Post originally by Mike Holmes at 2004-06-11 12:46:59
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I'd like to thank Christopher Bradley for the time he took to review the game, and for the kind words. I'm not an owner of the game (Ralph owns sole rights), but it's nice to hear that people enjoy my work.

To address certain concerns:

* There can be loads of record keeping, yes, given that things are constantly being generated in play. There are some things that can be done to ameliorate this however - see the Universalis Forum or the website for some ideas regarding this.

* I always start off demos of Universalis by saying, "Universalis is not a Role-Playing Game." I do this so that people will clear their mind of assumptions, which can indeed be very counterproductive to trying to get people to understand what the game is about.

So I have no problem if anyone wants to say that it's not a role-playing game. Storytelling Game works just fine, or whatever makes sense to you.

* That said, it does have many similarities to roleplaying games. First, it's not true that you don't ever "play characters." In fact, there are rules specifically for how to insert dialog into the game. In practice, playing Universalis often looks a lot like a RPG.

Other times it looks like something completely different.


Anyhow, I'm glad that you had such a good time playing. Sounds like you guys would be great to play with.

Thanks,
Mike