I looked at the info on the website.  I even downloaded the character sheet and looked it over.

To me, it looks like a much more complex system - kind of like Rolemaster - with lots of fiddly bits.  I would actually want something more streamlined.

Quote from: jgantsI would actually want something more streamlined.

My fantasy oriented Palladium material has all been translated to Unisystem, and I switched to Tri-Stat's d10 level for the science fiction/space stuff.

What I've seen of SSDC's stuff (though I admit that hasn't been much), it looks mediocre at it's best.

Quote from: PhishStyxOk, but billing it as Fatal-lite isn't helping you, shillboy.

The game is not very self concious, and the original text was over the top, in your face enthusiastic fanboy writing from the word go. I gather the SSDC version toned down the original text in a few places.

One of the races finds humans tasty and there are many cannibalism jokes. Another are little psychic dudes with big heads, called melonheads by all and sundry.  The farting thing I personally don't remember, but I could probably guess the race if I had to (the big lizard dudes that are stupid but tough enough to theoretically shrug off plasma grenades...referenced once in one of the supplements as an example of grade dummys).

Fatal is a horse of another color, taking itself far to seriously, and being sick rather than juvenile humor.

Quote from: SpikeThe game is not very self concious, and the original text was over the top, in your face enthusiastic fanboy writing from the word go. I gather the SSDC version toned down the original text in a few places.

If this is the case, then I definitely wouldn't care to see the new version.  The exuberant style of the older version I have is the game's sole saving grace.

Actually the phentari still enjoy eating humans, and packaged snack made from human flesh, called "Phent morsels" are still for sale.

The farting bit has nothing to do with fatal, and any comparision between the two games is unwarranted.

The game is still pretty over the top, space opera meets south park in some ways and is written with fun, action and humor being it's holy trinity.

At the end of the day, I'm just not a huge fan of the system used for B23C. My players can't stand the system but they don't like any kind of math. But I also have almost all of the books for the game, and even though we don't like the system a whole lot, we've always had a blast playing the game. Ram pythons running through walls, people getting giant holes blown through their armor, mortars hitting the wrong targets, Fotts on an egg hunt dragging everyone with them. . . good times.

It's actually not very difficult to cut some stuff out of the mechanics to sreamline play, and a good CRS helps also. And if you like gear, it's quite possibly a game for you.

If you like man-sized genetically engineered redneck bunnies, it's pobably calling out to you right now.