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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8474701" data-attributes="member: 6779310">I've found that, over the last 40 years, that if I'm having to make major houserules, it's just easier to find a different game that's better at what I want a game in that genre to do.My houserules for AD&amp;D in the 80's were a list of what I dropped... then I realized it was easier to run BX/BECMI with a multiclassing houserule than to list the stripdown from AD&amp;D.I didn't need houserules for T2K 1E. (I would now... but I've not run 1E since 1990)I did need a couple houserules for T2K 2.0... I added 2 difficulty levels. I adjusted NPC and PC damage. That was in the 90's. I'd need several more now.At the time, i used MegaTraveller with less than half a page total of houserules (but 4 pages of errata...) Last I ran it, I had &gt;10pp total houserules.Running T2K 4E, I only added one house rule: help after 2d12 adds ammo dice... Next I run it, it will have a minor revision of vehicle damage. It's a better game for 40 years and a new core mechanical system.Running 2d20 Dune, I've not needed any house rules yet.Running Alien, I don't need any yet; it's been a dead on for me. Same with Vaesen. Tastes change over time; what I'd put up with from ignorance (the convolutions of systems like T2K 1E, Delta Force, Space Opera) I no longer care to, because newer systems do what I want without the need to do the work myself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8474701, member: 6779310"] I've found that, over the last 40 years, that if I'm having to make major houserules, it's just easier to find a different game that's better at what I want a game in that genre to do. My houserules for AD&D in the 80's were a list of what I dropped... then I realized it was easier to run BX/BECMI with a multiclassing houserule than to list the stripdown from AD&D. I didn't need houserules for T2K 1E. (I would now... but I've not run 1E since 1990) I did need a couple houserules for T2K 2.0... I added 2 difficulty levels. I adjusted NPC and PC damage. That was in the 90's. I'd need several more now. At the time, i used MegaTraveller with less than half a page total of houserules (but 4 pages of errata...) Last I ran it, I had >10pp total houserules. Running T2K 4E, I only added one house rule: help after 2d12 adds ammo dice... Next I run it, it will have a minor revision of vehicle damage. It's a better game for 40 years and a new core mechanical system. Running 2d20 Dune, I've not needed any house rules yet. Running Alien, I don't need any yet; it's been a dead on for me. Same with Vaesen. Tastes change over time; what I'd put up with from ignorance (the convolutions of systems like T2K 1E, Delta Force, Space Opera) I no longer care to, because newer systems do what I want without the need to do the work myself. [/QUOTE]

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