Anon Adderlan's latest activity

We need to know what you mean by "the same kind of game events", because this is a strange question. I say it's a strange question...

What is a "traditional RPG"? I'm pretty sure Call of Cthulhu is a "traditional RPG" by any conventional definition, but you seem to...

Well, they are. Players don't need to know as many rules as D&D and they work in a predictable way. There's a reason CoC is played by an...

And as I've pointed out, Spycraft and d20 Modern were missing some of those. You can design a "rules widget" to allow silent takedowns...

As I've said, I don't want mechanics for cinematic. To me all that's important is that we have rules widgets that allow things that can...

I felt exactly the same way. And I don't think your expectations were too high - everything we were hearing about Numenera was spot-on...

What don't you understand? The point seems incredibly clear. D&D doesn't have characters "only succumb to their wounds when it's...

Hmm I've been let down a few times by games that promised "novelty". Either because the rules didn't really support that (ie, they were...

It helps that they aren't trying to offload too many things on one die. When you have three or four special results you should read...

Like the combat just completely didn't work with spy genre stuff on a very basic level, for an easy example. You couldn't behave...

Why not both? Honestly, I'll take either, so long as it's done well. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be difficult, but genuinely, a...

Any large institution which controls a significant part of the industry by definition is a gatekeeper. And it's good to hear they cared...

How much do I care? After the point it makes playing worthwhile but before the point it makes playing tedious. Tropes are discrete...

Tropes are useful story telling tools. And there are a huge number of them, just check out TVTropes. The problem with the fantasy genre...

I dunno- sounds absorbing!