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As far as the article, while its a fun read, Im not sure if it actually builds a case that this IS the case, as much as "it kinda seems they have something in common". Gygax was fairly open with his influences and inspirations. The biggest "missing" inspiration is likely old fashioned Wild...

I don't know too much about it, but it definitely shows up as cultural affectation and "kitsch" at times. Its probably more relegated to lawn parties and making Hawaiian food than any major cultural strain, outside of neighborhoods that have a lot of people from pacific island cultures. I think...

Using a Swedish game, running Eon 3 for my wife as a one-on-one scenario. In a bloody struggle in the middle of a ruin, she asked if she could grab on to the guy she was fighting and then try to stab him in the throat. Eon 3 says "Yes, you can" and after getting stabbed, she fended him off for...

That is definitely also a big factor. I know when we learned to play games, we definitely assumed the rules were in the book because you were meant to use them. Reading on Dragonsfoot years later that the man himself basically never used any of the stuff we were paying money for was a bit of a...

I think there is a clear difference in "generational" game design. The old guard (the Gygaxes and Staffords and so forth) never really figured the rulebook would matter that much, since the GM figures it all out anyways. The young guard (the Monte Cooks and so forth) grew up learning from the...

The new Runequest rules had a lot of moments that seemed like it was not tested much / at all / as written.

As an example of that, I had several people stumble in Mythras, because having 10 different options to pick from when they attacked just paralyzed them. The same people had no issue when we played Harnmaster (which is more complex but has clearer options).

For Swedish games, Khelataar probably. MERP/SRR is not difficult at all in my opinion. Roll a die, add a number and tell the GM what you rolled. I find 5e D&D far more convoluted. edit: though MERP is more difficult than SRR, due to the poor organization. For English games, something like...

For Sundelin or anyone who have played any of these: I ran a handful of Vestmark sessions last year and the same group is into playing Andra Imperiet, after I scored a very nice copy off Bokborsen.se and I have a question: If you just threw out Omtöckning from the rules, would anything...

Okay thanks! They arent too expensive it seems, if I order them all at once. As far as versions, it is actually interesting: The Swedish game came out one year before the C7 game was released and the rules definitely match up to the Mongoose "D10" game. It even lists Matthew Sprange as one of...

There are a number of scenario books available for Ensamma Vargen. Does anyone know if: A: These adventures are unique to this version or are they translated from the original Mongoose version of the Lone Wolf RPG? B: Are they any fun?

We had one group explode over an interpersonal dispute, but it was not gender related. Other than that, Id say 60% of the groups Ive been in, since the 90s, have been mixed genders and orientations. Never had an issue.

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@Mekanurg I figured you having served in the military would be the one who would remember to bring a bow ;)

As you may or may not know, I'm the writer of the Five Parsecs and Five Leagues miniatures / RPG lite games and we just launched the 3rd edition book for Five Leagues. But the reason I wanted to post about it was that I thought you guys would get a kick out of the names I picked for the...

If you dont mind me replying in English, I played through some of the hex crawling and dungeon generation and found it..very dull. Lots of wandering around while nothing at all happens. We didn't play the actual game part but it seemed fine.

It might be helpful if people are a bit more specific about what they think a better combat system looks like. Some of the comments in the thread, I am hard pressed to think of any combat system that handles what people want :)

I wonder if the system is occasionally more clever than it is given credit for. Armor is an interesting question: "High armor is too difficult to overcome" is a common complaint. What happened historically when people started wearing really heavy armor? People dropped their shields and started...

"Complex tactical simulation" "simple and fast" - Pick one :)

Conversely, last year I ran DoD87 for my American friends and they had an absolute blast :)