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Slightly bad news update, I have realized I will have to restructure all the Boons in Chapter 6 by Category rather than by Tier - it was...

I'm not surprised you feel that way. You explicitly want nothing to do with the parts of the hobby and the game that I care about the...

My group is a bunch of middle aged dudes who cut their teeth on 1e&2e. We also played a few Chaosium games back in the day (CoC...

I've always seen that meme as a way to "playfully" jab at the preferences of others. It's not as funny IMO as it appears to those...

I'll take SDs roll to cast over the limited sots of, say, BX, every time.

If there are games that work better for others, even "onetime GURPS superfans" (and of course there are), and SJG is financially solvent...

Sounds like you have a game you like. It's clear to me that SJG made their decision on the nature of the revision based on what most...

Yeah, it's really annoying. We wanted to introduce the show to our kids recently, and ended up having to buy the DVDs (just 9, 10 and...

There is a roll to see if your crowbar works in some systems. In 5e it provides advantage, not a guarantee. And if you were to try to...

Sorry. Your post talked in generalities. "The reason we play games", not the reason we play GURPS.

When I run Shadowdark, I do not allow this sort of thing. The spell does what it does and if your friends are in the way, well, make a...

Not always. Plenty of games are sufficiently detailed to cover a variety of non-adventuring situations, often for reasons of simulation...

Another thing to consider is a failure on a skill roll, even driving, isn't necessarily a catastrophic failure. A failure could mean I...

To me, it's a collection. Much like some people collect stamps or rocks or Funko Pops, I collect books and games. So the 'library' is a...

Most games I've seen recently say much the same thing.