From: Kevin Matheny (kevinm@conceptgroup.com)
Date: Fri 06 Sep 1996 - 17:08:45 EEST
Reply to: G:tG
>mr happy (Andrew Behan):
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(writes in a complimentary fashion re: ShadowRun, Vampire and Pendragon)
I haven't played Pendragon, but I have played some Vampire and a fair amount of
SR. I stopped, in both cases, because I _hated_ the game systems. I liked the
worlds, but I couldn't get past the fact that the game mechanics themselves were
pissing me off. They do a poor job of modeling reality, and fail to make up for
it by getting out of the way and letting me play the game (IMO).
I'm not a total rules-hound. I play and enjoy Tunnels and Trolls, for Urox'
sake. I just want a game system that either a) models reality well or b) lets me
play. Both would be great, but is unlikely.
You're right, by the way: as a (relatively) crotchety old gamer, I hate the idea
of linear-probability difficulty tests assigned by the GM. Even (or especially)
when I'm the GM.
(BTW, "old" means 30 (playing RQ since 1981))
Kevin
Kevin Matheny
Interactive Producer
Concept Group Inc.
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