It's not so much that I'm surprised that SPI's Dallas RPG was made, as it is that I can't understand why they didn't go with Fantasy Island or Love Boat instead. Both feature persisting DM-like characters with an ever-changing cast of other characters.
@molotovcockatiel It was 1980; "everyone knew" that RPGs were about long-running characters. I think it would be fair to look at it as a precursor of Hillfolk…
@RogerBW I've never heard of Hillfolk, but I'll check it out. See I would've thought players would be very limited in the Dallas storyline whereas Fantasy Island in particular has so many possibilities. Even the theme that it's your fantasy lends itself to an imagination-driven RPG.
@molotovcockatiel Sorry, I should have sad DramaSystem, Robin Laws's interpersonal-conflict-based game, of which Hillfolk was the first instantiation. Not to my taste but it feels as though it's exploring a similar space: relentlessly un-fantastic setting (apart from the wealth porn), conflicting agendas leading to drama.
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