Post originally by Dan Davenport at 2003-04-08 09:52:01
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Will wrote:
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<b>In both cases, it'd be a good idea to include a 'This doesn't look right to me, but I haven't seen it in play.' Play can have quite surprising harmonics between rules, and because of that, one should be careful about leveling charges of 'X is broken/stupid.'</b>
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That's a good point. Capsule reviews of rules might best be taken as "conceptual" reviews. I've seen plenty of mechanics that annoy me to no end in theory but that work well enough in play. (And, conversely, mechanics that seem brilliant in theory but become a nightmare in practice.)

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Dan Davenport