Subj : Re: Tabletop war and roleplaying games
To   : Arelor
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Mon Jul 17 2023 23:33:00

-=> Arelor wrote to Commodore Clifford <=-

 Ar>   Re: Re: Tabletop war and roleplaying games
 Ar>   By: Commodore Clifford to Bikerbob on Tue May 09 2023 08:35 am

 > I'm more a GURPS fan myself.  Same set of rules, any genre you want, with
 > as much/or as little realism as you like.
 >

 Ar> I have never played GURPS myself. It looks like a wet dream for Game
 Ar> Masters that love to overprepare.

 Ar> GUPRS feels like the Gentoo of RPGs in that they don't give you a
 Ar> system which is ready to go out of the box: they give you a massive set
 Ar> of tools, and you combine modules from here and there to make what you
 Ar> need.

 Ar> It is the sort of thing I would pick if I had comitted players, just
 Ar> like Rolemaster. If you have players who want to play a month long
 Ar> mini-campaign and then want to try another system, you cannot really
 Ar> bet on one that takes too long to prepare.

The Star Wars FFG rules were converted to Genisys for that same 
effect. Haven't used it for anything but Star Wars, but the
concept is sound!




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