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I’m pretty certain it wasn’t AH, because I have almost no true wargames from them. I don’t remember Victory. I think my only West End...

The amount of character points PCs start with is up to the GM. While there are common point values, there are no specific rules defining...

I'm not the one saying that using player design can't work because they're selfish.

So, all art, all movies, all TV, all books, all RPGs other than yours, are immoral?

A lot of indie style games these days openly list their references and inspirations. It's a good thing to be influenced by other...

20 years ago, people (TSR mostly) thought thus, and it started to strangle the hobby. This was challenged, and proven wrong. Sharing is...

And I'm not seeing a single moral issue. All work is built on prior work in one fashion or another, creative, technological or (as RPGs...

That's a good idea. It may well be that Malwarebytes is taking one look and noping me out of it. Hmmm. Apparently that isn't easy to...

Rules design is not functional IP for any purpose that matters in the hobby. Rules expression can be copyrighted, but rules themselves...

The players collectively having a veto power. That's why I said it requires thinking not only individual players aren't capable, but...

I'm not hostile in principal to random encounters, but can't say I've used them for anything for many years. Of course a fair number of...

No, you can compare Team PC to Team Challenges Set by GM. That is the basic question of the tactical game - do the PCs beat the...

I get that you just jumped in without reading the thread and we all do that sometimes, but I politely suggest you read the thread...

I haven't been to a con in many years now, and its been a very long time since I went to them regularly.

Yeah, it's always something constantly considered by me, finding a balance between presenting interesting/worthwhile challenges, and...