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

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Steve Crow wrote:
>
> > I like DC Universe, but it is _not_ an introductory game.  I can't speak
> > for Marvel (the original TSR version had this simplicity - don't know if
> > the new one does) or Aberrant.
>
>It is simpler and faster than the old Marvel game (and much simpler and
>faster than BNW). It also takes shorter time to make a character in that

Really?  I didn't think _anything_ could be simpler than the old Marvel...  
;)  Green result, yellow result, red result, set amounts of damage, 
simplified initiative system...I wasn't really considering getting the "new" 
Marvel, but if its's even simpler than that, I'll definitely give it a 
pass...

>system than it does in BNW even though it still have the total freedom of a
>universal superhero game.
>   But its game mechanics don't really make it a good choice if you want 
>the
>style of gameworld that BNW has because it is simply too 4-color.
>
>Nikolaj Lemche


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