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From: gordon@uw-june (Gordon Davisson)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: using wishes to permanent spells
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Date: Fri, 6-Jul-84 13:59:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  6 13:59:04 1984
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   I don't consider poorly-written and overcomplex rules a
silly reason not to like a game.  Sure, I know that they are
designed to be a guideline only, and flexible, but as a guide-
line, they should make enough internal sense to make the game
playable.  I finally stopped playing AD&D when I started faking
combat, as the rules were too unwieldy to use.  If I were to
alter the rules as I thought were necessary, I would have had
to write a whole new system.  I play Traveller now, which is
far simpler to use, and yet in many ways is more realistic
than D&D.  (An aside: it also requires more thought and imag-
ination to come up with a Traveller adventure, as opposed to
just "whipping up a dungeon", which happens all to often.  One
of Traveller's greatest attractions to me is the interaction
with other people, and not just for hack&slash purposes.)

                Still waiting for my own account,

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