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Originally Posted by Joseph Paul
Are we using different definitions for 'multi-genre'? 
My definition would be: The playing of different genres, one genre at a time.
I seem to be reading some posts as defining it as: The playing of different genres, all at the same time.
Is it just me?
Joseph Paul |
I think there's a fundamental difference of opinion about what the term means and we're talking past one another.
"Multi-genre game" can mean either a setting that crosses genres, like
Rifts or
Torg, or it can be a system that can be used for multiple genres, like d20, FUDGE, HERO, GURPS, etc.
You could just as easily play a kitchen-sink BRP game with sword-and-sorcery archers and Cherokee survivalists fighting UFOs in ancient Mesoamerica as you could run four different campaigns - a sword-and-sorcery game, a post-apocalyptic game, a UFO-fighting game, and a Mesoamerican myth game.
For what it's worth, I have very little taste for multi-genre settings, but hope I made an excellent multi-genre set of rules.