Recent content by Fenris-77

I can't quite get past how suggestive the thread title is. That's some strong posting. I'll give it a slow clap.

Scum and Villainy is excellent proof that you can do a Star Wars capable game without having the IP. Obviously you do want the IP of course, and I agree that it's probably a massive pain. Plus in this case Disney is involved, so pain+.

Interestingly, I think that the SotS version of Gumshoe could probably do a pretty good job at Star Wars.

It's based on Into the Odd with some nifty additions. Same play loop though.

I find your excess of faith disturbing.

I didn't say that, I just said it needed to be unpacked. I think there's a lot of nuance there.

I think that for RPGs generally that there's a whole lot to unpack in terms of 'objective risk' as an idea.

I'll take the under here.

I don't really mean special casing, but complexity comes in a bunch of flavours, and a lot of them don't taste good when all you really want to do is stick the bad guy with the business end of your rapier. I want every choice in combat to matter, and to not chew up too much table time. So odd...

So when I say simplicity in terms of combat I probably mean something more like elegance. Some complexity is fine, but too much is not, and multiple tables to consult makes my list.

Yes, yes they are. Hence my comment. Anyway, how about that Han Solo guy shooting first? What's with that?

So, a caveat, I have not waded through the whole thread. Generally though, I think complexity belongs in the background, away from actual play. I think complexity does lots of wonderful things in RPGs but I think when it sits up front and center curing play, especially during active play like...

Maybe we can just talk about Star Wars? That would be keen.

That's a silly thing to say. Maybe if you were talking about meta mechanics it would make more sense. To each their own I guess.

In terms of the OP, what I would really like to see is a modern and cleaned up version of the WEG Star Wars rules, no matter who specifically is doing them.