people that play rpgs want to have immature power fantasies and not an engaging high-stakes narrative
What's wrong with that once in a while?
Life can suck...why let it bleed into your fantasy life all the time?
I am on hiatus as far as Call of Cthulhu goes...played it almost exclusively for the last 20 years, I'm burnt out.
I am cheesing on some power gaming now, it doesn't have to be stupid, even if...who cares.
I've been running
Nightbane- where my players are ripping the heads off vampires, pulverizing juggalos by the dozen, all while delving into a Clive Barker-ishian nightmare world.
It's thusfar been a nice mix of blood soaked humor, serious intrigue and super powered supernatural chop-socky, monster-squad-beatdown action.
It's energized both me and my gaming group...in fact it's brought a long lost, gamer pal out of a long time, family man hibernation.
To each his own I say....game snobbery isn't for me.
Oh and....
BRP can be re-tooled into a more higher powered ruleset. It's not hard, especially if you have the
Big Gold Brick BRP Book. Just allow bullet dodgery and the characters to use the optional Power roll rules (Example: they can spend 6 power points to re-roll any roll and whatnot).
BRP-It's probably the best rules light gamesystem out there...very long lived....