Re: (TFT) a survey of Melee and Wizard editions

[Jeffrey Vandine <jlv61560@yahoo.com>]

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.  It seemed to us back 
then that Advanced Melee and Advanced Wizard were overly concerned with "ed
ge cases" and developed reams of rules to handle them in unnecessary comple
xity.  I suspect that if Steve Jackson could have obtained the rights 
to TFT before he went full simulationist with GURPS, he would have done som
e streamlining.  On the other hand, he DID go full simulationist with 
GURPS, so maybe not.
Bottom line, we preferred the KISS principle (and, to a very large degree, 
I still do), especially when it came to getting new gamers involved.  
That's one reason I prefer a lot of DCG's skills (talents) to the stuff wri
tten in ITL -- KISS.  Besides, as you note, the reality is that most o
f the stuff in Advanced Melee never really comes up that often.  We di
d, however, adopt the mounted combat rules -- can't have a joust without th
ose babies...and they add a certain panache to one's dragon-slaying.


      From: Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>
 To: tft@brainiac.com 
 Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:51 PM
 Subject: Re: (TFT) a survey of Melee and Wizard editions
   
I still don't get why anyone would prefer any edition of Melee to
Advanced Melee, with the possible exception of some specific detail
they prefer, or why much of anything in Advanced Melee would not be
considered a positive addition when the situation comes up, if it
ever does.

Advanced Melee always seemed clearly superior in practically every
way except shortness and ease of learning for new players.

Though our group also happily switched to GURPS, too, so clearly
we have slightly different preferences.

PvK

At 12:08 PM 3/10/2016, Jeffrey Vandine wrote:
>Honestly, that's probably the best way to do it.  We tried to g
o full
>"Advanced" and rapidly lost our vision.  It's why the first cam
paign w
>e tried failed a few months after the "upgrade."Â  Our next atte
mpt wen
>t on for a couple of years (until we all wound up graduating and joining v
a
>rious branches of the military and whatnot), and had it not been for that,
>might even still be going...
>
>
>      From: David O. Miller <davidomiller@verizon.net>
>  To: tft@brainiac.com
>  Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:42 AM
>  Subject: Re: (TFT) a survey of Melee and Wizard editions
>
>Wonderful stuff!
>
>It really confirms and validates why our group uses 2nd edition rules.��
>
>I think it's the best, basic, core version of TFT that there is.
>
>When Advanced came out we simply cherry picked the few rules that we
>liked and brought them into our game. Been playing that now for many,
>many years.
>
>David O. Miller


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