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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8309848" data-attributes="member: 6779310">D&amp;D is a genre engine. It's generic, in that it's not any single setting, but a genre that is a set of tropes embedded in mechanics. It's not a good fit to any other genre of adventure fiction - it's not planetary romance, it's not pulp fantasy, it's not eldritch horror (Chtulhu, etc), it's the dark fantasy adjacent to eldritch horror (eg: Conan, Elric)...&nbsp; it's its own genre, and even most D&amp;D branded novels aren't quite on point.You're right that there's an A-Team vibe, but I'd hazard a guess that it's either D&amp;D influenced or Coincidental, not A-Team influencing D&amp;D... excepting specific individuals' campaigns. (My D&amp;D games have never had the A-Team vibe... but my Prime Directive games owe more to A-Team than I care to admit, even though it should be closer to Seal Team than to A-Team. And I can see an idea of a team of fixers operating outside the local systems - it's not unique to A-Team, and is in a couple old modules. And a hinted at playstyle in the AD&amp;D DMG.)One of the biggest misnomers in gaming is &quot;universal systems&quot; - every system has specific tropes built in that, if you use the rules, arise from the mechanics. No game is equally good in all genres, unless you're ignoring the rules and going pure narrative (in which case, rules are irrelevant).Generic properly doesn't mean universal - the G and U in GURPS aren't redundant (but the Universal is an exaggeration). Generic literally means &quot;of a genre&quot; ... and most supposedly universal games are merely multi-genre.I've run a number of universal engines in various settings... GURPS, Hero, CORPS, EABA, Simply Roleplaying, Silhouette, Interlock...Each supports several genres, and claims to do more - but the truth is, not a one is equally good in all genres. Likewise, each is differently valuable to different playstyles. And some genres aren't suitable for some playstyles. Hence why there are over 10,000 different RPGs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8309848, member: 6779310"] D&D is a genre engine. It's generic, in that it's not any single setting, but a genre that is a set of tropes embedded in mechanics. It's not a good fit to any other genre of adventure fiction - it's not planetary romance, it's not pulp fantasy, it's not eldritch horror (Chtulhu, etc), it's the dark fantasy adjacent to eldritch horror (eg: Conan, Elric)... it's its own genre, and even most D&D branded novels aren't quite on point. You're right that there's an A-Team vibe, but I'd hazard a guess that it's either D&D influenced or Coincidental, not A-Team influencing D&D... excepting specific individuals' campaigns. (My D&D games have never had the A-Team vibe... but my Prime Directive games owe more to A-Team than I care to admit, even though it [I]should[/I] be closer to Seal Team than to A-Team. And I can see an idea of a team of fixers operating outside the local systems - it's not unique to A-Team, and is in a couple old modules. And a hinted at playstyle in the AD&D DMG.) One of the biggest misnomers in gaming is "universal systems" - every system has specific tropes built in that, if you use the rules, arise from the mechanics. No game is equally good in all genres, unless you're ignoring the rules and going pure narrative (in which case, rules are irrelevant). Generic properly doesn't mean universal - the G and U in GURPS aren't redundant (but the Universal is an exaggeration). Generic literally means "of a genre" ... and most supposedly universal games are merely multi-genre. I've run a number of universal engines in various settings... GURPS, Hero, CORPS, EABA, Simply Roleplaying, Silhouette, Interlock... Each supports several genres, and claims to do more - but the truth is, not a one is equally good in all genres. Likewise, each is differently valuable to different playstyles. And some genres aren't suitable for some playstyles. Hence why there are over 10,000 different RPGs. [/QUOTE]

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