Re: Re: HQ with a d12 [was genre & setting for HQ2]

From: L C <lightcastle_at_...>
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:46:12 -0500

*nod* I understand the reasoning behind them, I'm just not sure I like them. Mind you, that may be because reading through casually at my FLGS, I saw no way to pull them apart, make my own, etc. It's good to know Monster Burner has that kind of info. I might be more favourably inclined towards them with that knowledge. LC

John Machin wrote:
>
> 2009/3/1 L C <lightcastle_at_... <mailto:lightcastle%40gmail.com>>:
> > Interesting. I've always been torn by Burning Wheel as a system. I
> > really do like the idea of the dice mechanic underlying it, but I can't
> > stand all the life path stuff, and never had the patience to sit down
> > and figure out if I could pull them apart easily.
>
> The BW Lifepaths are a great example of encoding setting data into
> game mechanics. You learn about the setting by interacting with the
> mechanics as you build the character. E.G. We know that knights are a
> privileged class, since it is hard to become one in the lifeparth
> system. I think it is a very striking and effective demonstration of
> using gamer-speak to communicate meaning to gamers.
>
> The Burning Empires (BE) lifepaths are just as good (if not better!).
>
> (And in my experience you can pull them apart really easily - if you
> have the Monster Burner it has the mechanics for how they were
> assembled in the first place!)
>
> --
> John Machin
> "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
> - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.
>
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