I bought only the core books, but got them via an online second hand game store. I missed the original release of the books due to some time I had to spend overseas and off the net. I was pleased with the amount of information contained in the books and the way they were divided. However, the genera...

Sounds interesting. How will fatigue and injury affect them? If a "physical" and a "mental" atribute are averaged aren't there times when only one side will be affected (sorry, haven't had a chance to look up the orignal mechanic on that)? Also, with the realignment of skills, wi...

On the topic of attributes vs. skills. I can remember from US Army basic, the service can teach anyone to fire a weapon. That is a skill. The ones who did it best are the ones with enough strength to hang on to it and not let the recoil beat them to death. The people who did best where not the reall...

The GM is responsible for game balance. I was US Army for 4 years, and from my experience, the rules for military training and such are close to the mark. That said, how many ex-SEAL officers are there out there? Not that many compaired to the rest of the ex-military. The issue is one of the GM poss...

A single core book is a must. I came to DC via T2K. The single book format with a GM section is much easier to use in my play style. The only DC books I have are the 2nd ed master set, and they do have a good mix of info between them, but much of it seems to be duplicated to make them stand alones. ...