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  • I can do it pretty easily. “Nominal leftists who approve of authoritarian methods to enforce their desired political structure”. That doesn’t describe AnComs since, well, they’re anarchic and do not approve of authoritarian methods. Generally when I see the term used, it’s when the subject in question starts talking about gulags and firing lines, or otherwise imposing their flavor of “communism” on the masses by force.

    If that describes you, then you’re a tankie. If you were called a Russian agent, it’s possible that you did something common among known Russian agents, like encouraging leftists not to vote, or otherwise act counterproductively against right wing authoritarians.

    Did you do something like that?





  • I mean, character creation takes longer because you have total control over everything, but that’s basically a mini-game in itself. Honestly I find it much easier to get up to speed running a GURPS game than D&D. The books are better organized, the mechanics are more consistent, descriptions are more clear, everything is better cross referenced, character creation programs include page numbers with your traits for easy reference.

    All you really need to know as a GM is how the success roll works, and you can basically look up or wing everything else as you need it. Maybe if you try to learn how everything works, it can seem like “inelegant bullshit”, but not even the books recommended you do that. GURPS works best when you treat it as modular, adding things in as your players or world demand. All the mechanics you definitely need fit easily on a single sheet of paper.