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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9041131" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Wow. Lots of replies since I was last able to comment. Too many for me to comment on all of them, so if I don't respond, assume a 'wonderful idea, I will look into this option.' Notably SWADE, some Fate game, and some FitD game are all quite possible (just to find the right one).I am playing in a game of BitD currently. It seems like the GM is having the workload (tracking resources, factions, etc.) issues I am describing. That's why I brought it up. Do people who have run it found it to be the case? It may be inherent toC&C falls within my definition of a D&D-alike. I agree, it is easy to pick up for anyone who has played any kind of D&D. That's the rut this group is considering breaking out of.WEG Star Wars is a great game. Love it to pieces. I still think it's one of the best trad games out there. The only think I'd say about it is that, other than doing-well things other than fighting or 'spells' moreso than D&D, I don't know that it really showcases what non-D&D RPGs bring to the table.I'm trying to come up with the words to explain what is and isn't an issue here. It certainly isn't just having cartoon character design in the books like The Troubleshooters. But yeah, psychic dogs or magical princesses* are not the right fit. Think of these guys as 'your buddy's uncle Joe**' -- they are into nerdy things, but, y'know, not really. Not the deep cuts (which don't really have to be all that deep). Sure, they play D&D, and have seen most of Star Wars/Trek/the MCU (and probably had strong opinions on Game of Thrones about 5 years ago). However, they never have been completists or the like. BitD while I was alternating watching the current Star Trek: TNG alongside second-hand Akira on VHS and reading the Star Wars extended universe books, they would have been watching TNG alongside Cheers and reading Steven King or Michael Crichton novels. They stopped reading comic books when they hit high school. They may have watched Astroboy or Mazinger in an English dub, but had kinda 'outgrown cartoons' by the time Robotech or Voltron came along. Thus they have a lot less familiarity with, and interest in playing something like the <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalGirl" target="_blank">Magical Girl</a> genre, or as actual animals (much less furries) or the like. *playing as female characters is, though.**I feel like everyone's friend-group has someone like this.</blockquote>

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