Games you thought you'd like and hated and games you thought you'd hate and liked
oooh, I forgot a good one. I really had high hopes for this after reading the books, and the fluff and concepts were great. The game system, however, fell flat on its face. Combat and character creation was a disaster. The game: Living Steel!
It was also a headache for GMs, as the players got to make grand decisions on saving a world, like, we want to grow food for the refugees so they stop eating each other, what resources do we need and where do we get them? And the obliging gm needs to come up with said lists and locations for the players. (The game is set on a post-invasion world where the group needs to save civilization and gather refugees. It is a very well thought out gameworld, but very complex for what the pcs need to do.)
It was also a headache for GMs, as the players got to make grand decisions on saving a world, like, we want to grow food for the refugees so they stop eating each other, what resources do we need and where do we get them? And the obliging gm needs to come up with said lists and locations for the players. (The game is set on a post-invasion world where the group needs to save civilization and gather refugees. It is a very well thought out gameworld, but very complex for what the pcs need to do.)
GammaPaladin
First Post
Yeah, that's why I said a rolling program is actually ideal... Just figure out how many dice you need to roll, tell it that number, and it will tell you if you succeed, and by how much. No need to count.(Psi)SeveredHead said:
thedungeondelver
Adventurer
Wanted to love but ended up hating: EXALTED. For reasons too lengthy to go in to here.
Gundark
Explorer
Fallen Seraph said:
I don't have boatloads of xp with point buy systems. This is the thing that bugs me about point buy, everyone seems to end up being alike. The last one we played you could have everyone switch character sheets and there wasn't much change. The "Jack of all trades, master of none" mentality seems to be encouraged.
Good thing for you it sounds like, annoyance for me. Different strokes.
sckeener
First Post
Systems I thought I'd love
GURPS - joining the bandwagon. I have had two GMs take a stab at GURPS, one didn't know the rules for combat and the other got bogged down in them whenever combat happened. I love the fluff though...
Ars Magica - unless you are going to play online, good luck finding a troupe. I love the various versions, the fluff and the rules. I just hate that I've only gotten to play 3 games in 12 years.
ShadowRun - I have actually enjoyed the fluff parts, but I hate all the dice...the endless rolling of dice.
Mage/Werewolf: I bought it expecting to incorporate them into my WoD....I removed them instead. Mage is just silly and the fluff for Werewolf ruins werewolves for me.
Black company/Thieves World: Like the setting/fluff...hate the system!
Systems I thought I'd dislike
palladium fantasy - it seemed like a cheesy D&D rip off...but the play was sweet.
Changeling: playing a faerie? But it was fun. The system is good and it was nice to swtich to after a Vampire campaign...toggling between the two to get different looks at the WoD
HOL: it was a one-shot and I don't like new systems that are one shots...but oh what a system! Butterygoodness indeed!
GURPS - joining the bandwagon. I have had two GMs take a stab at GURPS, one didn't know the rules for combat and the other got bogged down in them whenever combat happened. I love the fluff though...
Ars Magica - unless you are going to play online, good luck finding a troupe. I love the various versions, the fluff and the rules. I just hate that I've only gotten to play 3 games in 12 years.
ShadowRun - I have actually enjoyed the fluff parts, but I hate all the dice...the endless rolling of dice.
Mage/Werewolf: I bought it expecting to incorporate them into my WoD....I removed them instead. Mage is just silly and the fluff for Werewolf ruins werewolves for me.
Black company/Thieves World: Like the setting/fluff...hate the system!
Systems I thought I'd dislike
palladium fantasy - it seemed like a cheesy D&D rip off...but the play was sweet.
Changeling: playing a faerie? But it was fun. The system is good and it was nice to swtich to after a Vampire campaign...toggling between the two to get different looks at the WoD
HOL: it was a one-shot and I don't like new systems that are one shots...but oh what a system! Butterygoodness indeed!
Fallen Seraph
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Mhmm, Changeling so much fun... So much deliciously evil fun.
It is in a way the most creepy setting in that generally it is up to the players to figure out just in what way they were tortured, abused, humiliated, mentally shattered while in Arcadia to form them into the Changeling they now are. Then to have the True Fae that did this too them to be hunting them down, really creepy.
It is in a way the most creepy setting in that generally it is up to the players to figure out just in what way they were tortured, abused, humiliated, mentally shattered while in Arcadia to form them into the Changeling they now are. Then to have the True Fae that did this too them to be hunting them down, really creepy.
