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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duke_" data-source="post: 9609294" data-attributes="member: 7051408">On that note, there's an oft-repeated bit of inherited wisdom in the RPG community that systems narrowly focused on x genre are better at genre emulation than "universal" or "setting agnostic" games. But as always, inherited wisdom should always be questioned. And frankly, I don't buy this one. My experience says this is not always the case. It is possibly even rare that it's the case.A dedicated and narrowly focused game can easily have incongruous rules for the genre, number one. Number two, is a game that has 10 pages of content about running the game really automatically better at genre emulation than a "universal" system with a 100+ page supplement packed with solid rules and advice and mods about how to use the core resolution system for the genre at hand? In my experience, the answer is a resounding no. Not only have they given you more than adequate framework and advice, they are often better at handling the fringe cases than a game with a very narrow focus.I know I'm about to be asked for an example, so I'll give one. I don't have to look any further than my Gamma World game I'm running with QuestWorlds.</blockquote>