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<t>Does anybody remember the old Thieves' World boxed set from Chaosium, circa 1981? It presented the setting in general terms, and included statistics for many different game systems: AD&D, Adventures in Fantasy, Chivalry and Sorcery, Dragonquest, D&D, The Fantasy Trip, Runequest, Traveller...

<t>The Horseclans, by Robert Adams<br/> <br/> I'm a proud owner of all 18 original paperbacks (with the Ken Kelly covers!), and I regard the Horseclans books as some of the best action-oriented, militaristic Sci-Fi/Fantasy that I've ever read.<br/> <br/> However, I've never met more than a handful o...

<t>#2: Conan as written by Robert E. Howard, and perhaps a few of the early "posthumous collaborators" (such as L. Sprague de Camp or Lin Carter); but NOT as written by any of the more modern ripoffs that pretend to be Conan.<br/> <br/> I would rank Conan as #1, except there's one other hero I like ...

<t>Okay, I'll grant that there are circumstances in which a Thieves' Guild (or something like it) could come into existence.<br/> <br/> It doesn't address my complaint in any way, because I was talking about Classes at the time, and the way the whole "Guild-based" Class system dictates the path of a...

JRR wrote: Could you elaborate? I don't believe you can copyright the word "thief." It would be like copyrighting lawyer or librarian or shoplifter. I doubt it was a copyright issue. I think it's more likely to have been a perceived morality issue Concerned Citizens might wet their diaper...

gideon_thorne wrote: There's no need to go on about it for 5 pages. "Need? We ain't got no need. We don't need no need. I don't have to show you any stinking need!" Now an easy one, for 5 Bonus Karma Points: What word is "need" replacing? And another easy one, for 5 Bonus Karma ...

What did I say? I repeat: 3rd Eye wrote: I liked the Dragonball Z reference. That's right on the nose. It's as if they think the target audience are all anime-fans, who naturally want characters who perform "nearly magical" displays of "powers" with perfectly ordinary objects lik...

<t>Irrelevant Trivia: The full-color version of The PIT is officially 600% more popular than the black & white version, judging by download numbers.<br/> <br/> Of course, I knew it obviously looked better; but I figured some people would want a low-ink alternative, assuming they didn't really ca...

<t>I have a natural tendency to root for underdogs, and to root against whoever's on top so there's just no way I can bring myself to sympathize with what is, in the end, really just Hasbro we're talking about.<br/> <br/> Hasbro is to games what Microsoft is to PC software except worse.<br/> <br/> W...

Rhuvein wrote: Enjoy yer "safe" days. My daughter is now 16 and out in the world. I'm scared, nervous, horrified and wish she was 8 years old and we were eating popcorn and watching Harry Potter!! I have no progeny of my own (yet), but I am reliably informed by those who DO that the best ...

Julian just hit it perfectly, if indirectly: 4players.

<t>I liked the Dragonball Z reference. That's right on the nose.<br/> <br/> It's as if they think the target audience are all anime-fans, who naturally want characters who perform "nearly magical" displays of "powers" with perfectly ordinary objects like swords, and who no doubt announce their moves...

<t>I don't like the term "Low Fantasy" but I suppose if the "low" is interpreted to mean "lower prevalence of magic," then that would be for me.<br/> <br/> "High Fantasy" environments typically have far too magic floating around for my taste worlds in which practically everybody owns at least two or...

4agers? 4kers?

Treebore wrote:
they will start working on 5E in 2010 and release 5E in 2013.

That's when 5E will come out. 4.5E will be in early-to-mid 2009, when their horrible 4E sales figures have had a chance to sink in, and they're desperately trying to correct all the errors

I'm a little disgusted by the use of the word "powers" to describe "things you can do with an object." It betrays a mode of thinking that is thoroughly detached from reality, and an assumption that everyone else suffers the from the same ignorance.

<t>I can't really think of any reason that 4E would have any particular impact on C&C a very small effect, perhaps, but not much. The majority of people who play C&C have rejected the "mainstream" already, so they aren't inclined to go chasing after some Lizard droppings just because the Liz...

<t>How do slimy KuoToans celebrate their birthdays? Is it (I hope) like the way Hobbits celebrate their birthdays? If so, where are our presents?<br/> <br/> That's probably wishful thinking, though cthulhu-esque fishy-types like that probably celebrate their birthdays by eating their party guests. A...

<t>Well, see my complaint with CCGs has almost nothing to do with how they play. Some of them may even be very good, very entertaining games.<br/> <br/> My complaint is with how they are sold. You know: Randomly-packaged, you don't know what you're getting, and you wind up having to buy thousands of...

I am absolutely delighted to see that no one has voted for CCGs.

I loathe CCGs.

<t>Ah -- you mean sub-genres. Well, I would've done a poll for that, but there is a limit on how many items you can have in a poll.<br/> <br/> I'm not sure exactly what that limit is; but I once tried to run a poll asking what the best article was in Crusader 6, and it wouldn't let me enter all the ...

Rhuvein wrote:
Like fantasy, sci-fi , history But you need an OTHER!!

Really? I thought I covered all the bases on this one

What would the "Other" be?

Again, I'm curious

I'm curious

<t>I had the pleasure of getting a little peek at this game during the production phase, and it looked fairly entertaining. Unfortunately I can't make it to Gen Con this year, but everybody who can should go check it out. It's always nice to have a good "Beer & Pretzels" game on hand for when yo...

<t>Here's a Table of Contents for you:<br/> How It All Happened by Gary Gygax<br/> Alea Iacta Est - A Long Note on Brevity: Confessions of a Game Master by Stephen Chenault<br/> Hammer & Anvil - The Campaign Setting, Part 1: The Concept by Casey Canfield<br/> Them's Fighting Words - I'm Only In ...

<t>I'm not necessarily all that great a Simpsons fan but I used to watch the SpiderMan cartoon when I was a kid, and I used to make up my own lyrics to the song too, so there's a certain appeal in seeing someone else do it.<br/> <br/> Plus, the lines "Can he swing, from a web? No he can't, he's a pi...

<t>If the books have the good kind of glossy covers that won't absorb a fluid instantly (like raw paper will), try any orange-oil-based cleaner. (Goo-Gone, for example.)<br/> <br/> Don't put the cleaner directly on the book, though. Put just a bit on a paper towel (it will soak in) and lightly rub t...

SpiderPig, SpiderPig

Does whatever a SpiderPig does

Can he swing, from a web?

No he can't, he's a pig

Look out! He is a SpiderPig

No matter how many times I hear it, I can't stop laughing

Treebore wrote: I liked the first Hulk movie, once the Hulk showed up. I seem to recall losing consciousness shortly after the opening credits, a fleeting glimpse of life during a cool scene where the Hulk was messing with some tanks, and then nothing but a swirled jumble of disconnected images of ...