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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7379837" data-attributes="member: 996">More likely than what you choose to report, for the purposes of shouting down anyone who posts something on this thread not in lock-step with your preferred narrative.&nbsp; &nbsp; But, yes, people often self-report things of secondary importance, because the issues of primary importance are assumed or unexamined.&nbsp; Why would someone try an OSR game?&nbsp; Because they're looking for a /better/ game?&nbsp; Or because they're looking for an Old School game?&nbsp; And, really, what's the natural way to express that you like something?&nbsp; &quot;It's good.&quot;&nbsp; It's not a considered critique of mechanics, it's an opinion about the experience.&nbsp;VotE didn't ring any bells, so I looked it up, it's a supplement for LotFP.&nbsp; Which, at least, I'd heard of - LotFP, calls itself a 'twist on traditional fantasy role playing.'&nbsp; Not bold or new, but a twist on tradition.&nbsp; Not exactly Life with Master, there.&nbsp; I don't see how a game that strives to cross D&amp;D with CoC (both classics from the 80s) is exactly rejecting nostalgia.&nbsp; &nbsp; And, well, what's your bar for 'popular' exactly?&nbsp; VotE has glowing reviews on Amazon, for instance - 4 glowing reviews, compared to the 5e PH with 2500.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7379837, member: 996"] More likely than what you choose to report, for the purposes of shouting down anyone who posts something on this thread not in lock-step with your preferred narrative. But, yes, people often self-report things of secondary importance, because the issues of primary importance are assumed or unexamined. Why would someone try an OSR game? Because they're looking for a /better/ game? Or because they're looking for an Old School game? And, really, what's the natural way to express that you like something? "It's good." It's not a considered critique of mechanics, it's an opinion about the experience. VotE didn't ring any bells, so I looked it up, it's a supplement for LotFP. Which, at least, I'd heard of - LotFP, calls itself a 'twist on traditional fantasy role playing.' Not bold or new, but a twist on tradition. Not exactly Life with Master, there. I don't see how a game that strives to cross D&D with CoC (both classics from the 80s) is exactly rejecting nostalgia. And, well, what's your bar for 'popular' exactly? VotE has glowing reviews on Amazon, for instance - 4 glowing reviews, compared to the 5e PH with 2500. [/QUOTE]

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