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Turns out you have corporate greed to thank for the existence of Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Every game that has hit points and damage is stealing mechanics from historical war games in the 50s, which was then stolen by naval war games in the early 70s, which was then stolen by D&D in the late 70s, and has since been stolen to this very day haha

Imagine hit points being patented...