How to Select an RPG system (a chart)
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Jeff Carlsen
Adventurer
It's missing Savage Worlds. What are the budget-conscious 40-somethings with families going to play?
GeorgeFields
Explorer
HackMaster is only listed under 'humor'.
InVinoVeritas
Adventurer
I like the ways out of the "What is du/dx = cu + xy?" box.
If you're more interested in being right, play Hero.
If you're more interested in the other guy being wrong, play Gurps.
Classic.
If you're more interested in being right, play Hero.
If you're more interested in the other guy being wrong, play Gurps.
Classic.
Monopoly?
Wait, it should be an RPG so.... Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, [Something] and [Something Else] that younger girls(or anyone else) would be interested in if not one of the previous two.
My multi-quote functionality seems screwed up at the moment, so:
Savage Worlds: There was a mistake. I called it "Savage Frontiers." The chart is now update. (It is on the far left, 3/4 of the way up.)
Hackmaster: where else would you put it? Maybe if/when I add a bunch of the retro-clones/early edition derivatives. Maybe add a tree from the 1E branch?
What is du/dx = cu + xy? I think you're reading too much into it.
But I'm not going to ruin it by providing my simpler explanation.
FATAL: Better not to spread word of it.
Aberrant: I'm not sure of the popularity. (That's not a slap, just my lack of knowledge.)
Microlite20/E6: Again, if/when I add retro-clones and 0E/BECMI/1E/2E/3E direct derivatives. (Of course, most games are derivatives, but it is a matter of how directly they are derivatives.)
Also remember that with all of these there is a space factor. (To a degree, it is digital after all.) Anyway, the point is I'm trying to focus on games that have a certain amount of popularity, or are groundbreaking in some way or represent a niche that isn't otherwise filled.
Savage Worlds: There was a mistake. I called it "Savage Frontiers." The chart is now update. (It is on the far left, 3/4 of the way up.)
Hackmaster: where else would you put it? Maybe if/when I add a bunch of the retro-clones/early edition derivatives. Maybe add a tree from the 1E branch?
What is du/dx = cu + xy? I think you're reading too much into it.
But I'm not going to ruin it by providing my simpler explanation.FATAL: Better not to spread word of it.
Aberrant: I'm not sure of the popularity. (That's not a slap, just my lack of knowledge.)
Microlite20/E6: Again, if/when I add retro-clones and 0E/BECMI/1E/2E/3E direct derivatives. (Of course, most games are derivatives, but it is a matter of how directly they are derivatives.)
Also remember that with all of these there is a space factor. (To a degree, it is digital after all.) Anyway, the point is I'm trying to focus on games that have a certain amount of popularity, or are groundbreaking in some way or represent a niche that isn't otherwise filled.
GeorgeFields
Explorer
That could work.
As far as the new HackMaster, give an option leading to AD&D1e asking if you like opposed rolls for combat.
Glade Riven
Adventurer
What, no D20 future/past?
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