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sounds like it, but it's not like the 2024 UAs went much better. They too scrapped stuff instead of iterating on it even once, and not...

Agreed. After you got past the first two archetypes (Fighter, Magic User), all the classes were about who you were. While we have tried...

I don’t see anything you wrote here contradict anything I wrote…

This is also the way I see it. Although your view may be more nuanced than mine. It could also be that there are two camps or...

I never liked race as class, I can live with each race have a handful of unique classes though I guess (never tried) Race only in a...

I can only speak for myself, but the way I approach, assess and use RPGs is completely and utterly different to the way I approach and...

Possibly. If I buy a Star Wars game, I might not. The sorts of games to which IPs are attached can vary in style and content. That's why...

not sure, they replace what used to be the class sure, but that doesn’t mean they are all that similar. The class defines abilities the...

for a Tomb Raider RPG it would not be different, I don’t think that is a wide enough scope however to keep things interesting, that is...

the ‘it’ is not important, let me rephrase it to ‘your description sounds like you envision TTRPGs as giant state machines’ you may be...

I guess I agree with this, in general playbooks and a rules restricted DM are part of modern rules

they have control over their character’s actions, they have no control over worldbuilding, and I agree that AD&D / OD&D are not modern games

I think it is simply aiming at providing something else that is not as tightly controlled. Not every game tries to force players into a...

if it covers a wide enough scope, sure. If it only covers things that occur in Goldfinger, then that might not be enough. At no point...

Speaking generally, the longer this thread goes on, the more I feel that the most distinctive defining feature of modern RPG design...