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My best suggestion as to use 5E with the funnel is to clearly state players can always change anything and everything about their character during the first two levels. That is, you can choose a simple class like Fighter when you build your character secure in the knowledge you aren't locking...

Maybe start a new thread? This is about another game than WFRP... (Short answer: no, unfortunately not)

I went into 4E very enthusiastically. Alas, in the end I was forced to conclude literally* every single change and addition (compared to 2E) was wonky, needlessly complicated or outright unworkable. As I had to give up on each and every new subsystem or changed rule I was finally forced to...

My rational mind screams "noo" But I'm secretly impressed of your ability to troll as a thread necromancer ;)

You can easily get rid of them yourself.

Two tracks of subclass of nine levels each, one that starts at, say, level 3 and takes you through level 11; the other going from level 12 through 20. Every subclass should at least given token consideration to the idea that anyone takes it regardless of class. Especially the "upper" ones. The...

I consider myself a Trekkie, so I have given Discovery no less than three chances. Not once have I managed to finish a season. The way everybody acts first and thinks not at all, while ignoring science and logic, like in an action movie, is extremely off-putting. Is season three the one with...

The first edition is top notch campaign and atmosphere wise. Unfortunately it is truly dire rules wise. Basically you use the setting info but replace the rules engine altogether. Which, I guess, is what FL did.

For those that didn't know: Free League (Fria Ligan in Swedish) started as regular fans of the Iron Ring publisher (Järnringen) and their Mutant game. When they released Coriolis, those guys were sufficiently inspired to start creating fan material for the game. When Iron Ring decided to...

Regarding your spoiler, I would simply note the game is sold as a sci fi game, so it makes a certain sense to me. Regarding the polytheistic setting I don't know what you can't discuss, but again - I don't see a problem because before the advent of Islam in the real-world region, the Middle...

Yes. Seems as if the new version tries to rectify this; the initial blurb basically saying "you can play a great explorer".

The decision to switch Drakar och Demoner over to a d20 (from the d100 inherent to BRP) still feels controversial, and that must have been 40 years ago...

Yes, Picard suffers from the same problem as Discovery. Rushing ahead, action galore, blockbuster stakes, saving the world, no time to catch your breath and generate some Trek-like atmosphere :( SNW on the other hand, is excellent Trek!

I am content how this thread has brought up all the aspects of the subject matter.

I've played a lot of BRP (the Swedish rpg scene basically started from BRP) and it definitely is a functional game foundation. Except there is no structure to guide (and restrict) your experience. Part of the allure of D&D is that the limitations on how you progress makes for interesting...

Unfortunately, the vast majority of OSR fans appear to not be super interested in game development. DCC for instance. Lots and lots of creativity and writer's joy and pure gaming passion. Much, much less of the analytical, "boring", part - the thorough play-testing and rebalancing, the repeated...

There's a common theme going through this discussion thread, already from your initial post. And that is your inability to discern your personal experience from objective fact. Over and over again, you fail to make it clear you're taking about your experiences, and here, your crappy dice. I...

This, yes. Part of the attraction of D&D is that you get to engage with your character's build. Light-weight D&D clones lose most of this - there just isn't much to do (build-wise) after initial chargen. Of course, the question (as stated earlier) then becomes: how to reconcile the "OSR want"...

People that like dice will be buying dice. Yes, in the context of having a collector hobby dice is pretty cheap. But I'm not assuming every prospective DCC customer is in this mindset. Instead, this game had the, I'm asserting, questionable idea to (more or less) ask everyone to be like a dice...

Just to add that I think I've read through all the posts now, at least the ones made before the thread was restarted this year. Finally! Pretty great thread! I love the idea of OSR, I'm just waiting for a game approaching the official game's solidness (as regards rules writing) - there's a...