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And playbooks are just the modern incarnation of classes.

Pretty much. I didn't mean to contradict you in any way. I was mostly noting it as an oddity from someone who normally leans in to...

I was really interested in Spacemaster many years ago, but before I tried to introduce it to people I decided to create a couple...

To add to this, when I used GURPS to run X-Com, the reason I chose GURPS was because, after evaluating a range of systems it was GURPS...

Yeah, I responded to a poster (Loverdrive I think) earlier on that; I just wanted to make it clear I wasn't personally qualified to say...

That’s a fair point, and I agree—there are definitely cases where planning a campaign around a defined time frame makes sense. I’ve seen...

Most likely, I would use Savage Worlds: 50 Fathoms (nautical/Pirate fantasy), Beasts & Barbarians (Sword & Sorcery), Hellfrost (High...

While generally true, there's a tendency for people grabbing an extent base system to decide it can just do what they want it to without...

@Jacob Lewis, while I thought your post was thoughtful, I've seen enough cases of campaigns chosen for various time frames to suggest...

One of the things I've found with creating characters in Draw Steel is that it is very much not generic fantasy. For someone who's been...

Its still well enough known that whether its particularly active now, its design--which is the point of this thread--is relevant.

I'd have to suggest you're not sufficiently familiar with GURPS if you think there are not different rules in some of its books. They...

I know that. I was giving it as an example of a game made with a toolset (PbtA) that previously didn't exist Also, I suspect...

The point of my reference to deep research is that it isn't the result of all searches. LLMs are most effective when they compile and...

I might have mentioned Earthdawn as a zero-to-hero alternative if I'd thought of it.