Re: [BNW] Brave New World in the bargain bin

[Theron Bretz <tbretz@mciworld.com>]

> > the powers were split between two pricey books
>
> Pricey?? While I'm not made of money, I hardly consider $25.00 pricey..
> afterall wasnt TSR pumping out a few "Complete" books for $20 a pop.. and
> Steve Jackson put a nice pricetag on the In Nomine books that were
released.

Actually, it was $30 and $25, respectively.  But let's look at the
breakdown, from an options/character creation standpoint shall we?

BNW cost $30 and gave us ten power packages.
RP cost $25.00 and gave us ten more
Defiants cost $20 and gave us six more

Because these packages are rigid, they have to be counted as individual
entities.  So, for $75, we get 26 packages.

By comparison, Aberrant and Marvel Superheroes, and even DC Universe provide
far more complete character creation rules for significantly less cash
outlay.

In short, I can handle having the meta-plot spoon fed to me supplement by
supplement, but I don't like having it done with the rules.

Theron
Houston