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<blockquote data-quote="Battlemaster" data-source="post: 8748199" data-attributes="member: 7037523"><p>The 90s, you say?</p><p></p><p>How about Battlelords of the 23rd century? It's back with a new edition and a new company.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.23rdcentury.net[/URL]</p><p></p><p>BL23C has stayed true to it's 90s roots, it still uses a crunchy system and is mainly about military type action, often as mercenaries. The system hasn't dumbed down and the setting hasn't woke up.</p><p></p><p>Here's a nice review.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://rpggeek.com/thread/2495585/weaponry-attitude-and-grit-angsty-effetes-need-not[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Another review.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://rpggeek.com/thread/2875018/battlelords-23rd-century-7e-epic-labor-love[/URL]</p><p></p><p>The game seems to be getting some hostility from both sides of the American social spectrum due to its adherence to it's 90s roots.</p><p></p><p>A video reviewer disliked the way it portrayed unregulated corporate controlled capitalism and 'megacorporations' fairly negatively, decrying it as having a ''socialist'' feel.</p><p></p><p>Other people seem to be negative towards it for having 'racial' ( maybe 'species' would be a better term) animosity being a factor in the game. Unlike some SF settings in general there are certain common feelings species have towards other, alien, species in BL23C. This is understandable since many of them fought very bloody wars against each other earlier. Some species were nearly annihiliated by others. This seems to offend some people who believe in some sort of Utopian dream of perfect acceptance of all, as long as they utterly submit to their views on every single issue and never utter a syllable of disagreement.</p><p></p><p>Frankly I like having a game with a huge list of gear that that gives me vast options to customize my characters, I also like a game that doesn't constantly flash trendy social virtue signals at me from every page. These are BL23Cs biggest selling points to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Battlemaster, post: 8748199, member: 7037523"] The 90s, you say? How about Battlelords of the 23rd century? It's back with a new edition and a new company. [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.23rdcentury.net[/URL] BL23C has stayed true to it's 90s roots, it still uses a crunchy system and is mainly about military type action, often as mercenaries. The system hasn't dumbed down and the setting hasn't woke up. Here's a nice review. [URL unfurl="true"]https://rpggeek.com/thread/2495585/weaponry-attitude-and-grit-angsty-effetes-need-not[/URL] Another review. [URL unfurl="true"]https://rpggeek.com/thread/2875018/battlelords-23rd-century-7e-epic-labor-love[/URL] The game seems to be getting some hostility from both sides of the American social spectrum due to its adherence to it's 90s roots. A video reviewer disliked the way it portrayed unregulated corporate controlled capitalism and 'megacorporations' fairly negatively, decrying it as having a ''socialist'' feel. Other people seem to be negative towards it for having 'racial' ( maybe 'species' would be a better term) animosity being a factor in the game. Unlike some SF settings in general there are certain common feelings species have towards other, alien, species in BL23C. This is understandable since many of them fought very bloody wars against each other earlier. Some species were nearly annihiliated by others. This seems to offend some people who believe in some sort of Utopian dream of perfect acceptance of all, as long as they utterly submit to their views on every single issue and never utter a syllable of disagreement. Frankly I like having a game with a huge list of gear that that gives me vast options to customize my characters, I also like a game that doesn't constantly flash trendy social virtue signals at me from every page. These are BL23Cs biggest selling points to me. [/QUOTE]
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