Recent content by Micah Sweet

I would strongly recommend Crafting Heritages, Cultures, and More Worldbuilding by Homebrew and Hacking. It has exactly what you are looking for. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/513957/crafting-heritages-cultures-and-more-worldbuilding?src=hottest_filtered

I had to do the same ticket thing at Gencon this year. Maybe it's a big con thing.

I'm not surprised you feel that way. You explicitly want nothing to do with the parts of the hobby and the game that I care about the most. The difference is, I have no interest in making fun of you, or laughing at jokes others make about me.

I've always seen that meme as a way to "playfully" jab at the preferences of others. It's not as funny IMO as it appears to those presenting it.

If there are games that work better for others, even "onetime GURPS superfans" (and of course there are), and SJG is financially solvent without a more broadly accessible and "streamlined" GURPS (which it is), what value is there to make such a thing, or to advocate for it being made? Seems to...

Sounds like you have a game you like. It's clear to me that SJG made their decision on the nature of the revision based on what most existing fans of GURPS want. It's not WotC D&D and it's not trying to appeal to every gamer at once. And IMO it shouldn't. I personally far prefer games with a...

Yeah, it's really annoying. We wanted to introduce the show to our kids recently, and ended up having to buy the DVDs (just 9, 10 and 11. My wife never liked 12, and neither of us have seen 13).

There is a roll to see if your crowbar works in some systems. In 5e it provides advantage, not a guarantee. And if you were to try to hit someone with it, that's a roll too.

Sorry. Your post talked in generalities. "The reason we play games", not the reason we play GURPS.

Not always. Plenty of games are sufficiently detailed to cover a variety of non-adventuring situations, often for reasons of simulation and/or verisimilitude.

Most games I've seen recently say much the same thing.

I've always loved necromancers and inventors as characters, probably to some degree because undead and constructs are my favorite types of creatures. I'm also fond of unstoppable, over the top fighters with heavy armor and big weapons, Cain Marko style.

Spoken as a man pushing 50...yeah.

Well, it certainly isn't for everybody. My group is getting the hang of it, but they forget about combat maneuvers too. It's too bad; I really like them personally. They grokked Supply, and Fatigue/Strife well enough, and they don't need Gateway (although I wouldn't begrudge them if they did)...

I've run into that problem myself more than once. Had a devil of a time teaching A5e to my group at first. And I still can't get them to play OSR games (though playstyle may be an issue there).