Something I really like about TriStat dX

[PCD]

well, there are a lot of things...but at the top of the list:

I only need one sheet of paper...one side of it even, to write all the details about my character on. The simplicity. It's beautiful. It's reminiscent of the days when I started playing Basic D&D. One character=One Sheet.

Rules Light=Less Bookkeeping.



The other things?

The Rule of Three in Game Design:
1. One Book.
2. Flexibility.
3. Versatility.

 

[Apok]

Concur.

The Tri-Stat ruleset is a very nice little package, I only wish that the BESM book wasn't so bloody expensive ($35 for a small softcover with no color art). Granted, there are some things that I simply wouldn't run using Tri-Stat because it's so simple, but it definitely has its niche in the gaming market.


Also, as long as we're discussing non D&D/d20 systems, I have to chime in and say I love the classic Deadlands system. Yes, there is some wonkiness to it, but it's got flavor.

 

[Acid_crash]

Tri-Stat is a cool system, I agree 100%, and for the same reasons. If your BESM is $35 bucks, then your getting ripped. The one at my LGS is $25 bucks. ...... unless your discussing the d20 versions, in which case I take back what I said... but... we are still getting ripped anyways.

And since we are talking about non-d20 games, how about Silhouette CORE? I just got that book, and with a couple exceptions it's a very nice and simple game. Gotta check it out.

 

[Thanee]

I don't like the Silhouette system at all.

The differences between dice levels are too big and stats have way too much influence in skill rolls. 1 die = totally random, 2 dice = ok, 3 dice = almost always succeed at everything you have a decent stat for.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Thanee]

Also, as long as we're discussing non D&D/d20 systems, I have to chime in and say I love the classic Deadlands system. Yes, there is some wonkiness to it, but it's got flavor.

Yes, Deadlands is a great system. When I read, that it was converted to D20 I only thought... what a shame, making another stupid D20 conversion of a great game system thereby completely ruining it. There are a few games, that simply should not be converted to D20 (also Shadowrun - gladly, the designers see this, too - or Cthulhu - the D20 version cannot live up to the original there as well).

I like D20, but it's not for every system and everything but generic.

The Deadlands system adds so much flavor to the background (especially once you add poker cards and chips) and really works quite well (with similar principles as Silhouette just a thousand times better designed).

Bye
Thanee

 

[d4]

well, there are a lot of things...but at the top of the list:

I only need one sheet of paper...one side of it even, to write all the details about my character on. The simplicity. It's beautiful. It's reminiscent of the days when I started playing Basic D&D. One character=One Sheet.

my D&D 3.0 character fits on one side of a 4x6 index card. i never understood why people think they need four- or five-paged character sheets to play D&D. it's not that complicated.

i picked up Tri-Stat dX about six months ago or so. i remember it not clicking with me -- i won't say it's a bad system, because it's not, but it just didn't grab me. (after several months, though, i can't really remember what it was i didn't like about it.)

some systems i finish reading and immediately think, "wow! i have got to make a campaign with this!" after i finished reading Tri-Stat, i just sort of went, "huh. that was interesting," and put it back on my gaming shelf. i don't think i've looked at it since.

 

[PCD]

A 4x6 Index card? Wow!!! That is amazing. Must be a Halfling...

You know? Because they are so short...you know?

OK, bad Halfling joke.

Being serious now: I would really like to see that character...would be interesting to see its bio, feats, skills, weapons etc...