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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9281985" data-attributes="member: 4937">Yeah, I tend to find most of the stuff that is published to be virtually unusable and valueless.&nbsp; If I get some ideas and 5 pages out of 200 I can cut and paste from a pdf I consider it relatively well spent money.&nbsp; On the other hand, I'm a rules collector.&nbsp; As a guy that frequently smiths rules, I enjoy collecting rules sets and reading them to get an understanding of just what is possible.&nbsp; So for example, I collect a pretty good amount of Pendragon even though I'll probably never run the system just because there are so many elements of it that I admire.&nbsp; Over the year I tend to put things on my wish list that seem like they might be worthwhile, but I'm looking at this year's list more closely and so much of it just promises disappointment if purchased.&nbsp; One thought I've had is to pick up some core Savage Worlds because it's a system I've heard good things about and which seems to have a niche as the closest thing to functional &quot;rules medium&quot; I've ever looked at.&nbsp; Another thought I've had is to pick up a copy of Blades in the Dark as a rules resource even though I have very little interest in running the game.&nbsp; There are for example aspects of it's dynastic play system that I really like and would want to study, and it's not out of the question that I'd adapt Blades to a different setting at some point in the unknowable future.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I'm just not excited about either idea.&nbsp; So I was hoping someone who had made purchases in the past could sell me on some idea that this thing that was on sale right now was The Best Thing Ever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 9281985, member: 4937"] Yeah, I tend to find most of the stuff that is published to be virtually unusable and valueless. If I get some ideas and 5 pages out of 200 I can cut and paste from a pdf I consider it relatively well spent money. On the other hand, I'm a rules collector. As a guy that frequently smiths rules, I enjoy collecting rules sets and reading them to get an understanding of just what is possible. So for example, I collect a pretty good amount of Pendragon even though I'll probably never run the system just because there are so many elements of it that I admire. Over the year I tend to put things on my wish list that seem like they might be worthwhile, but I'm looking at this year's list more closely and so much of it just promises disappointment if purchased. One thought I've had is to pick up some core Savage Worlds because it's a system I've heard good things about and which seems to have a niche as the closest thing to functional "rules medium" I've ever looked at. Another thought I've had is to pick up a copy of Blades in the Dark as a rules resource even though I have very little interest in running the game. There are for example aspects of it's dynastic play system that I really like and would want to study, and it's not out of the question that I'd adapt Blades to a different setting at some point in the unknowable future. But I'm just not excited about either idea. So I was hoping someone who had made purchases in the past could sell me on some idea that this thing that was on sale right now was The Best Thing Ever. [/QUOTE]

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