I've said before that I think the best games are the ones that you can get down to playing really quickly, but which really reward actually sitting down and learning the rules. Hence, my enjoyment of D&D. Another game that fits that bill, I have decided, is Exalted.
The rules for Exalted are Storyteller v2.0 (or whatever), which I know really quite well. However, there are then a huge number of Charms, which can change a character from being marginally effective into being a god among men. Of course, on Saturday I discovered that there existed a Charm to increase brawl damage directly, where I'd been using a Charm to increase strength for the same effect. Oops.
Anyway, on one level, this is a good thing. I do enjoy Exalted, and would not be averse to reading through the rules. Except...
As I've said before, I didn't want to immerse myself in the Exalted gameworld, and ruin all the mysteries. I would have preferred to find things out on my own. However, since the Exalted setting is built in to the rulebook, and since I'm simply incapable of reading part of a book, I can't do that AND master the rules.
Oh, the terrible hardships of my life :-)
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