Since Warhammer 40K is a recent big topic of discussion, I wanted to see if anyone knows more about Grimdark Future and its developer, OnePageRules.
For those who aren't aware, Grimdark Future is essentially a game & setting clone of Warhammer 40K with the serial numbers filed off. It's got Space Marine equivalents, Chaos, Ork, Eldar, Tau, Tyranid, Necrons, etc. plus a few other factions for good measure.
Have any 40K gamers tried the game itself? How does it hold up against recent & older editions of 40K. Has OnePageRules made any political statements that would let us see where they stand?
For reference: https://www.onepagerules.com/games/grimdark-future
No idea, but tbh the entire concept of that company is ripe for tourist interference.
A 40+ page rulebook is an excellent padlock on the gates you want kept at the entrance into your hobby.
Size of rulebook seems irrelevant since most of them don't play to begin with
If it gets simple enough, the more autistic will start to.
Look at how quickly DnD went from sweaty nerds to Woke Incarnate once homebrewing let them make up their own rules.
Abandoning THAC0 was a mistake.
A rules system should be as simple and fast as possible while still doing an adequate job of representing the simulated system. The idea that the ruleset should be made worse under the logic that good users will put up with it and bad users won't is cryptocurrency logic. If you want to gatekeep, make it targeted to disproportionately hurt bad users.
THAC0 is easy to understand but was uninintuitive enough to keep out the filthy unwashed hordes.
THAC0 is BACK0 when?
Homebrew has always been a thing. DnD STARTED as homebrew.
Its not just a game and setting clone with serial numbers filed off, opr does stuff with its with the numbers and crunch filed off too
Its far simpler than 40k and aos. It's in the name, one page rules.
Therefore, it's going to have players who aren't able to handle wargaming and just want to rp or throw some dice and have it all be chance based. Like the kinds of player who enjoys 'Powered by the Apocalypse' instead of a rpg with some crunch, shadowrun or dnd3.5 or something
I don't know about the company, but I do know the people pushing to play opr, and no thanks.
Most of the core 40K rules fit on one page. What actually takes up space are clarifications & the rules exceptions applied to specific units (Normally 4+, but Extra Cool Property therefore 5+).
I'm not a big 40K guy as I prefer some other rules systems, but most of the 40K guys I know have been talking about GrimDark as a way to shed the GW tax.
Oh my gaaaawd, it's a high capacity ghost40k!
High capacity, assault ghost 40k with a chainsaw bayonet!