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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 2448531" data-attributes="member: 14291">I think both are valid points.  Specific to your second point, I think the audience is there.  Right now, many rpg-ers use d20 for Fantasy and other systems for modern or sci-fi games because many seem to feel that d20 Modern is merely D&D with modern window dressing.  I have yet to read one review that suggests that d20 Future provides the same depth or utility as Star Hero or GURPS Space for example.  The only criticism I ever read about Spycraft 1.0 on a RPG forum was that it's classes weren't broad enough to emulate the full range of modern styles of play (unsurprising in a game called Spycraft).  Maybe its fans were just more vocal, but most forum posters who had both books seemed to prefer Spycrafts mechanics over d20 Modern (Vitality/Wounds, firearm rules, etc.)  The Stargate RPG shows that the game can handle other genres.So Spycraft 2.0 comes out for the core audience.  World on Fire provides the official spy-action campaign.  What about future supplements?  Rather than focusing a licensed property like Stargate, show how Spycraft can be massaged (as d20 Future did to d20 Modern) to supporting a sci-fi genre (Space Opera, Cyberpunk, Apocalyptic, etc.).  If Spycraft rules can be adapted to supporting alternative genres (Pulp, Technothriller, Occult, gritty military, near-future sci-fi, far-future sci-fi, etc. as examples) I think we could have a much stronger base for growing a d20 fan base that isn't focused on Fantasy.If Spycraft meets or exceeds my expectations, then I would definitely want to see a Blood & x update/variant with Spycraft tweaking.Azgulor</blockquote>

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