[UA] 1st v 2nd edition

[James McGraw]

The second edition is much clearer about what you can
actually do with the game. The first edition gives you
the system and the bare bones of the background, but
the second edition gives many more ideas for ways in
which you can use this information.

--- Liam Routt <liam at routt.net> wrote:
> Sean Goodroad wrote:
> > I'm planning on starting a new campaign with my
> > new group but I was wondering if it would be worth
> picking up and using
> > second edition... any thoughts? what are the
> improvments or not so
> > improvments of second versus first?
> 
> My feeling is that the second edition is better in
> pretty much every way 
> possible (and some that are probably not even
> possible). I was, frankly, 
> fairly amazed when I got it.
> 
> It is rewritten from a number of viewpoints, which
> helped me, as a GM, and 
> seem to be excellent in terms of understanding the
> various levels the 
> characters can approach the game.
> 
> It tightens some of the mechanics a bit, and
> improves combat (although I 
> still don't used what is printed, but it is a step
> in the right 
> direction). Paradigm skills are cool.
> 
> Lots more rumours and information about the
> different groups and ways to 
> approach the occult underground. This stuff is good
> for the GM and for the 
> players.
> 
> And a lot more, besides. Its hard for me to think
> back to the first 
> edition now, actually, so I can't really recall all
> the differences (and 
> I've lent my first ed book to a player so she can
> run a one-shot for some 
> of her other friends).
> 
> Others may not agree (somewhere), but I'd rate UA
> 2nd edition as one of 
> the best "new editions of an existing game" I've
> ever read. And that's on 
> top of being one of the best rulesbooks I've ever
> owned.
> 
> Flip through it in a store, if you can. Check the
> starts of the major 
> sections, and dip here and there. That's going to be
> the best way to see 
> whether it will work well for you.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Liam
> --
> Liam Routt                                          
>     liam at routt.net
> Darcsyde Productions                    
> http://www.routt.net/Caligari/
> 
>         -- still waiting for the Absolute Destiny
> Apocalypse --
> 
> _______________________________________________
> UA mailing list
> UA at lists.uchicago.edu
> http://lists.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/ua


=====
james the cat

'Deactivating a generator loop without the correct key is like repairing a watch with a hammer and chisel. One false move and you'll never know the time again.' 
            Doctor Who, The Pyramids of Mars

__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

_______________________________________________
UA mailing list
UA at lists.uchicago.edu
http://lists.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/ua