Post originally by Marco at 2003-06-16 08:45:53
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Hey, I wanna congradulate both Mike and Ralph on getting the excellent review. Universalis is certainly innovative and (although I haven't read it yet) seems to be created with a great deal of craftsmanship.

I also wanted to point out that Universal systems (as per GURPS, for example) are *not* fundamentally flawed, precisely because System Does Matter.

SDM is, in and of itself, simply a counter-argument to someone who says, flatly, System Doesn't Matter. It says nothing (so far) about how system matters (although that's a topic of some debate). It's not an argument for or against anything but its counter-argument.

GURPS is certianly "universal" in the any-genre sense *it* means it. I don't think Steve Jackson would say you can get AD&D players to play GURPS and *they won't know the difference.*

I also don't think anyone would be terribly suprised to hear someone say "You know, Hero just doesn't do it for me." That's not part of the SDM argument either.

-Marco