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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6837518" data-attributes="member: 177">The terms heavy, medium, and light are generally subjective.&nbsp; I don't think you'll get anywhere trying to press an objective measure on them.&nbsp; A friend of mine thinks a 30 pound bag is heavy.&nbsp; I don't think it is anywhere near heavy - because the measure is relative to our respective lift capacities.Instead, you might try instead coming up with a &quot;rules weight score&quot;:&nbsp; If you can write the mechanics on two sides of A4, in 12 point font, that's 1 point.If you can write the mechanics on two sides of A4, in 8 point font, that's 2 points.If you can write a character on an index card, that's one point.If you can write a character on 8.5&quot; x 11&quot; paper, that's two points.If you need 2 sheets, that's three points, and one point per sheet beyond that...And so on.&nbsp; You can then say that D&amp;D 3e has a rules-weight of X, and Dungeon World has a rules-weight of Y.You can then abstract slightly - whatever point score OD&amp;D has is one Gygax of rules weight.&nbsp; AD&amp;D may be 10 Gygaxes.&nbsp; Anything in the range is within the Gygaxian scale of weight.&nbsp; You can then have sub-Gygaxian and super-Gygaxian weights....Woe betide you if you play a game that is a kiloGygax (Advanced Squad leader, maybe?).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6837518, member: 177"] The terms heavy, medium, and light are generally subjective. I don't think you'll get anywhere trying to press an objective measure on them. A friend of mine thinks a 30 pound bag is heavy. I don't think it is anywhere near heavy - because the measure is relative to our respective lift capacities. Instead, you might try instead coming up with a "rules weight score": If you can write the mechanics on two sides of A4, in 12 point font, that's 1 point. If you can write the mechanics on two sides of A4, in 8 point font, that's 2 points. If you can write a character on an index card, that's one point. If you can write a character on 8.5" x 11" paper, that's two points. If you need 2 sheets, that's three points, and one point per sheet beyond that... And so on. You can then say that D&D 3e has a rules-weight of X, and Dungeon World has a rules-weight of Y. You can then abstract slightly - whatever point score OD&D has is one Gygax of rules weight. AD&D may be 10 Gygaxes. Anything in the range is within the Gygaxian scale of weight. You can then have sub-Gygaxian and super-Gygaxian weights.... Woe betide you if you play a game that is a kiloGygax (Advanced Squad leader, maybe?). [/QUOTE]

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