How often have you used a game setting with a different game's ruleset? (lemmy.ml)

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I seem to do this a lot - I'll find a game whose setting I really like, but dislike the ruleset it uses, so I end up converting it over to the ruleset I prefer (usually Cypher System). I've learned that to some people, this is blasphemy of the highest order, which is surprising. I still do it, though. 😬

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[-] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

That depends. Sometimes the mechanics are kind of integral part of the setting. Those reflect some realities of the setting. But then, if the mechanics are too crunchy for me, I would be looking for "X with serial numbers filed off" hack of another system

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