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<blockquote data-quote="Default Name Player" data-source="post: 358544" data-attributes="member: 2667"><p>Gah, alot of this arguing seems like one fringe group vs. another fringe group.</p><p></p><p>I bet there's alot of us in the middle who:</p><p>- like both games</p><p>- like one of the games, oblivious/ignores the other</p><p></p><p>Only the "fringers" would actually "hate" another game because...well, it's a game and "hating" a game is pretty silly.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I like both systems:</p><p>d20: an excellent current iteration of one of my favorite games</p><p></p><p>Hackmaster: reminds me of my 1e "roots" plus fuels my love for the "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic. Haven't played it yet, though.</p><p></p><p>As for reviews of Hackmaster on this site, IMO: I'm all for it. </p><p>- First, it's Morrus' site and whatever he says will stay or go, and I'd be okay with whatever he rules</p><p>- Second, this site does say that it's a "D&D/d20 system" on the front of the site. You can argue that it's D&D AND d20 or D&D d20 only (in that case, alot of the other d20 stuff like Star Wars, CoC d20, etc. will have to be expunged). One might argue that Hackmaster isn't D&D...well, maybe it's just me, but it's derived from the D&D 1e rules (w/ a steriod injection), and is probably one of the more acessible ways to play 1e again (other than hunting down the original books)</p><p>- Third, if we're going to go all hard core about this (the site being strictly d20), then perhaps the following needs to be done as well:</p><p>a. No OT posts of any kind because it's not d20 or D&D related</p><p>b. A total revamp of Fight Club, Marketplace, D&D software</p><p>c. Elimination of the non-RPG specific forums</p><p>d. Removal of Story Hour. Technically, there's no "d20" stuff in it. Sure it's stories derived from a d20 game, or derived from a D&D game...oh, isn't Hackmaster derived from D&D 1e? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>(d) is stretching it a bit, but as you can see, we're already playing it pretty "loose" on this board and why not? We're here to discuss a game that we're suppose to have fun with. If the HM reviews poses a problem, just remove them or re-categorize them as "D&D derivative" or something like that.</p><p></p><p>To be honest, the reviews section on this board isn' the end all/be all as it's made out to be: I'm not trying to put down the reviewers, but there's a larger experience to be felt on this site, and reviews is but one component of that experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Default Name Player, post: 358544, member: 2667"] Gah, alot of this arguing seems like one fringe group vs. another fringe group. I bet there's alot of us in the middle who: - like both games - like one of the games, oblivious/ignores the other Only the "fringers" would actually "hate" another game because...well, it's a game and "hating" a game is pretty silly. Personally, I like both systems: d20: an excellent current iteration of one of my favorite games Hackmaster: reminds me of my 1e "roots" plus fuels my love for the "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic. Haven't played it yet, though. As for reviews of Hackmaster on this site, IMO: I'm all for it. - First, it's Morrus' site and whatever he says will stay or go, and I'd be okay with whatever he rules - Second, this site does say that it's a "D&D/d20 system" on the front of the site. You can argue that it's D&D AND d20 or D&D d20 only (in that case, alot of the other d20 stuff like Star Wars, CoC d20, etc. will have to be expunged). One might argue that Hackmaster isn't D&D...well, maybe it's just me, but it's derived from the D&D 1e rules (w/ a steriod injection), and is probably one of the more acessible ways to play 1e again (other than hunting down the original books) - Third, if we're going to go all hard core about this (the site being strictly d20), then perhaps the following needs to be done as well: a. No OT posts of any kind because it's not d20 or D&D related b. A total revamp of Fight Club, Marketplace, D&D software c. Elimination of the non-RPG specific forums d. Removal of Story Hour. Technically, there's no "d20" stuff in it. Sure it's stories derived from a d20 game, or derived from a D&D game...oh, isn't Hackmaster derived from D&D 1e? ;) (d) is stretching it a bit, but as you can see, we're already playing it pretty "loose" on this board and why not? We're here to discuss a game that we're suppose to have fun with. If the HM reviews poses a problem, just remove them or re-categorize them as "D&D derivative" or something like that. To be honest, the reviews section on this board isn' the end all/be all as it's made out to be: I'm not trying to put down the reviewers, but there's a larger experience to be felt on this site, and reviews is but one component of that experience. [/QUOTE]
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