Re: [DL] hate DeadLands d20 ... love HOL (getting OT)

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 02:43 PM 3/27/2002 -0600, you wrote:
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Patrick Downs" <knick_nevin@yahoo.com>
 >To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
 >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:50 PM
 >Subject: Re: [DL] hate DeadLands d20 ... love HOL (getting OT)
 >
 >
 >>
 >> --- Lord Jobe <lordjobe@bigfoot.com> wrote:
 >> > HoL was a joke, but at least it was a good joke.
 >>
 >> that doesn't mean you can't play it
 >> after all, Paranoia was a joke, and it was also fun to
 >> play
 >> Toon was been a joke, but wore thin too quickly when
 >> played
 >> d20 SHOULD be a joke
 >> -doc
 >>
 >> p.s.- a know someone who likened d20 to chemical
 >> warfare for rpgs, like a virus it spread to almost
 >> every independent company and just helped WOTC's sales
 >> of PHBs and DMGs
 >
 >I must strongly disagree with you about the d20 System. If nothing else,
 >WotC finally gave D&D the overhaul
 >it desperately needed and in the process, we were given another game engine
 >that can be adapted to whatever
 >you want.

The problem is that while they overhauled the system, they had to stick 
with too many unworkable concepts to maintain backward compatibility.

And name a game system that can't be adapted to a particular setting.  The 
Chaosium system has been around for years and has been used for all sorts 
of settings.

Even Deadlands, a pretty setting specific set of rules, is soon going into 
space.

The real question in adaptability is whether or not it's worthwhile to do 
so in the first place.



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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com
Deadlands fan site - http://www.darious.com/

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