What are your views of D6?

[Dan R.Stevenson]

I am currently putting together several roleplaying games and I have chosen to use the D6 game system. What I am looking for are other gamers views of the system and its viability as a game system.

 

[Thanee]

It's a decent system. Not without flaws, but it has some neat ideas, like the wild die thing, and it works well enough. Does not need a truckload of books, too, which is always a bonus.

Bye
Thanee

 

[der_kluge]

What is "the D6 system"? West End Games? Shadowrun?

 

[Thanee]

WEG, what they used in Star Wars, basically. The stripped down system was available as the d6 system later.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Crothian]

I liked it for Star Wars, never had any experience it with anything esle though

 

[Kanegrundar]

It's alright, but not great IMO. It suffers from the bucket o' dice syndrome, which can take a lot of time if a player isn't quick with addition. Beyond that, it has some neat ideas, but IMO there are better systems out there.

Kane

 

[BiggusGeekus]

I always liked it, though it had problems.

I never had a problem with rolling tons of dice. Yeah, it slows the roll down, but the rest of the system is fast enough so that doesn't matter. Plus, when ever you do something important that you're good at you roll lots of dice, which is kind of fun.

 

[Tharian]

Isn't this the same system that started out as Torg at one point?

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Isn't this the same system that started out as Torg at one point?

It originated in the Ghostbusters RPG, as I recall.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Star Wars d6 was my first RPG, so the system will always have a special place for me. Of course, I haven't played it in years, and probably wouldn't unless it was the only option left. I really don't like having to use all those dice.