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Message: <blockquote data-quote="loverdrive" data-source="post: 9536352" data-attributes="member: 7027139">In my birthday game, I've had very exciting, fast-paced but first and foremost, tactical combat. The core is very simple: hex grid, your movement = your attack. With a spear, you attack in the same direction as you move, with a sword you attack cells that you are touching, with an axe you attack three cells in an arc in the direction of your movement. That makes positioning important, and a difference between a good move and a disastrous one just a mater of a single hex. Everybody was paying attention, despite all the booze typical of a birthday party.Generally the issue with complex RPGs isn't the complexity itself, it's the fact that nothing happens as a result. Yay, someone's HP number changed! Let's continue doing the exact same damn thing we were doing before! It's no wonder people kind of stop paying attention, why wouldn't they?That said, I think there's cool stuff to be designed around the idea that you are engaged for a short burst and then disengage to socialize, cool off, go on a smoke break, whatever.</blockquote>