I'm the same way (and loved your post on the subject.) But for many people excessively detailed planet building is a turn-off. For them a vague description with a little local color works "Desert world." "Earthlike, mostly agricultural." "Mars, but with huge mega-cities." This is in line with the Imperial SF tradition. I mean, when did Lois McMaster Bujold bother telling us Barrayar's exact orbit, mass or atmospheric make-up?
There's nothing stopping someone building a Thousand Suns sector from going to town on world building, but for those who don't want that the simple system should suffice. That's what I really like here, the ability to add things on and not having to try to unweld portions of system written into the rules.
Oh, for fast system building, this is my personal crack (http://home.comcast.net/~brons/NerdCorner/StarGen/StarGen.html).
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Date: 3 Mar 2008 00:05 (UTC)There's nothing stopping someone building a Thousand Suns sector from going to town on world building, but for those who don't want that the simple system should suffice. That's what I really like here, the ability to add things on and not having to try to unweld portions of system written into the rules.
Oh, for fast system building, this is my personal crack (http://home.comcast.net/~brons/NerdCorner/StarGen/StarGen.html).