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Because the range of rather ill conceived and/or poorly-described mechanics in a lot of the games of the late 1970's and early 1980s. This was an era where home computers were poor at editing, layout (even professional) usually involved strips of lead, and RPG's were often written by people who...

Palladium, in materials from at least the release of The Mechanoids, uses RCCs (Racial Character Classes). D&D did it first, but (shockingly) Palladium does it better, IMO, in that the RCCs are only for species not well suited for the standard OCCs (Occupational Character Classes). Palladium...

It presumes minis for combat, and laying things out on the tabletop. The monster list is a direct match to the WFB list. The "profiles" are adding 3 items not in WFB. "not even slightly wargamey" thus is false. Note: a good minis combat ruleset or board game combat ruleset can often result in...

One thing one of my players complained about: There are 2.5 tiers of difficulty: Tier 2: Druid Tier 1.5: every class with a spendable feature. (Rogues, Seraphs) Tier 1: everything else in core. And 1.5 is a very minor difference in complexity form tier 1. Be very interesting to see the first...

It's literally the MERP engine, reskinned to CP.

I like RM, but only with spreadsheets for experience and levelup. It's not really complicated, but it is math-heavy. I won't run it if people don't have calculators (NOT cellphones - too much temptation!). SM is literally the same engine, but with Sci-Fi classes and races. My core box came with...

Palladium Fantasy: Many people hate Palladium's engine. What it did was take the concept of percentile skills (from D&D OE Sup I: Greyhawk), the skill concept of them being mostly by class & level, the concept that 3/4 of attacks would hit if not actively parried or dodged, but most would hit...

The Motherboard setting frame in Daggerheart is another one. If you're masochistic (or actually like) Rolemaster/Spacemaster, ICE's Cyberspace is good option. The GDW versions of 2300AD had the Earth/Cybertech sourcebook. It's conceptually a Traveller game, but not an OTU game, and it's...

Common use hasn't changed to follow the phylogeny system's changes. Doesn't seem to be changing except amongst certain narrow sub-populations. (Mostly Biologists and Ecologists.) It still means "water dwelling bony* vertebrates with gills and fins," to most. And in the context of Kuo-toa...

I'll note that Star Trek, despite the "Forehead Aliens", really does imply several significant differences, and the games have tried to reflect that. FASA STRPG, the Vulcans were rather impressive, but they weren't that fun to play, because everyone knew you had to play a stuck up mind-reading...

Almost perfect for getting me onboard... AARRGGHH!!! Too many good games, too little time.

It's faster for me than D&D 5. Multiple factors: no book lookups for powers - the full text is indeed on the card. And in the back of the book. Simpler powers in general no "it's your turn" lag; whomever is ready goes. fewer turns overall for a given fight. I'll note that, in part, this is...

And reactions. The reactions bit is vital for solo play.

I want it, but I don't know if I can squeeze it into the budget.

Last friday, I was making tea. I'd just filled a large taco-bell cup with boiling hot water (they survive that, easily)... and I sneezed, spilling the contents into my lap. Since I had So, mechanically, I can walk, sort of, and my Sunday game, which is online, went without a hitch. But my Wed...

RAI= Rules As Intended.

I agree. Persistence hunting, as done by the San and !kung, isn't all that tiring to do. It requires skill with bow or spear, and the ability to WALK for about 2 hours. The trick is, it only works on certain prey... many deer and antelopes can only sprint a short bit, then must rest... and you...

Conditions work the same in all three of Vaesen, TFTL, and TFTF. the big difference is that TFTL lacks actual combat as a subsystem.

Wed Fallout Cancelled: I cannot walk; burns.

It does. MYZ and FL are damage. Vaesen, TFTL, TFTF are all take a condition Coriolis: The Third Horizon is the one tied to a metacurrency. T2K 4e is take stress damage.\ Alien is Add a die to your stress pool. (Highest I've ever seen was 16dS before snapping.) Several imitators use a...