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What BRP Game/Edition Has The Best Rules?

Started by Sacrificial Lamb, April 30, 2007, 06:05:22 PM

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Imperator

#15
May 02, 2007, 07:48:33 AM
RuneQuest 3rd edition
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Lawbag

#16
May 02, 2007, 08:15:21 AM
Elfquest is elegantly simple. Its a streamlined version of RQ2

CoC - now I would have voted for this version of BRP, but it really is a bare bones system that while could handle decent sword fights, spells and missle weapons/guns - the rules are fairly empty of rulings for things outside the investigator remit.
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#17
May 02, 2007, 08:39:01 AM
Quote from: LawbagCoC - now I would have voted for this version of BRP, but it really is a bare bones system that while could handle decent sword fights, spells and missle weapons/guns - the rules are fairly empty of rulings for things outside the investigator remit.
Notably absent in my commentary on the BRP system -- my go-to mechanics for 20 years -- is any incarnation of CoC, and I think it's for the very reason that you cite here.  It's a lot like the popular guy in high school who remained popular mostly by virtue of the fact that he'd always been popular -- once you got to know his personality, there wasn't much special there.  Which in no way condemns CoC, in any of its iterations, as a bad game.  It's one of the workhorses I mentioned earlier in the thread.

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Sosthenes

#18
May 02, 2007, 09:12:07 AM
Quote from: LawbagElfquest is elegantly simple. Its a streamlined version of RQ2

Care to elaborate on the differences? It's been a while since I played RQIII, but I'm currently stuck in my old apartment, where the only remaining RPGs are Atlantis:2nd Age, Elfquest and Spacemaster...
 

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#19
May 02, 2007, 09:58:03 AM
Quote from: LawbagElfquest is elegantly simple. Its a streamlined version of RQ2
Quote from: SosthenesCare to elaborate on the differences?
I second that request. I'd always thought RQ2 was a pretty streamlined system in itself, so it would be interesting to know how Elfquest does it better. :emot-ham:

Quote from: grubmanI'd have to go with CoC 3rd ed+, mostly because I hate hit location charts.
I like RQ2, and not only because I like hit location charts. :deviousgrin:
 

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#20
May 02, 2007, 10:04:10 AM
Ringworld. Love it!

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