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There's something bizarrely plausible about this one.GURPS: Juche!
There's something bizarrely plausible about this one.GURPS: Juche!
Well, you explicitly blamed WotC.It feels weird to respond and not actually contest any of my points.
For sure, but I don't think it's necessarily on WotC to do that aggressively - and I honestly doubt the sort of fans who try and use D&D for everything would listen even if WotC did explicitly state D&D's limits.I believe we would have a healthier game when the player base explicitly is told the boundaries of the system instead of being told that D&D 5e is the “World’s Greatest RPG.”
I really liked Alternity too and was very surprised that they didn't end up using that system for the chassis of D&D 3E. I've always thought/said that Alternity was the prototype for 3E and was disappointed when the product line was cancelled. I haven't played it since the late 90s/early 2000s so not sure how well it holds up today, but I know D20 Modern was a pale comparison.have had circa 2000 WotC make Alternity THE game system instead of d20.
Isn't that what the Secret Service raid on Steve Jackson Games was really all about? Given the popularity of games like Minecraft, I wonder if something like GURPS might ever hit it big again in the TTPRG space? Probably not, but I like to think of unlikely scenarios.SJG would be a hellscape. They couldn't write an accessible or popular RPG even if you sent the FBI to stick them up again and this time say "Write an accessible RPG or Steve gets it!".
If WotC collapsed, that would be Paizo, Free League, Modiphius and Kobold maybe?
They publish GREAT games, but some members of their leadership have made poorly thought through decisions (ok, one has made one bad decision afaik)Given this is a fantasy thread, I'll nominate BWHQ (ie the publishers of Burning Wheel, Torchbearer and a few other RPGs).
They publish good games!