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<blockquote data-quote="Thumper3333" data-source="post: 1568876" data-attributes="member: 16151">As everyone else has already said, yes, TONS of people play Hackmaster, and the best place to go is the kenzerco.com forums for help, info and more.Now, what no one has really said is....it's not a &quot;spoof&quot;.&nbsp; It uses the actual rules from 1e and 2e and is a 100% fully playable game.&nbsp; It is nearly identical to the game in the comics, that's what it was made to be, BUT the guys at Kenzer wanted it to be a REAL game, and they worked hard.Yes, the tables and rules can be daunting, but once you learn them, they are second nature.&nbsp; And some rules you can play without, many people do.&nbsp; Find Honor too confusing?&nbsp; Don't use it, no biggie.&nbsp; Think the penetration dice make you roll too much?&nbsp; Fine....don't use them.&nbsp; In fact, my recomendation, especially for the new to RPGs is to run without those rules the first sessions.&nbsp; Get a feel for the game.....once you learn it more, become more comfortable, add those rules in.....it's an easier learning curve.As for the complaint about rules contradictions between the GMG and PHB......re-read the GMG....ALL of it.&nbsp; It states that this was done on purpose, so that players would not know all the rules and think they can challenge the GM......again, if you don;t like playing in sanctioned games, then just learn the rules from the GMG......Now....get out there...and GET YOUR HACK ON!!!!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thumper3333, post: 1568876, member: 16151"] As everyone else has already said, yes, TONS of people play Hackmaster, and the best place to go is the kenzerco.com forums for help, info and more. Now, what no one has really said is....it's not a "spoof". It uses the actual rules from 1e and 2e and is a 100% fully playable game. It is nearly identical to the game in the comics, that's what it was made to be, BUT the guys at Kenzer wanted it to be a REAL game, and they worked hard. Yes, the tables and rules can be daunting, but once you learn them, they are second nature. And some rules you can play without, many people do. Find Honor too confusing? Don't use it, no biggie. Think the penetration dice make you roll too much? Fine....don't use them. In fact, my recomendation, especially for the new to RPGs is to run without those rules the first sessions. Get a feel for the game.....once you learn it more, become more comfortable, add those rules in.....it's an easier learning curve. As for the complaint about rules contradictions between the GMG and PHB......re-read the GMG....[i]ALL[/i] of it. It states that this was done on purpose, so that players would not know all the rules and think they can challenge the GM......again, if you don;t like playing in sanctioned games, then just learn the rules from the GMG...... Now....get out there...and GET YOUR HACK ON!!!!!! :cool: [/QUOTE]

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