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GURPS has more math in character gen than about 90% of the hundreds of systems I own. But it's simple math for the most part. The more...

One other thought on the number of plays... Amongst non-D&D-only players, most have several unplayed systems. I'm at the far end of that....

Considering quite a few people log ownership but not plays, and admit it when QOTDs ask, the play count stats are pretty meaningless...

It's a rules issue mirroring the genre issue. Not as profound, but Feng Shui 2 gives a bonus for colorful descriptions, too... And it's...

It's a really common trap for people to fall into to think it's necessary to pick a lane; that liking a new type of game means you also...

Both.

And enough math to scare many accountants. (CORPS VDS is only slightly better. And it's use cases are easier, too... but CORPS 2e (red...

That's as much a factor of the whole Wuxia genre... ... the heroes have a quick retort to everything in the Wuxia I've watched. Much...

I like the hemp twine ones. Especially since the one I had was saturated with glue, and so was durably rigid and didn't soak water...

I tend to be a neophile, too, but certain games have lasting appeal. For me, WEG D6 Star Wars, Pendragon 4th, Starships and Spacemen...

Oh the irony, lucky she never heard you invoking the names of Nurgle and Slaanesh

My mother was worried as well, until my 8th grade year (fall 82)... see, one of the guys got me Q1... so we played it that afternoon...

That gives me flashbacks to a certain canabalistic Purser in a traveller game in the 90's...

Another very nice fedora. My grandfather had a yellow fedora - woven of straw. I had one of starched twine... dog got to mine, mice to...

Thank you! Among my fedoras, I also have a nice blue one: I want to get a yellow one with a black band (a la Dick Tracy) to complete...