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Autumnal replied to the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs..As a creator myself, I like “steal” for much the reasons I like “elfgames”: it encourages a good perspective about the innately... -
Autumnal reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with
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Yeah, back in the day when Steve Perrin looked at an obviously RQ derived game and said it seems oddly familiar, my response was "Well... -
Autumnal reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
I put steal in quotes for a reason, as it's not literally stealing games. Designers, of course, learn from each other. For example: 1...
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Autumnal reacted to soviet's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
So, all art, all movies, all TV, all books, all RPGs other than yours, are immoral?
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Autumnal reacted to soviet's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
A lot of indie style games these days openly list their references and inspirations. It's a good thing to be influenced by other...
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Autumnal reacted to soviet's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Just to be clear, your position is that art that takes inspiration from other art is immoral?
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Autumnal reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Rules design is not functional IP for any purpose that matters in the hobby. Rules expression can be copyrighted, but rules themselves...
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Autumnal reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
I remember Robin Laws saying that when he originally wrote Feng Shui, it was considered rules light. When he started tinkering with the...
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Autumnal reacted to Kichwas's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Yeah I took almost 2 decades off from the hobby (2005-2022) and that leads me having to put caveats around a lot of things. Which I...
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Autumnal reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Late 90s games are very different from now. A tip: The vast majority of game designers run and read a wide variety of games. The more...
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Autumnal reacted to chuckdee's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
With just this statement (leaving off the part about swearing off other systems), I don't even see how you can form an opinion after so...
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Autumnal reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Another interesting thing about the comparison of Daggerheart (as rules "light") to PF2e (as rules heavy) is that it can help someone...
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Autumnal reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
If an event has only one rule in a complex system it will only have one event of ruling in most cases. I don't see why a rule should...
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Autumnal reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread GURPS Fantasy / Dungeon Fantasy (and beyond) with Like.
I know World in Flames used that for sea/ocean. Planes would count the dots. But ships wold use "sea boxes" which were much larger and...
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Autumnal reacted to earthsea_wizard's post in the thread D&D General Why wouldn't you run a Dark Sun game? with Like.
While it may have been a bad idea, is there data to show that an alterante approach would have saved the company? It seems to me, from...