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Why I think Gurps and Hero are having popularity problems

Started by danbuter, April 21, 2012, 09:02:02 PM

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Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;548398Like Classic Traveller?

Or even the later versions, honestly. Anything with a life-path system and random characteristic rolls will fit his desire for a system that minimizes power-gaming.

Wonder if anyone out there uses random char gen and then converts to a more thorough and less abstract system like GURPS...

Quote from: James GillenHERO System: It will pull down your shorts and fellate you.

Now that's a marketing campaign! Might have saved that company from having to slim down and let go their main designer.

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Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;548398Like Classic Traveller?

Among others, sure.

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Quote from: RPGPundit;548594Among others, sure.

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That was the first game that popped in my head for that method of chargen.  What's another game system that uses a similar method?

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Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;548675That was the first game that popped in my head for that method of chargen.  What's another game system that uses a similar method?

Well, I was of course thinking of old-school D&D when I was writing the statement originally.

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