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20 years ago, people (TSR mostly) thought thus, and it started to strangle the hobby. This was challenged, and proven wrong. Sharing is a staple and the lifeblood of this hobby, and many if not most products in the hobby stand on the shoulders of the giants that came before, and do it proudly.

That is a weirdly aggressive reply to someone that is trying to help. I'm not trying to police your opinion, so maybe you'd like to read my response? Games theory and design has moved on in the 20 years since. Your opinion is lacking needed context as many have seen and said. There's no need to...

With just this statement (leaving off the part about swearing off other systems), I don't even see how you can form an opinion after so long out of the loop? I mean, you of course have an opinion, but it s not informed by any measure that an average person could consider reasonable, IMO.

It sold out quickly! I was going to get it - but the physical copies are gone. So I have the PDF, but haven't read it yet.

It might help your opinion on the subject if you take a look at the minimalist systems that are out there. It will help to inform your opinion, and create a common ground where to discuss. As it is, it's just that- an opinion thrown out there that no one can help discuss and isn't really of any...

Melsonian Arts Council (creators of Troika and Longshot City - two that I love, and well known for their gonzo approach to settings) has announced in a blog post they are moving off of crowdfunding platforms and instead using a pre-order system on their website. They go into their reasoning, and...

Matthew Stover is a great writer. And he brings so much to the table. I wish he'd been in on the script writing process.

This is (one of) the really annoying thing(s) about BackerKit which makes me dislike that it's taking off as a crowdfunding platform. So much spam. So little ability to communicate with the creators. So little standardization in delivery date communication. And so on...

I didn't say literally anyone here is doing that, did I? I meant "the general public" when they say GURPS is crunchy in any conversation. Or Rolemaster is crunchy. Without context that you can dial it down. I thought that would be obvious as that was the context of the conversation. But I guess...

That's the problem with a lot of these X is crunchy arguments. People see dials and say that they're integral parts. My play with GURPS went with a much lighter in play feel, because we didn't care about any of that.

I think you meant to link this - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limithron/downamongthedead/posts/4465956

Yeah, I played GURPS (hurts me to put the -ed, but I haven't played in over a decade), but I still buy it because its well researched and great for use elsewhere. One book I recommend to anyone who runs horror/suspense (and not just because I was one of the advance readers and know the author)...

It's not sunk cost! All those books are very much worth it! At least, that's what I tell myself...

Pelgrane Press is also making a Cozy Mystery type of game in ME with the numbers filed off. I see it still listed here - See Page XX – December 2024 But the official page is gone. I wonder if Tolkien Estate got to them?

So, taking the allegory of the racial strife that the mutant strife puts a thin veneer on... Certain mutants cannot be denied. Mystique. Nightcrawler. Blink. Strong Guy. Etc, etc. Others can 'pass'. Those are only known by their identification and their association. It's for this reason, that...

I think the skills are taken care of by the MOS packages - you don't really have to go through them and they give the different characters a chance to shine. Paired with Double Tap, you get a lot of unique situations because of them and a lot of opportunity to lean into the second part... ...

It is there. However, what @Ruin Explorer was saying is that they are the scapegoats, even though they're there. And the official fiction supports that statement. They're aren't good, but they are not the only evil or even the ultimate one.

That still doesn't say what doesn't work. If you're not interested in discussing, that's fine... but I was just wondering. I've played several Gumshoe games, and it works splendidly, IMO. This is just the first time I've heard Gumshoe referred to as a 'bad system'.

It does work for some. What are you saying doesn't work?

There's an excellent Year One comic ongoing currently. It's only on issue 4, so pretty easy to catch up.