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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 6284682" data-attributes="member: 58416">I understand your point of view, but it's still odd for me to consider because GURPS is actually the game I have in mind as I respond.  For me, I've found that it enhances my ability to build a scene rather than taking away from it.  (That's not to say I find the system perfect; there are house rules I use.)  In contrast, while I did eventually get to a point where I felt comfortable running 4th, I too often felt I was working against the game rather than with it.  I wouldn't feel that way now, but, at the time I did.  GURPS functions in a way which is pretty close to how I tend to see things working out in my head as a baseline, so (for me personally,) as I said upthread, I feel as though I can write what I want to write and create what I want to create and just worry about plugging in the numbers later.  With D&D, there are a lot of times when I feel as though I have to rewrite a lot of my scenes because they do not conform the the world model D&D (either 3rd or 4th) has.  On the other hand, I also highly enjoy Edge of The Empire.  While it is (I believe) very focused on narrative play, it seems to do so in a way which still feels more real to me than D&D; even during the most cinematic of moments during Edge.Edit:  In fact, the current game I'm running is a GURPS Supers game in which I'm also using the fate (dark side/light side) tokens from Edge of The Empire.  So far, the game is going very well.</blockquote>

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