Re: Accepting poor game systems

"psychohist" <psychohist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> As a result, players may end up having to choose between various
> sources of prewritten content.  That content is generally tied to
> particular rules sets, so players don't really have the freedom to
> choose between different rules sets.

No doubt true to some extent. This is something that I often overlook 
because both adventure creation and translation to different systems is 
basically effortless for me.



However with rare exception, most game systems these days don't present
much 
in the way of setting by means of adventures. D&D is perhaps an exception
(I 
don't even look at their product line), but games lines like HERO or 
Shadowrun or Salvage World Deadlands are effectively rules with general 
world background- and that's all. Useless for running individual
adventures.



Further I'd argue that by natur, anyone who insists on running only 
pre-canned adventures is bringing their problems onto themselves in direct

pro****tion to how believable they wish their world to be, how customizable

their character system is, and how complex their combat system is.