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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9887971" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>If the goal is to stress-test the adaptability of a generic system, any one setting won't work. If you want to stress-test whether it has necessary components (and whether the components at least feel good to play with), I might suggest one that has shown up in discussion recently: <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/shadowrun-deserves-better.718577/" target="_blank">Shadowrun</a>.</p><p></p><p>The game has:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">combat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">complex social interactions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">differing character types that are each supposed to be valuable play options</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">equipment that is meaningful, and also purchasable</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">heist-like activities</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">magic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">modular character options outside of basic career/class abilities (cyberware)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">skills (that actually get used)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">social connections</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">some form of non-combat action with complex resolution that only some players will be interested in (netrunning)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">vehicles (admittedly not spaceships or tanks)</li> </ul><p>If you ran (or even just imagined running) Shadowrun with a proposed system, and it didn't work, it'd probably have a worse time with a bunch of others. If a vehicle chases is boring or has no variance in outcome, some game with tank or mecha or spacefighters is unlikely to work well. If managing stealth or perception skills for a Shadowrun run lead to unclear outcomes (or the players feel that their perception-focused character doesn't actually excel at that job) then it'll be worse in a CoC game. And so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9887971, member: 6799660"] If the goal is to stress-test the adaptability of a generic system, any one setting won't work. If you want to stress-test whether it has necessary components (and whether the components at least feel good to play with), I might suggest one that has shown up in discussion recently: [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/shadowrun-deserves-better.718577/']Shadowrun[/URL]. The game has: [LIST] [*]combat [*]complex social interactions [*]differing character types that are each supposed to be valuable play options [*]equipment that is meaningful, and also purchasable [*]heist-like activities [*]magic [*]modular character options outside of basic career/class abilities (cyberware) [*]skills (that actually get used) [*]social connections [*]some form of non-combat action with complex resolution that only some players will be interested in (netrunning) [*]vehicles (admittedly not spaceships or tanks) [/LIST] If you ran (or even just imagined running) Shadowrun with a proposed system, and it didn't work, it'd probably have a worse time with a bunch of others. If a vehicle chases is boring or has no variance in outcome, some game with tank or mecha or spacefighters is unlikely to work well. If managing stealth or perception skills for a Shadowrun run lead to unclear outcomes (or the players feel that their perception-focused character doesn't actually excel at that job) then it'll be worse in a CoC game. And so on. [/QUOTE]
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