From:	The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject:	Earthdawn (My Comments)
Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 1993 11:25:05 -0500

I wasn't too impressed with the Earthdawn system from the flyer I got. That
review Todd posted just makes me even more certain that I will not be getting
it.

You see, I was hoping that FASA would introduce continuity with Shadowrun, not
only in the 4th/5th/6th world bit, but the game mechanics. To me, the simplifiedgame
mechanics of Shadowrun, where only one die is used, is beautiful. In
fact, a friend of mine is expanding the melee combat rules to run a campaign
based in his highly-devloped (12 years and a degree in Euro History) world
that he used for AD&D.

One of the reasons I prefer GDW games and Shadowrun is the consistency of
dice and resolution. It makes things a lot easier to improv, and makes
the technical parts (identifying dice) easier on new players.

J Roberson
"You got 'im, Jim! You get his phaser and I'll get his wallet!"