Re: [HOE] Book Recommendation?

["Jason Panella" <saeder_krupp@hotmail.com>]

>The thing with Spirit Warriors is that it gives some of the anti-Deadlands
>kids at my school more ammunition. A lot of kids in RPG circles there say
>that Deadlands is a Shadowrun knockoff. While I disagree, Toxic Shamans 
>make
>it seem that way. A lot of my old players have gone over to Shadowrun and
>D&D, and something about a lot of these kids makes it that when they like 
>one
>game, all other games are anathema. When I first started using GURPS, I
>thought like that too, until it occured to me that I could like both. This
>hasn't occured to a lot of my friends.
>

Well, Shadowrun will always be my true RPG love (look at my e-mail addy, 
geez!). And I will be the first to admit that HoE is NOT like Shadowrun...at 
all. If there are any similarities, it's minor. And I'll be the first one to 
admit that SR borrows too much from other games. Tell your buddies that. But 
all and all, the Deadlands series is probably one of the most original and 
well thought out concepts I've ever seen, which is why I can't get enough.

JP
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