"Best Toolbox Rules (Round 1A)" Topic
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| DeRuyter | 14 Jan 2026 9:54 a.m. PST |
Blood & Plunder as a basic system has been adapted and sold by Firelock in a number of other periods – HYW, WWI, etc. So in that sense it is a toolbox system. |
 Parzival  | 14 Jan 2026 10:26 a.m. PST |
"Other," but only to acknowledge that many rules aren't as genre specific as they present. At some point, you're moving 6 inches (or whatever), and rolling dice (or consulting a set non-random matrix). Change the terms and the fuff, and you realize that lots of supposedly genre or period specific games really are more universal than you'd think. Otherwise, I've only ever played one of the systems listed (and don't like it), so there's no specific ruleset in this round for me to vote for. I note that Richard Berg's C&C games aren't listed, and yet he's applied the system to multiple periods and genres, from Ancients to WW2– and the latest is Star Wars Battle of Hoth! Now that's what i call a fluid system. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 14 Jan 2026 11:53 a.m. PST |
I note that Richard Berg's C&C games aren't listed… Not nominated in the pre-poll discussion. |
 John the OFM | 14 Jan 2026 11:56 a.m. PST |
Poll is alphabetical. GASLIGHT and TSATF haven't been reached in the queue yet. |
 piper909 | 14 Jan 2026 3:05 p.m. PST |
Fistful of Lead, I'm sorry that didn't make the cut. Unless we have stopped short of "F" here. But Pulp Alley still has a chance. |
| John the OFM | 14 Jan 2026 7:13 p.m. PST |
Have faith in alphabetic order. 😄 |
| John the OFM | 14 Jan 2026 7:14 p.m. PST |
As Dear Editor said, ya gots to nominate it. 🤷 |
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