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<blockquote data-quote="mpathy" data-source="post: 7757592" data-attributes="member: 6889930">That was my fear, when they let Pondsmith doing this stuff. While he gets a setting quite right, he is somehow fixated on super-crunchy roleplaying systems.The days of those are over a long ago, luckily, so that also newbies, people that dont have so much times then when they were young&nbsp; (oh and btw young people back then were also more intelligent. change my mind.), people who dont get a boner on page longe tables and calculations, can enjoy roleplaying games.That most companies understood this, made it possible that Pen&amp;Paper now is a huge success, more stuff is sold than ever.Pondsmith seemed to be stuck in some decades ago with his understanding of how roleplaying should be. It is so sad. The Witcher could have been a mayor competitor to even D&amp;D!Because many long to play in a more adult, more grim and dark setting.But it was missed. This thing wouldnt sell. Or maybe in the beginning, with people not reading reviews. But will get dust on it quite soon.CD Projekt Red missed the change to have some other source of income and fame.Dont get me wrong - Pondsmith as a consultant is great, nothing would be better for this game.But I hope they sit down with him and tell him &quot;Try to make the rule system for the new Cyberpunk Pen&amp;Paper for our current times, otherwise we need to get a game designer to help you there&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mpathy, post: 7757592, member: 6889930"] That was my fear, when they let Pondsmith doing this stuff. While he gets a setting quite right, he is somehow fixated on super-crunchy roleplaying systems. The days of those are over a long ago, luckily, so that also newbies, people that dont have so much times then when they were young (oh and btw young people back then were also more intelligent. change my mind.), people who dont get a boner on page longe tables and calculations, can enjoy roleplaying games. That most companies understood this, made it possible that Pen&Paper now is a huge success, more stuff is sold than ever. Pondsmith seemed to be stuck in some decades ago with his understanding of how roleplaying should be. It is so sad. [B]The Witcher could have been a mayor competitor to even D&D![/B] Because many long to play in a more adult, more grim and dark setting. But it was missed. This thing wouldnt sell. Or maybe in the beginning, with people not reading reviews. But will get dust on it quite soon. CD Projekt Red missed the change to have some other source of income and fame. Dont get me wrong - Pondsmith as a consultant is great, nothing would be better for this game. But I hope they sit down with him and tell him "Try to make the rule system for the new Cyberpunk Pen&Paper for our current times, otherwise we need to get a game designer to help you there" [/QUOTE]

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