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Any such thing, as a Simple Generic RPG?

Started by Man at Arms, November 15, 2024, 11:33:00 PM

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weirdguy564

#30
November 18, 2024, 11:56:42 PM
Quote from: blackstone on November 18, 2024, 12:19:36 PMGURPS: Generic Universal Role-Playing System.

That might not be simplistic enough. 
I'm glad for you if you like the top selling game of the genre.  Me, I like the road less travelled, and will be the player asking we try a game you've never heard of.

zircher

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November 19, 2024, 05:02:30 AM
GURPS is on a sliding scale from barely above the Fantasy Trip to full on simulation.  You just have to know what to cull (and then avoid the inevitable rules/source book creep.)
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Osman Gazi

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November 19, 2024, 09:51:23 AM
Quote from: zircher on November 19, 2024, 05:02:30 AMGURPS is on a sliding scale from barely above the Fantasy Trip to full on simulation.  You just have to know what to cull (and then avoid the inevitable rules/source book creep.)

GURPS is scalable, so yes; but TFT is pretty bare-bones and sometimes I feel GURPS should have stayed like that.  Since I started playing D&D in 1974 with the original LBB (as a pretty young kid), I was confused at the gaming mechanics, so more often than not, when TFT came out, I used those rules for combat.  Easy to learn, nothing complex, one kind of dice.

BoxCrayonTales

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November 19, 2024, 11:06:45 AM
Quote from: Brad on November 18, 2024, 09:27:15 PMI remember running "D&D" for my brother and cousins when I was in junior high, only having read the Red Box during science class. I sort of understood the concept, so just ran with it. No dice, no character sheets, we played for HOURS with nothing more than a running narrative and the understanding it was, in fact, a game. Probably the most fun I've ever had, and as simple and generic as it gets.
Yeah, a lot of gamers seem to forget that ttrpg rules exist for the sake of fairness in adjudication, not for their own sake. We don't actually need them. Chat rpgs don't use them and those are even more popular than ttrpgs!

blackstone

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November 19, 2024, 01:51:45 PM
Quote from: weirdguy564 on November 18, 2024, 11:56:42 PM
Quote from: blackstone on November 18, 2024, 12:19:36 PMGURPS: Generic Universal Role-Playing System.

That might not be simplistic enough. 

Yeah, but it IS Generic. I do know it can be a slippery slope when it comes to GURPS material.
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BoxCrayonTales

#35
November 19, 2024, 03:29:30 PM
Quote from: blackstone on November 19, 2024, 01:51:45 PM
Quote from: weirdguy564 on November 18, 2024, 11:56:42 PM
Quote from: blackstone on November 18, 2024, 12:19:36 PMGURPS: Generic Universal Role-Playing System.

That might not be simplistic enough. 

Yeah, but it IS Generic. I do know it can be a slippery slope when it comes to GURPS material.
I don't imagine myself actually using the GURPS rules because they're so heavy, but they're great for breaking down research topics into game-able material.
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