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<blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 9305951" data-attributes="member: 7737">I have come around to the 'system matters' way of thinking. To such an extent that I believe most (but not all) 'file the serial numbers off' versions of a system like PbtA, FitD, etc. fail as games. Because they tried to shortcut the 'system matters' part of the game design.(PbtA = Powered by the Apocalypse, the system of Apocalypse World), (FitD = Forged in the Dark, the system of Blades in the Dark)For example -- among the dozens if not hundreds of AW knockoffs, only a very few have stood the test of time. Most of those were ones that adjusted the underlying game engine to suit their play... or just, somehow, did an amazingly good job of palette-swapping AW.Not that said, I still play and enjoy D&amp;D which has been bastardized into a universal system; but in my opinion, the only genre that D&amp;D is really good at is D&amp;D (whether it's orcs &amp; swords or bug-eyed Martians &amp; laser-guns is set dressing).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joshua Randall, post: 9305951, member: 7737"] I have come around to the 'system matters' way of thinking. To such an extent that I believe [I]most[/I] (but not all) 'file the serial numbers off' versions of a system like PbtA, FitD, etc. [I]fail[/I] as games. Because they tried to shortcut the 'system matters' part of the game design. (PbtA = Powered by the Apocalypse, the system of Apocalypse World), (FitD = Forged in the Dark, the system of Blades in the Dark) For example -- among the dozens if not hundreds of AW knockoffs, only a very few have stood the test of time. Most of those were ones that adjusted the underlying game engine to suit their play... or just, somehow, did an amazingly good job of palette-swapping AW. Not that said, I still play and enjoy D&D which has been bastardized into a universal system; but in my opinion, the only genre that D&D is really good at is D&D (whether it's orcs & swords or bug-eyed Martians & laser-guns is set dressing). [/QUOTE]

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