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I would describe YZE as a ‘house system’ model where a system is modified for different applications while retaining some shared...

Like several posters already, I follow an iterative process - do enough top level prep to provide a ‘helicopter view’ of the campaign as...

That’s probably fair. Meta currencies, things like the Doom pool from Cortex and so on, the escalation dice from 13th Age, are all...

I’m not the person you are asking, but I do have Draw Steel. The only particularly ‘modern’ element in my opinion is the use of an...

For sure, it’s a more realistic game in many ways - charging that machine gun nest is truly heroic! Though when highly skilled...

I don’t think that @Reynard was commenting on games being played, I think it was more about new games being made. There are definitely...

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...