Re: (TFT) HT's views on complexity

[pvk@oz.net]

Yes, GURPS character generation is far more complex than in TFT. So back
to the copyright avoidance theory, are you thinking that perhaps SJ
decided to try a different kind of design more to avoid doing the same
kind of design twice, rather than that he thought GURPS was necessarily a
better design?

PvK

On Sat, December 29, 2007 10:05 pm, raito@raito.com wrote:
> Quoting pvk@oz.net:
>
>> On Sat, December 29, 2007 2:58 pm, raito@raito.com wrote:
>> ...
>>> Though he was working for himself, he was also writing
>>> to avoid the copyright on TFT. I call that a rather hefty constraint,
>>> and
>>> it's my opinion that GURPS suffered for it.
>>
>> In what ways do you think GURPS steps around TFT copyright (and suffers
>> for it)? All that comes to my mind is Cidri... or maybe the Magic
>> system.
>
> The first thing that comes to mind is that skills/talents in GURPS have
> levels
> that are bought, whereas they don't in TFT. That single change seems to
> change
> most aspects of the system. It certainly adds to the complexity. This
> change
> appears to me to be tacked on to TFT-style characters.
>
> There's also the matter of the calculation of hit points, types of damage,
> and
> parts of the magic system. There's probably other stuff I'm not thinking
> of
> right now.
>
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
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