labcats | Strat and PTA

I visited the Strategist today. Nothing to get today, but they expect cool stuff soon, including Luke Crane's Burning Empires.

I lamented the lack of other indie games and the guy I talked to said that the Stat would love to carry more. He said they wanted to be good to small companies and that every big company used to be a small one. And he wants the designers to know: The Compleat Strategist does want to carry your stuff.

I want to want Burning Empires. But I'm not sure it will be my cup of tea. I enjoyed the Burning Wheel demo I played in back in January, it did what it was supposed to quite well, and what it did was woth doing.

And, I still found the crunch level too high for my tastes, the strategizing in physical or social combat.

So, will I have the same reaction to Burning Empires? Is it not a game for me? Luke doesn't need the sale to me, and I don't want to buy a game I won't like because I want an apple and it's a banana.

Or is there enough non-system stuff I'll like enough of the book?

Meanwhile, we got as far as the Pitch in PTA and beginning chargen. Genre: Arabian Nights Police Procedural, more or less.