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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6221335" data-attributes="member: 1">I think that may be a bit of an unrealistic hope. Not every new game can be a quantum leap forward; sometimes an appropriate evolution or altered take is a perfectly appropriate and desirable outcome. I also don't think RPG rules are like technology - it's not an open ended advancement of better and better rules. It's different rules and different directions, sure, and some find different things personally better or worse, but it's not like computer tech where someone invents a smaller chip or a faster processor every 18 months,I think the &quot;quantum leap&quot; you're looking for might not take the form of rules; it might be a form factor. Maybe MMOs were a quantum leap (though not one that appeals to me particularly). Maybe the RPG was the quantum leap from wargames.&nbsp; And maybe open gaming was a quantum leap.&nbsp; A lot of these things aren't the rules, though; they're things surrounding the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6221335, member: 1"] I think that may be a bit of an unrealistic hope. Not every new game can be a quantum leap forward; sometimes an appropriate evolution or altered take is a perfectly appropriate and desirable outcome. I also don't think RPG rules are like technology - it's not an open ended advancement of better and better rules. It's different rules and different directions, sure, and some find different things personally better or worse, but it's not like computer tech where someone invents a smaller chip or a faster processor every 18 months, I think the "quantum leap" you're looking for might not take the form of rules; it might be a form factor. Maybe MMOs were a quantum leap (though not one that appeals to me particularly). Maybe the RPG was the quantum leap from wargames. And maybe open gaming was a quantum leap. A lot of these things aren't the rules, though; they're things surrounding the game. [/QUOTE]

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