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<blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 7720849" data-attributes="member: 10738"><p>Since it's about deciding you want to do this, what sort of setting are you willing and interested in committing to? Primeval Thule is a great example because it is indeed one book (well, there are lots of extra supplementary adventure books...) but all of the big settings have the "one big book" that, if written well, gives you all you need to figure it out without relying on lots of extra material.</p><p></p><p>Dark Sun (for 2E, anyway) was a great example....one boxed set gave you all you needed. The rest was just extra stuff to add to it. I never needed anything more than that.</p><p></p><p>I'll bet that the new Modiphius Star Trek RPG gives you 100% of what you need to play Star Trek without having watched a single movie or show. </p><p></p><p>There are settings where even a single book isn't gonna help. Tekumel in its many forms (Empire of the Petal Throne) has more setting, more depth, and more complexity than the entire Forgotten Realms, and is so dense and difficult to figure out that it can be a full time job to do so.</p><p></p><p>Games I've found fascinating and impenetrable include Eclipse Phase, Shadowrun and The Dark Eye. But for each of those I know someone who loves them and has mastered them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doctor Futurity, post: 7720849, member: 10738"] Since it's about deciding you want to do this, what sort of setting are you willing and interested in committing to? Primeval Thule is a great example because it is indeed one book (well, there are lots of extra supplementary adventure books...) but all of the big settings have the "one big book" that, if written well, gives you all you need to figure it out without relying on lots of extra material. Dark Sun (for 2E, anyway) was a great example....one boxed set gave you all you needed. The rest was just extra stuff to add to it. I never needed anything more than that. I'll bet that the new Modiphius Star Trek RPG gives you 100% of what you need to play Star Trek without having watched a single movie or show. There are settings where even a single book isn't gonna help. Tekumel in its many forms (Empire of the Petal Throne) has more setting, more depth, and more complexity than the entire Forgotten Realms, and is so dense and difficult to figure out that it can be a full time job to do so. Games I've found fascinating and impenetrable include Eclipse Phase, Shadowrun and The Dark Eye. But for each of those I know someone who loves them and has mastered them. [/QUOTE]
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