I think the biggest obstacle to posting non-generic, setting-specific Fudge content is the realization that everyone uses different variaties of Fudge that are largely incompatible. The traits are different, the powers are different, the starting levels are different, even the trait levels and the numbers of trait levels can be different. How universal is the game, really, when there is no reliable baseline? The task of converting material from one iteration of Fudge to another can be just as laborious as converting material from a totally unrelated system to Fudge. It's maddening. And it discourages us from sharing the material from our adventures and settings, because in many cases it would require so much explanation to enable anyone else to use it that the whole exercise seems futile. Anything truly useful amounts to something more accurately designated as system neutral. I support system neutral gaming material, and I think Fudge concepts can do an excellent job of promoting it, but in the end one might well wonder, "Where's the Fudge?" Or "Which Fudge?"
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