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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8771145" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Honestly speaking, while the later is clearly more well-done (and given its' reputation, that's saying something), there's nothing specific you can say about Synnibarr that you couldn't say about RIFTS -- both are overwrought gonzo madcap nonsense games with cludgy and uncooperative rule systems and settings and character options which lean heavily into the 'Swords and sorcery, but also lasers and jet fighters, and PirateNinjaCyborgZombieCowboyAttackChihuhuasFromMars. Moving farther down the 'same gist, just better executed spectrum, Star Wars -- either the RPG or the IP in general, is cut from the same cloth (laser-sword-weilding space-wizards play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam_Busters_(film)" target="_blank">The Damn Busters</a> while reimaging western- and samurai- movie tropes). I think viewing it as an MST3K movie is the right framing -- it is an earnest attempt made by someone without the wherewithal to make something great (but given the timeframe, actually rather impressive given their constraints). The idea that from the OP that Wizards did anything to crush Synnibarr (or cared about it at all, really) is pretty silly. That, more than the RPG itself, is where I hold my less lighthearted head-shaking for McCracken.<h3></h3></blockquote>