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Fair enough mate, sorry for misreading you, I retract my comment :) G.

Brief segue before I do the next Wyrm post, (maybe later tonight) someone linked this article on a forum I'm on, it's fascinating and really good fodder for any campaign set in an urban environment; an in-depth article on knife fighting in Holland 1650-1750 based on court records Men and...

Frankly I think you need both (as I pointed out upthread) but I think if you are making a game which is not specifically intended to be nonesensical (ala Paranoia) then blowing off the Historical research (which most game designers do) almost inevitably leads you to a broken system...

I tried pretty hard to explain my perspective on this, but I think I failed to get my point across. Not surprisingly... there is a reason why most games are designed the way they are, most people like them that way. A lot of us just see the world very differently and want different things...

This is a pretty funny one Straight Talk on Dungeons and Dragons Where are all these detailed rituals they talk about ? Sounds like they are talking about a better game than i played. But they have one thing in common with many modern gamers, the root of all evil (literally in this case)...

I quite agree, I think hypercomplex tabletop RPG systems rarely work. I personally believe if you want that much complexity you should use a computer. But I don't agree that designing a realistic system means designing a complex system, or that encompassing the reality of something in a game...

Think of it like a Google Map. If you are zoomed out to a scale where you see the whole city, it's still a realistic map, right? You can zoom in to where you see detail of individual streets, or out a bit more where you only get the major boulevards and highways. But either way the map of the...

Well not everybody knows how to write either, do you think they should be designing games? But look, there is more than one way to skin a cat, if you want to design a game based on no research be my guest, let me know how it turns out. I'm certainly not saying it's impossible. I just think...

Yes but I am arguing that having a realistic understanding of how things actually works helps you make a game system which is functional. Weapon systems, countermeasures to them, training etc. were all designed to counteract each other out in real life. This is a very complex and subtle...

But Andor knowing all of these things does not therefore correlate into putting all that nit picky detail into your game!!! It (hopefully) means that you could paint a pretty accurate "big picture" at whichever level of abstraction you chose. I really think you are missing the point! Lets say...

This isn't necessarily the case. If you are talking specifically about my system, Codex Martialis, the core of it is very simple. You literally hold your options in your hand, four dice, you decide how many to use for attacks, defense, or movement. To me that is a lot simpler than full combat...

This sounds good to me, I think this is a good example of how you can use realistic data to make your game better. G.

I'm just describing what I have experienced, and I'm talking about the reactions I get from other people. When I try to explain spiked chains or Dragonborn to those folks, that is how they react, they make faces, they say a lot worse stuff than I said in my post. Whereas they don't seem to...

Because these guys wrote the fantasy genre, so if you want to do a fantasy game in that genre, it helps to know the source (and I'd take it a step further, that you really need to look at the Historical and Mythological sources that they did otherwise you make something derivitive and therefore...

You are assuming the reccomendations are arbitrary, as if just based on blind tradition. You sound like a high school kid who doesn't want to read his English assignment, that isn't what this is about. Can you describe a good Fantasy game that was designed without the influence of these authors...

I agree Hit Locations can be a problem in tabletop RPGs (thats why I completely avoided that in the Codex), and get what you are saying about aiming at the face and hitting the foot, but having done a lot of sparring with a myriad of weapons I disagree with you that there is no random element in...

It isn't bad advice but I don't think we should just give in to substandard combat rules because I don't think we have to. I'd advocate using a system that gives you the 'grammar' you can use to play out combat in a cinematic way that lets your real martial arts knowledge actually work if you...

It hasn't worked that way for me, quite the opposite. Understanding more about things has increased my appreciation for the good movies, books, games etc., and helped me find more of the kind I liked. Yes, and those stories are called Mythology ;) Do you seriously think that is what I was...

Like I said I have met some people who were in SCA rapier group who are definitely legit Historically grounded fencers who you wouldn't want to tangle with in a real fight. I don't know much about the internal structure of the SCA other than that. It's good to hear that they are starting to...

It doesn't. You are writing with correct grammar now. You also have the luxury of moving in and out of slang for fun, for emphasis etc., but can express yourself clearly if you need to. If all you knew was Jerry Springer speak, nobody would read anything you wrote on this forum. Let me put it...