Recent content by Reynard

I think the most important difference is that with an intentionally generic or universal game, people don't have to tease out the system and eliminate the bits they don't need while replacing them with the ones they do. Instead, all the bits are there and you apply them, turn dials, etc to use...

yeah, there is definitely a "Shadowdark" version of Star Wars to be made -- not danger wise, but simplicity and thematic focus wise.

To answer for myself now that I have a spare minute: My "perfect session" is probably an in-person (possibly convention) game of either Shadowdark, Daggerheart or Savage Worlds with 4 or 5 players(I have a list but I won't go into it). The actual adventure is off the cuff but built on a solid...

The most pressing current question: watch Maul: Shadow Lord as it drops, or wait until it is complete and binge...

The core of DH could certainly make for a great Star Wars game, although i would try and open it up from its sort of rigid class based design (by letting people choose any 2 domains, for a start).

I am not sure FitD fits the idea of a universal system much. Can you explain how you think it does?

Here is another thread where I was trying to drill down on core rules: Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics

Oh but there is one.

If you imagine your perfect session of an RPG, what does it look like to you? What game? What campaign? How many participants? How long is the session? What is the "breakdown" between time spent in combat, exploring, roleplaying with NPCs, PCs interacting, players fooling around, wtc..? And...

As I understand it, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy was/is pretty successful.

that you personally wouldn't use either does not in any way mean those games can't do supers. Both have perfectly usable Supers specific books and subsystems -- even if some other games do supers better.

Well, you can do different things with those to games. Both can do any genre if we consider genre only to be trappings, but both are limited if you consider genre to include tone and style. And that's to say nothing of actual gameplay genres.

Star Wars is 10 different genres, just in the Clone Wars series alone. If you can't make Star Wars work in whatever system you prefer, I would suggest you aren't thinking it through.

The best part is that anyone can use their preferred system to play a Star Wars campaign.

A hill I will die on: Star Wars is the most gamable setting ever.