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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2606277" data-attributes="member: 177">There's two different questions buried in there - because what's good for the game in general is nto necessarily what's good for me, in particular.I think it is reasonably important for a game in general tobe balanced.  Balance is a *huge* aid to folks who are new to gaming in geeneral, or to the specific game in question.  And a  well-balanced game requires less work on the GM's part to run properly.  All else being equal (not that all else really ever is equal, but still), one would expect a balanced game to sell better than an unbalanced one.  That's good for the game, the publishers, the players, and all.For games I run, in particular, I'm not so worried that the game have balance built in.  I am an old enough hand at GMing that I can make sure that each player gets his or her times to shine, and I don't mind teh extra work that might entail.</blockquote>