaware St John 2
Dracula - Last Santuary
Nibiru

From Flotsam's original post:

Here's mine, in no particular order.....

Zork Nemesis
Aura: Fate of Ages
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
The Longest Journey
Keepsake
Amerzone
Scratches
Barrow Hill
Cameron Files: Secret of Loch Ness
Dracula Resurrection
Dracula Last Sanctuary
Runaway Road Adventure
Phantasmagoria
Indy Fate of Atlantis

Hi ho,
Things are certainly motoring along.
There are already about 175 games listed. Both Syberias and TLJ are the most recommended so far.
Recent release games which are polling well on limited release time include Barrow Hill and Dreamfall.
Some oldies back onto the list include Celtica, Comer, Drowned God and Qin.
And Becky, if you manage it you can send me the details privately

Here's my list:

A Quiet Weekend in Capri
Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception island
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Dracula: Resurrection
Scratches
Syberia 2
The Blackstone Chronicles
Necronomicon
Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness
The Longest Journey
Amerzone
Keepsake
Road to India