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Thank you for your help! No problem. I'll post a summary of outcomes back here. Will probably take a few months.

I think systematic versus exception-based design is another big factor in complexity. In play, GURPS isn’t actually very complex as it...

Another responder here - it would be really interesting if you posted a link to your findings once completed, please?

That’s not what I said. I refuted the point that “all gamers like simple games” by showing some players like complex games.

The post I was replying to stated: I merely pointed out data that showed this to be not true.

I’m not sure you can make a blanket statement like that, other “people see extras as generic”. I’m sure some people do. But I’ve run...

Your premise seems to be ‘most people don’t bother to read the GM advice or bestiary powers’ @Thomas Shey? Both my comments and...

I did not mean that you could not have rules that impacted roleplaying. I meant that I don't buy the notion that rules complexity in...

There are ways to split the difference in the more recent editions using: the 'Resilient/Very Resilient' in the SWADE core which gives...

I find Savage Worlds combat can be a slog if the players treat it like D&D combat, ala everybody just tries to deal as much damage on...

Yeah. I had to read the minion rules multiple times to fully absorb them - but basically they’re a pool of HP, and so if the total...

That’s interesting. I haven’t read the Monsters book yet. Presumably that was a group of minions the Null attacked?

I would agree; in my 30 years experience of GURPS 3e and 4e it is extremely tactical and one of the few games where players can apply...

What do you mean when you say it doesn't reward tactical play? Use the right set of optional rules, and you can expect the application...

When I ran a combat-focused X-Com game, I used GURPS. Half the missions were investigation, VIP protection, recon and generally more...