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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8141012" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I love having a lot of content, but I like it well organized.&nbsp; I like clearly written, concise, illustrated rules in their place.&nbsp; Put the lore and setting stuff in another place. Keep your stories on another place. Monsters, magic items, another.&nbsp; I'm trying to learn MAGE the Ascension 20th Anniversary edition now and I just can't stand the mixing of pages and pages and pages of mediocre fiction and lore with the rules. Even with a bookmarked and searchable PDF it is just a chore to work with. D&amp;D Beyond is nice because I can easily reference just what I want...most of the time. But the organization and presentation of the rules is still frustrating and often difficult to look up, even in D&amp;D Beyond.Fandom's on-line version of Cortex Prime is my current gold standard. All the crunch I want, if I want it, well organized, searchable, cross referenced, good use of graphic illustration that makes the rules easier to quickly read and understand, yet still have beautiful art that doesn't get in the way. It is modular in that you can start with very pared down and simple rules that can be picked up in a few minutes of reading. But you can make a very crunch system that still seems to have all the pieces work well together, still be easy to learn, and are easy to reference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8141012, member: 6796661"] I love having a lot of content, but I like it well organized. I like clearly written, concise, illustrated rules in their place. Put the lore and setting stuff in another place. Keep your stories on another place. Monsters, magic items, another. I'm trying to learn MAGE the Ascension 20th Anniversary edition now and I just can't stand the mixing of pages and pages and pages of mediocre fiction and lore with the rules. Even with a bookmarked and searchable PDF it is just a chore to work with. D&D Beyond is nice because I can easily reference just what I want...most of the time. But the organization and presentation of the rules is still frustrating and often difficult to look up, even in D&D Beyond. Fandom's on-line version of Cortex Prime is my current gold standard. All the crunch I want, if I want it, well organized, searchable, cross referenced, good use of graphic illustration that makes the rules easier to quickly read and understand, yet still have beautiful art that doesn't get in the way. It is modular in that you can start with very pared down and simple rules that can be picked up in a few minutes of reading. But you can make a very crunch system that still seems to have all the pieces work well together, still be easy to learn, and are easy to reference. [/QUOTE]

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