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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8933811" data-attributes="member: 19857">There are two parts. The first is that what if you don't have to hack it yourself? Take Cortex as an example - there are multiple games published where the publisher uses the Cortex engine to create a game for you. If you want to run a heist game and you're choosing between Blades in the Dark or Leverage both will give you heist games, so why pick one over the other? If you're already playing a Cortex game it's easier to pick up Leverage than to learn an entirely new system (though my argument founders on the fact that you can't buy Leverage anymore, but I own it so I'll use it as an example).The second is finding players. I know that I can find players for any D&amp;D d20 based game I want to run - I have a table of them who will play anything from D&amp;D to Starfinder if I want to run it. Most of those players will do one shots in any game I want, but over the years some have expressed disinterest in Fate and PbtA games that we've tried and likely would not want to play if we play those games. Now if I'm thinking about running an urban monster hunting game, do I go with Monster of the Week (PbtA) or the Dresden Files (Fate) or do I go with Everyday Heroes or d20 Modern or even just reskin 5e a bit for my needs? If I want them all to join us, it'll probably be one of the latter (or more likely some system like Torg which they're also happy to play) because I know I'll have more buy-in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8933811, member: 19857"] There are two parts. The first is that what if you don't have to hack it yourself? Take Cortex as an example - there are multiple games published where the publisher uses the Cortex engine to create a game for you. If you want to run a heist game and you're choosing between Blades in the Dark or Leverage both will give you heist games, so why pick one over the other? If you're already playing a Cortex game it's easier to pick up Leverage than to learn an entirely new system (though my argument founders on the fact that you can't buy Leverage anymore, but I own it so I'll use it as an example). The second is finding players. I know that I can find players for any D&D d20 based game I want to run - I have a table of them who will play anything from D&D to Starfinder if I want to run it. Most of those players will do one shots in any game I want, but over the years some have expressed disinterest in Fate and PbtA games that we've tried and likely would not want to play if we play those games. Now if I'm thinking about running an urban monster hunting game, do I go with Monster of the Week (PbtA) or the Dresden Files (Fate) or do I go with Everyday Heroes or d20 Modern or even just reskin 5e a bit for my needs? If I want them all to join us, it'll probably be one of the latter (or more likely some system like Torg which they're also happy to play) because I know I'll have more buy-in. [/QUOTE]

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