Keeping coming back to 24XX

Jason Tocci's 24XX engine is remarkably simple, elegant, versatile. I turned back to it in an effort to implement Tolkien-ish heroic fantasy without some problematic elements (the orcs, the goblins, the racism, the Big Bad Conspiracy). I'm not sure how much the result is like Tolkien, but ... I like it ... and in it I've done some things with weapons and armor to mechanize simple combat tactics like opening and closing range (between Brawling, Melee, or Shooting).