Hello Folks,


Sorry for the absence, but work swamped due to the Silly Season. Go for the look, but be warned if you buy that the prices for any of these books is VERY steep! Prices are off the charts for any RPG these days and I'm very much a lurker on the second-hand book sites or just going for the second hand section on Amazon (hey, I'm only a lowly slightly above minimum wage-slave folks, I've no shame). Sure they're a bit scuffed but they work, so look for a good deal.
As for Savage Worlds, played it a few times at local Cons and truly enjoyed it's slick speed on mechanics (unintrussive and quick and my measuring stick), but the vast majority around here worship the ground D20 walks on (plus it's often the only thing much of the under-30 crowd knows: "Change, it frightens us!"). Thus if I wish to run a game I must comply or be burned as a heretic, silly but there it is. So I'm a good Gyrene and adapt and overcome and make a D20 style I can live with and I'm pretty proud of the bastard child I've created. I thus can be a bit shameless on tootin my horn. I apologize for getting too cocky.
I do recommend Savage Worlds as an option if your willing to put the work in on fleshing it out for the uniqueness of the setting. Doing such is more a matter of how complicated you wanna get anyway, and the system seemed pretty flexiable the few times I had the opportunity to play it (always one shots at Cons).