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I think that you missed something in "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Aliens weren't helping us. They were threatening us because if we...

Doesn't sound familiar, but there are a few movies of the era I only know of by reputation. It especially gets bad when I know there...

They can be viable enough to make a living at them and still create a problem for people trying to get people to try playing them. The...

AT a certain point, a problem is a problem no matter why it occurs. I'd think you, of all people, would understand why in a hobby so...

At the very least it would require more end-user design work than probably makes any sense to expect. BESM did that with its skill...

Though they've at least moved away from the tendency early in the first edition to think the core magic system is an all purpose power...

Yep. The sniper build wasn't nearly as fun in ME2 and 3 as it was in 1, what with the very game-y level design of the newer games, so...

I think its more a case of visibility. Its hard for me to precisely explain what I mean here, but I can't help but think there were lot...

I look at it more from a broadly healthy perspective. That WotC and 5E 3PP are making money is great for them, but 5E is effectively...

This is true with a lot of games, honestly; almost any game, generic or not, carries certain kinds of fundamental design assumptions...

Still a little coarse for my taste; probably because I come from a Hero background, I'd prefer at least three buckets, not two.

The only things that pop into my head after hitting the end of this list are a little weirder/off the path, like Swordbearer or Bushido.

Also be aware that if you go for the Mongoose Runequest interim editions (which have SRDs) know that lorewise it is set in a prehistory...

A huge amount of work has been done to create templates for many major genres or types of games. There are still decision to be made but...

Mutants and Masterminds has had it as an effective option (in terms of just allowing people to do character modelling and ignore the...