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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 9770773" data-attributes="member: 1008">It would depend on the specific game, but part of the intent is obviously to allow a variety of settings and/or styles to be played. At a baseline and speaking broadly, I don't think it's controversial or requires much effort to identify that the intent of GURPS is to allow for the simulation a variety of reasonably grounded worlds. To allow players to engage in a variety of settings and styles with a consistent underlying framework.I don't see how someone could argue in good faith that GURPS' was designed aimlessly, without thought or clear intent. Gun Fu and Tactical Combat may have each been designed with different intent, but they each, individually have a clear and unambiguous intent.The  question itself seems, to me, to presuppose that intent, by default, requires narrow focus and a single clear theme, and that the only valid intent is to create systems and mechanics whose purpose is to drive play and engagement with the thene; for some reason intending to create mechanics whose role is to simulate a world or simply to insert or resolve uncertainty seems to be treated as not really intentional at all.</blockquote>