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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 2976400" data-attributes="member: 6957">Whereas I am of the opinion (since confirmed by play) that Spycraft is an excellent action roleplaying game. A somewhat broader category than 'spy roleplaying game'. While most spy movies are action movies not all action movies are about spies. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />To date I have used it for a mystery game, a pulp game, an alien invasion game, and, yes, a spy game. You can do Indiana Jones just as easily as James Bond. (And possibly easier than doing Smiley's People.) Heck, I have considered both Aliens and Terminator using the system.I would say that it is in fact a more high powered game than D20 Modern, and I found its feel a great deal more enjoyable (purely personal taste there). The players are willing to take much bigger risks, and I have found them more than willing to spend Action Dice.The long and the short of it is that D20 Modern never 'grabbed me' in the same way that Spycraft does. Add that to my bitterness over the waste of dead trees that was D20 Past and my choice is clear. Though there are many ways that I actually prefer the mechanics of D20 Modern to those of D&amp;D&nbsp; it never made me want to go and run a nice long campaign with it.The Auld Grump</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 2976400, member: 6957"] Whereas I am of the opinion (since confirmed by play) that Spycraft is an excellent [i]action[/i] roleplaying game. A somewhat broader category than 'spy roleplaying game'. While most spy movies are action movies not all action movies are about spies. :) To date I have used it for a mystery game, a pulp game, an alien invasion game, and, yes, a spy game. You can do Indiana Jones just as easily as James Bond. (And possibly easier than doing Smiley's People.) Heck, I have considered both Aliens and Terminator using the system. I would say that it is in fact a more high powered game than D20 Modern, and I found its feel a great deal more enjoyable (purely personal taste there). The players are willing to take much bigger risks, and I have found them more than willing to spend Action Dice. The long and the short of it is that D20 Modern never 'grabbed me' in the same way that Spycraft does. Add that to my bitterness over the waste of dead trees that was D20 Past and my choice is clear. Though there are many ways that I actually prefer the mechanics of D20 Modern to those of D&D it never made me want to go and run a nice long campaign with it. The Auld Grump [/QUOTE]

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