Simpler alternatives to run Shadowrun?

[Ralif Redhammer]

It's already a thing.

If there is a major RPG genre, even if that genre is already well-handled by an existing RPG, someone who's just gotten excited by RPGs all over again by Shadowdark is making a Shadowdark-derived game for that niche.

You also see that with DCC RPG. As much as I think they're both great systems, I'm generally not a fan of using one system for every genre.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You also see that with DCC RPG. As much as I think they're both great systems, I'm generally not a fan of using one system for every genre.

Yeah, DCC has some natural fits, like riffing off of Gamma World, as Goodman itself has done, but the mechanics have a very specific tone that I don't think make sense for lots of genres.

An espionage game built on DCC and its possibility of spiraling way out of control would look more like Austin Powers than James Bond, for instance.