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Old 09-08-2006, 01:11 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Burning Empires, reviewed by PBeakley (4/4)

While playtesting BE, my group was frustrated with the lack of mechanical impact the individual scenes had on the Maneuver roll. That and the fact that BW's awesome 1-on-1 combat mechanics hadn't made the jump over to BE were the only real issues we had with the game.

And, to my mind, they're pretty minor: BE is a phenomenal piece of work. And I'd love to see the truly inspired Firefight mechanics back-migrated to BW: they're the coolest mass-combat mechanics I've ever seen, and they would rock the house in an epic fantasy campaign. Add in modified Propaganda rules, and it'd be simply glorious.
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