Re: [HoE] Junkers Gear and a minor rant[Shane]

[Prince Nightchilde <nghtchld@gte.net>]

Phalen, Patrick wrote:

> Is it just me, or does anybody think that it would have helped to better
> explain the Junkers rules, if the sample Gears, had point costs associated
> with them?
>

I'm in full-on agreement, man!  :)

> Also, I'm normally a rabid fanboy, but HoE seems a little "incomplete" to
> me.  Maybe I'm jaded because of the vast amount of Deadlands product that is
> out there, but [possibly with the exception of the Harrowed and Shaman]
> Deadalnds could be played "right out of the box" with just the main
> rulebook.  All of the source books that have been released were icing on top
> of the cake, improvements and {slight} modifications to the basic character
> types, but not really necessary!
>

I dunno.  I think that I can play it, but some more detail would be darned
nice.  Junkers are about the only thing that I feel can't decently be played.
<shrug>  Call me a minimalist.

Marshal "Waitin' for the Weird West" Nightchilde