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<blockquote data-quote="M.L. Martin" data-source="post: 4686835" data-attributes="member: 4086">This is why I suggested my two-part definition of what fits a game into the D&amp;D 'family' above:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1) It bears certain fundamental resemblances to OD&amp;D--the six stats, class and level, AC, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; 2) It is trying to be D&amp;D--either explicitly, through the brand name, or implicitly, through direct compatability with D&amp;D products or trying to capture what the creators perceive as the D&amp;D 'feel'. &nbsp;&nbsp; EPT may fit into 1 (I've never seen it), but not 2--Tekumel, by all accounts, is far removed from traditional D&amp;D, and it is not trying to be D&amp;D. Runequest is wrong on 1 and probably on 2. V&amp;V is close to 1, but modern superheroes are not part of the standard D&amp;D feel (fantasy superheroes are a bit more iffy . . . <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ). T&amp;T, having been created as a response to D&amp;D with similar tropes and a different but related feel, lies on the borderland.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="M.L. Martin, post: 4686835, member: 4086"] This is why I suggested my two-part definition of what fits a game into the D&D 'family' above: 1) It bears certain fundamental resemblances to OD&D--the six stats, class and level, AC, etc. 2) It is [i]trying[/i] to be D&D--either explicitly, through the brand name, or implicitly, through direct compatability with D&D products or trying to capture what the creators perceive as the D&D 'feel'. EPT may fit into 1 (I've never seen it), but not 2--Tekumel, by all accounts, is far removed from traditional D&D, and it is not trying to be D&D. Runequest is wrong on 1 and probably on 2. V&V is close to 1, but modern superheroes are not part of the standard D&D feel (fantasy superheroes are a bit more iffy . . . :) ). T&T, having been created as a response to D&D with similar tropes and a different but related feel, lies on the borderland. [/QUOTE]

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