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<blockquote data-quote="thefutilist" data-source="post: 9665965" data-attributes="member: 7044566">People in general massively over rate systems and how impactful they are. In order of importance it's something like:The people you're playing with on a general human levelHow well they can do functional roleplayHow creative they areHow well they can do functional roleplay with this systemThe thing about systems is they can create a load of really crappy dynamics but they're far less good at creating fun play. Also some systems just require more skill than others, mostly ones with a GM because a whole of skill stuff is off loaded onto them.I watched John run Blades with Geoff and Ezekial3, well I watched the first few sessions. They were great and he was awful and the system was actively detrimental to play. I watched some people from the same crew play swansong, which uses Stars Without Number, and the play was just better because the system got out the way. Adam seemed a bit better as a GM as well, he was absolutely terrible when running Apocalypse World and didn't seem to use the system well despite the fact he'd already written Dungeon World at that point, the system was getting in the way again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thefutilist, post: 9665965, member: 7044566"] People in general massively over rate systems and how impactful they are. In order of importance it's something like: The people you're playing with on a general human level How well they can do functional roleplay How creative they are How well they can do functional roleplay with this system The thing about systems is they can create a load of really crappy dynamics but they're far less good at creating fun play. Also some systems just require more skill than others, mostly ones with a GM because a whole of skill stuff is off loaded onto them. I watched John run Blades with Geoff and Ezekial3, well I watched the first few sessions. They were great and he was awful and the system was actively detrimental to play. I watched some people from the same crew play swansong, which uses Stars Without Number, and the play was just better because the system got out the way. Adam seemed a bit better as a GM as well, he was absolutely terrible when running Apocalypse World and didn't seem to use the system well despite the fact he'd already written Dungeon World at that point, the system was getting in the way again. [/QUOTE]

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