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While I concur that it doesn't fully fit the original concept of the class, I would like to note that in isolation I found the Artificer a very fun and capable class that I played from 1 to 20. It still has some of the vestiges of its origins (such as buffing magic items), and could be made to...

I cannot express nor necessarily understand why this is so darn delightful to me. Love it. :D

Given Top Secret was my first RPG, I'm always on the lookout for good spycraftian (and I do have Spycraft 1 and 2) action. Right now I'd probably run it using Cortex Prime (I was not overly excited with TS NWO).

Got a chance to update the Grade... it dropped slightly in its grade but remains quite top heavy in its results while also having great 'brand recognition' and a pretty good played score as well. :)

Hi all! I'm travelling and behind on updating the Grade on the opening post... aiming to get to that tonight! :)

So far I have only given the system a try in Blades in the Dark, and my experience was quite positive! I enjoyed the narrow but strong ‘mission based’ loop, the idea of flashbacks and downtime (and vices), the partial success/at cost mechanisms (and the idea of the devil’s bargain), and clocks...

Have you played or run the Forged in the Dark system? First introduced in the Blades in the Dark RPG, a CC licensed SRD was released and it now powers some 300+ games of all sorts of genres, including Band of Blades, Scum and Villainy, Beam Saber, CBR+PNK, Asphalt & Trouble, Crescent Moon...

Well, this one seems to have run its course. I'm a bit surprised at the low score, I guess it must have rubbed some the wrong way. Though the unfortunate about it not being introduced to newer/expanded crowds isn't so much about the rules (myself I would likely use a different system now) but...

Cool, thank you for that confirmation. That latter bit is one of my biggest concerns that it isn't finding a way to announce itself to a newer crowd. :/ (Something I wasn't able to really do either with the fanzine, though my marketing skills are... well, I might well have a negative stat...

Haha, the Ferret really is the Urbie of HG, ain't it? Butwheel vs trashcan. ;) :D

That's great to hear! The last playtest material I'd seen/gotten was from 2022, excited to see it get released.

Aye indeed, it is the lowest of the bunch thus far -- second place is the SAGA system at 88%, and the rest are all in the high 90s-100. I'm not entirely surprised that it is low, though at the same time I would've thought it had more lasting mindshare despite its heyday being a while ago. It...

Huh, from my feel of GURPS, it's got a different intent than Silhouette so that could've been interesting to see. Someone did do a D6 system conversion for Heavy Gear (though not through a commercial license).

Tribe 8 I think is one setting where the 'in universe' style writing and the 'vibe' unfortunately overwhelmed the clarity of the concept and setting. They eventually released a player's guide that was written in plain language to help make a greater sense of things. (As an aside, there's a...

I really like the Silhouette system. As in “create, edit, and publish the Silhouette Fanzine for 10 years” + playtest/writing + create a bunch of supplements amount of really, really like. :) A big chunk of my fondness definitively has to do with the rich settings*, the cool mechanical...

My guess is that this one will rate quite high on the "haven't heard about it" score. While it's nearly 30 years old now (!) and had some good penetration in certain circles, it's mindshare had mostly petered out by the 2010s. The only line that's actively supported now is Heavy Gear, mostly...

Have you played or run the Silhouette system? It's the rules system used by the RPGs of Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Tribe 8, Core Command, and Gear Krieg, as well as being released as a standalone core/generic rulebook. If you have, what did you think of it? First released with the Heavy...

This was one of the 'hurdles' for us to overcome when we started playing FATE (and primed us for additional similar games, such as Mouse Guard and Cortex Prime-based campaigns). We were used to games that had many heavily siloed or restricted areas and it was a shift to go to one that said...

Likewise for me. I love it when the players are creative, and I recognize that the rules are a means to an end. I don't want to approach it in a way that would restrict either of these. So long as the what the players are doing are within the spirit of the intent (creating an adventure and...

They are very important to me. A well designed layout/book/look is great for bringing the world and it's themes and tone alive. It's one of the reasons for my totally healthy and not at all obsession with designing character sheets -- we spend so much time looking at the thing that having it...