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I GMed some WFRP 1e two years ago and still plan to run a continuation in the near future. I GMed some MERP/RM2 a couple of years before...

No game is 'dead' as long as it's alive for someone, IMO. Now, it might be little heard of or very hard to obtain, but the thing about...

Three false statements. Yes they added a lot of extra material to the setting but they kept this going without issue for 15 years. I...

Got it. They are like Aspects. I thought they were like feats or other individual crunchy bits.

This is all true, yes. In my game you apply a context modifier that gives you a bonus or penalty depending on how good a fit the ability...

I feel like I usually want one of two different things out of an RPG system. Either: A) What @Bae'zel said in this post. I.e. a...

I do play a lot of D&D (the same campaign since 1990!) although not the 2024 version and I'm not very interested in the disourse around...

This is tag language. Which is used a lot in some games! It's similar to something like Maven Moves from Brindlewood Bay. A beginning...

No they aren't. All descriptors in my game work the same way. When a character attempts to do something and the results are uncertain we...

It's without discussion because I don't think there's any question that it's right for it to be there. It was huge and extremely...

'Daily' is less clear and concise than 'once per long rest'? 'Maintain Spell' is less clear and concise than 'Concentration'?

Sure. I think that one purpose of game design is to create a language during play. As humans playing a game we're going to be saying...

I don't think I have a single 'want' here. I want different systems for different things. I like Rolemaster and I also like Other Worlds...

Warhammer Fantasy?

Rolemaster has had this since at least 1984.