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[WW] No more WW D20?
According to a fairly extensive interview in Games Unplugged, "Weird War
II" will remain D20, but the rest of the Weird Wars line will use a new
Pinnacle House System. While I respect the right of Pinnacle to do as they
wish with their products, and I hope they are succesful, I will state that
I am disappointed. I understand the reasoning expressed in the article; I
just think it is incorrect, and more can be done with the D20 system than
Shane seems to think. (I offer D20 CoC and D20 Spycraft as examples; one
makes D20 extremely lethal and low-powered, the other allows for
over-the-top spy action that does not 'feel' like a dungeon crawl in a tuxedo.)
I'll keep buying D20 Weird Wars products, but it's unlikely I'll buy any
for the new system. There's a REASON I have GURPS Swashbucklers, Pulp, and
Japan sourcebooks but no stand-alone games in those genres. That same
reason causes me to prefer to buy D20 products over stand-alone. I get more
value for my dollar if a product works with more of my existing game library.