From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << This is almost as bad tasting as the Alf telethon I was forced to > watch last month. >> > > Why? Why is this product any worse than, say, GURPS WWII, which > allows players to roleplay soldiers fighting against the Nazis, or > worse than RECON, which allows players to roleplay soldiers fighting > against the North Vietnamese or Viet Cong, or Dungeons & Dragons, > which allows players to roleplay adventurers fighting against the > evil orc hordes, or Sengoku, which allows players to roleplay samurai > fighting against the enemy samurai clans, or Traveller, which allows > players to roleplay adventurers fighting against the "evil alien > empires," or any other product with a similar premise? > > Oh, the terrorism thing is too close to home, some might say. Well, > is it closer to home than the above products? Where do you draw the > line of what tastes "bad" and what tastes "good?" It's not as if they > announced "World Trade Center: d20" where players roleplay a rescue > worker or (Heaven forbid) a victim.
Well, it depends on the "taste" of the consumers who will look at the product and willing to pull they wallet out for it. To be honest with you, as a gamer and consumer who like modern combat genre RPG, I'm afraid I would have to take a pass at this product because of the packaging. If HDI were to package their rules as a generic modern combat RPG and may include information the Middle East as hot spots (in the future they may follow up with a supplement), then I may look into their product. Moreoever, the generic look may also appeal to international consumers. Perhaps Holistic should get feedback from gamers out there on their feel, if this is actually true. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
