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Old 05-02-2008, 09:59 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition, reviewed by Shining Dragon (5/3)

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Originally Posted by mitchw View Post
You are one of the few who seem to like Savage Worlds a lot just from reading it. In my experience most people don't really 'get it' until they play it.
I don't know why. As I mentioned I prefer games that come wit their own setting.

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I do think your 'substance' grade is a little low. For what it is, a generic rules set, it is very complete. You noted the gear, magic, and special situations chapters but there is also a vehicles chapter and a mass combat system to round it out.
I was tempted to give a better substance score. But comparing SW to a game that has a setting and/or character archetypes/classes/splats then I couldn't really justify it.

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I would have liked a couple of fantasy races and a couple of sci-fi races as examples but that is all I would say is missing.

Mitch
Me too. If it did then I could have given it a higher Substance.
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