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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9070623" data-attributes="member: 6779310">To expand a bit on my view - mechanics don't break immersion for me when they don't take too long to resolve.LEG's Aliens Adventure Game took too long for combat; FL's ALIEN Roleplaying Game much better fits. I find myself submerged into the story by the rules in the latter, and so, despite GMing, am on edge awaiting the outcomes.And yet, some mechanics zipyank me out of enjoying the story... amongst those, D&amp;D 3.x, D&amp;D 5, Classic Traveller (if only because they're so minimalist and inconsistent, at least when one actually uses the rules in the books)...It's the same for boardgames ... I get deeply engrossed in AH's Advanced Civilization, DoW's entire catalog except TTR:USA, and a few others... I'm waiting to see how things unfold, not for being deeply in character.Players in costume often actually hinders my ability to get into the story - the distraction factor plus the piles of costuming books I've read...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9070623, member: 6779310"] To expand a bit on my view - mechanics don't break immersion for me when they don't take too long to resolve. LEG's [I][U]Aliens Adventure Game[/U][/I] took too long for combat; FL's [I][U]ALIEN Roleplaying Game[/U][/I] much better fits. I find myself submerged into the story by the rules in the latter, and so, despite GMing, am on edge awaiting the outcomes. And yet, some mechanics zipyank me out of enjoying the story... amongst those, D&D 3.x, D&D 5, Classic Traveller (if only because they're so minimalist and inconsistent, at least when one actually uses the rules in the books)... It's the same for boardgames ... I get deeply engrossed in AH's Advanced Civilization, DoW's entire catalog except TTR:USA, and a few others... I'm waiting to see how things unfold, not for being deeply in character. Players in costume often actually hinders my ability to get into the story - the distraction factor plus the piles of costuming books I've read... [/QUOTE]

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