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Same. And almost anything would be considered lighter in the rules department than Alternity which was also mentioned. Gosh I loved it, but boy was it heavyyyy

I voted "minimalist." I've seen and played games with only a bare bones ruleset. However I think I prefer games have at least a "light" ruleset though. Abilities and advancement aren't necessarily required, but something that extends play beyond the level of a guided conversation is more my style.

Oh, I didn't realize things had quite gotten on to the reasoning for the existence of competing roles in RPGs in particular, but on that topic.. I don't find the "introduction" of unwelcome truths by the rules to be essential. But I do think that rules which give players competing roles (ex...

EDIT: I was tempted to chain this together with the previous reply. This is related to the above, but Also a slightly different matter... I see why. Asking good questions, but it's just not a natural way for most people to think about games or their design. But thinking about things this way...

I think it depends. As you noted in the OP, there are many reasons that rules might exist, from a design goal & performance perspective. And due to the complexities of a TRPG in terms of role, the designers of such games don't always deliver on what they want. Vincent (the Bakers, et al), for...

drawings like this (before they've been cleaned up and inked) get me fired up everytime. Cool look

I think I most enjoyed the insights into the culmination of your life's work that is the formation of MCG. Thanks again for volunteering your time to answer our questions. 1. I began developing a game system six years ago which is uncannily similar to the Cypher System (CS) in many baffling...

I have been a huge fan since your work on 3rd edition D&D I am a backer at the Reliquary level for the boxed set Kickstarter for Numenera. I never got my rewards because I failed to receive the email explaining the order process that occurs after paying. After getting no responses to my email...