Re: Savage Worlds: As I understand it, the same basic mechanics will still be in play, but with some popular house rules formally adopted as core rules, an overhaul of the Chase Rules (which were never stable from version to version anyway, and IMHO a "one-size-fits-all" approach to abstract "Chase Scenes" is doomed to failure), and generally an attempt to address some of the key player complaints.
It just doesn't seem to be addressing any of MY key complaints ... but then, I need to come up with some better SOLUTIONS first. It's one thing to complain -- it's quite another to propose a solution that could be adopted.
Re: Star Wars: On the flight here to Texas, I saw "Solo" on the little entertainment screen built into the back of the chair in front of me. I'd heard it was good. I watched, and I agreed -- and I went into it expecting that it was going to be, "Meh." I dare say that of the post-Disney Star Wars movies, it is the one movie that made me feel *enthusiastic* after watching it.
I mean, it's not PERFECT. (What movie is?) But it felt far more like it belonged in the pre-Disney Star Wars universe than any of the other movies since. I certainly enjoyed it much more than The Last Jedi, and I had far fewer "what the HECK?" thoughts about the implications than The Force Awakens ... or even Rogue One, for that matter.
All in all, it's making me far more hopeful about these "Star Wars Story" side-stories than I am about the "new trilogy" itself.
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Date: 2018-11-13 01:38 pm (UTC)It just doesn't seem to be addressing any of MY key complaints ... but then, I need to come up with some better SOLUTIONS first. It's one thing to complain -- it's quite another to propose a solution that could be adopted.
Re: Star Wars:
On the flight here to Texas, I saw "Solo" on the little entertainment screen built into the back of the chair in front of me. I'd heard it was good. I watched, and I agreed -- and I went into it expecting that it was going to be, "Meh." I dare say that of the post-Disney Star Wars movies, it is the one movie that made me feel *enthusiastic* after watching it.
I mean, it's not PERFECT. (What movie is?) But it felt far more like it belonged in the pre-Disney Star Wars universe than any of the other movies since. I certainly enjoyed it much more than The Last Jedi, and I had far fewer "what the HECK?" thoughts about the implications than The Force Awakens ... or even Rogue One, for that matter.
All in all, it's making me far more hopeful about these "Star Wars Story" side-stories than I am about the "new trilogy" itself.