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Space 1889?

Started by Bloody Stupid Johnson, October 11, 2013, 07:04:38 PM

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Ralph The Dog

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October 15, 2013, 09:19:07 PM
A new version of 1889 is due in 2014 using the Ubiquity system.

Dirk Remmecke

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October 16, 2013, 02:52:06 AM
Quote from: David Johansen;699609It's more of a d6 dice pool engine IRRC.

It's actually two different d6 mechanisms:

"Attribute Roll/Skill Roll"
Stat or skill d6 pool, add, vs. TN. Basically Star Wars d6 without pips.

"Quick Roll"
Roll d6 under stat or skill.

The GM decides which to use, based on the flow ("tempo") of the game ("especially in the case of combat, which should be fast and furious").

I wonder how veterans handled that in actual play. Pundit?
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October 17, 2013, 05:11:00 PM
Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;699962It's actually two different d6 mechanisms:

"Attribute Roll/Skill Roll"
Stat or skill d6 pool, add, vs. TN. Basically Star Wars d6 without pips.

"Quick Roll"
Roll d6 under stat or skill.

The GM decides which to use, based on the flow ("tempo") of the game ("especially in the case of combat, which should be fast and furious").

I wonder how veterans handled that in actual play. Pundit?

Well, to answer all previous messages to me: first, I did play T:2000, its totally different from Space:1889, and I liked the latter better.

Space:1889 had a pretty messed-up system, I remember I needed to extensively house-rule (no, don't really remember what those were) just to make the combat system manageable.  But in any case, I enjoyed it way more than T:2000.

As for how to handle Space:1889 in actual play, most of the time I used the pool, except in very minor situations where I used roll-under.

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