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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SweeneyTodd" data-source="post: 2350820" data-attributes="member: 9391">It's true, there were a lot of elements in GB that I didn't see again in a RPG until a few years ago.The default method of play didn't involve a PC party, and might have several sides working at cross purposes (a FBI agent trying to stop a criminal's plot, with a journalist uncovering the story and causing trouble to both). Although there were levels and XP, you only advanced by achieving goals relevant to your profession. And if you got good enough, there were provisions for being retired from play without explicitly giving up the character -- a high level gangster could continue advancement off the profits from his speakeasies and numbers business, and a high level journalist might become nationally syndicated.There was also a fair amount of solid advice for player-driven play. Criminals could commit petty crimes till they raised a stake to go into extortion or loansharking. I think private eyes and law officers were the only ones who had to wait around for plot hooks from the GM. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />All that cool stuff, and unfortunately we never did more than play cops & robbers skirmishes. Well, I *was* ten years old at the time. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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