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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5895828" data-attributes="member: 54877">Mission accomplished!&nbsp;It's not all awful, but having read a bunch of it as &quot;easy reads&quot; when I couldn't get anything better, it would be way down the list of any recommendations I would make. Plus, the playstyle influences run the other way, too. That is, giving the style of play you seem to like, I doubt you'd care for those works. Why read that stuff, when you could read something like Poul Anderson's &quot;Kingdom of Ys&quot;--an excellent RQ inspiration?&nbsp;I'm an odd bird in that respect, in that my &quot;natural playstyle&quot; was there all along, but emerged slowly. I used to have a strong simulationist, railroading, fudging streak, which interfered with my natural playstyle until I could work it out. Plus, I read a lot, and can get some cheap enjoyment out of some fairly pedestrian work, when in the right mood. I'd rather read a third-rate fantasy novel than watch a second-rate TV show.&nbsp; So I've got more actual experience with such play and their influences than one would normally expect out of someone who now doesn't care for it much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5895828, member: 54877"] Mission accomplished! It's not all awful, but having read a bunch of it as "easy reads" when I couldn't get anything better, it would be way down the list of any recommendations I would make. Plus, the playstyle influences run the other way, too. That is, giving the style of play you seem to like, I doubt you'd care for those works. Why read that stuff, when you could read something like Poul Anderson's "Kingdom of Ys"--an excellent RQ inspiration? I'm an odd bird in that respect, in that my "natural playstyle" was there all along, but emerged slowly. I used to have a strong simulationist, railroading, fudging streak, which interfered with my natural playstyle until I could work it out. Plus, I read a lot, and can get some cheap enjoyment out of some fairly pedestrian work, when in the right mood. I'd rather read a third-rate fantasy novel than watch a second-rate TV show. So I've got more actual experience with such play and their influences than one would normally expect out of someone who now doesn't care for it much. [/QUOTE]

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