bingo. I think it can do extended play, but I think it really shines on a smaller scale. Say, trilogies or so.

“is a system where I can sandbox campaign settings.”

Exactly what I get from it.
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@Chuck Agreed. From what I’ve seen so far, Savage Worlds players are a pretty friendly bunch, which makes a change from all the negativity and inane number crunching all too often found on D&D boards these days.

@wrathofzombie Good to know I’m not the only one dipping a toe in the water. I’m impressed so far, and it looks like a great system for running micro-campaigns. More on those in a mo’.

@magehammer Saw those, but I’m going to stay away from the Toolkits for now and see if there’s any truth in the rumours about Explorer Edition versions coming out. Necessary Evil sure looks tasty though.

What I want out of SWEX is a system where I can sandbox campaign settings. I want to say (for example) “Demons versus Vampires – in Space!”, and be able to run with it for a few sessions without having to worry too much about inventing new rules mechanics or dive into a bookcase (or hard drive) full of supplements to be able to pull off. It’s the kind of thing we used GURPS for, and now use M&M, but even they are too crunchy when you’re just kicking around ideas. I want players to be able to make characters in 15 minutes at the start of a session and hit the ground running.

To do that in M&M I have to prepare Archetypes, work out what powers are allowed/essential/etc, and have a lot of legwork complete before the session. Either that, or we spend one session building characters ready to play the next. Which is all fun, but sometimes I just want to have an idea, and play it NOW. Can this be done in Savage Worlds? We’ll see.

As far as fantasy conversions, there is the Wizards and Warriors supplement downloaded for free from Pinnacle’s website, bundled with the Tomb of Terrors One Sheet http://www.peginc.com/onesheets.html

Or there is a great conversion of AD&D and several other D&D-like conversions over at Savage Heroes http://www.savageheroes.com/conversions.htm

For my money, though, if you really want a Savage Worlds high fantasy campaign, Shaintar is the way to go.

I can see that their tagline will hold up, “Fast, furious, and fun!” I agree with you that the book is just so full of info for such a little package. They didn’t waste time. It is short and to the point.

I really wanna get the deadlands reloaded campaign book. I’ve been itching to do a western.

Btw, are these toolkits everyone has been mentioning on the pinnacle website?

As far as races go, the thing that popped in my head is, if you were converting say DnD, you would just up a die and low a die level (ie- Elves in 3.5 get +2 Dex -2 Con. I would up their agil 1 die level and lower their vigor one die level). Just a thought.
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