tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post8911219851436228767..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Tripping through the galaxyJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-25721354329459936582007-07-03T20:03:00.000-05:002007-07-03T20:03:00.000-05:00Actually, I've always thought WTF about Starfaring...Actually, I've always thought WTF about Starfaring. I've always wondered if there was another half the game somewhere.<BR/><BR/>But I had found Starships & Spacemen first, and it still feels like a better game.<BR/><BR/>And for serious Sci-Fi, Traveller should have had to compete with some derivative of Ringworld, but Chaosium seems to always miss good opportunities for some strange reason.<BR/><BR/>And Jeff -- you are correct about Traveller; remember, it's origin is similar to D&D in that it started with some rules similar to Chainmail (with play by the guys would would become CITW), and then Marc, Loren and Frank saw Star Wars. That movie totally changed the game. Consider the original rules to be Imperium meets Chainmail, and then the authors all go to see Star Wars together.<BR/><BR/>Recreating the combat scenes would lead to what would become Snapshot, etc...<BR/><BR/>Still, I always wondered why Starfaring didn't have solo adventures, like Tunnels and Trolls. Ken St. Andre could have beaten the British Steve Jackson to all those solo fighting books.donm61873https://www.blogger.com/profile/07855277967868713114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-64464192871897317692007-07-03T18:42:00.000-05:002007-07-03T18:42:00.000-05:00I did some googling as well and it looks like an E...I did some googling as well and it looks like an Ernest Hogan did a number of articles on various cultures for Different Worlds magazine including a couple on Aztecs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-22458755832648097422007-07-03T14:33:00.000-05:002007-07-03T14:33:00.000-05:00Wow. That's something, all right.Wow. That's something, all right.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248105744263116792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-78092678907789702432007-07-03T11:55:00.000-05:002007-07-03T11:55:00.000-05:00Jeff --Thanks for posting about this game. It loo...Jeff --<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting about this game. It looks...<BR/><BR/>...astonishingly...uh...<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>WTF?!Dr Rotwanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750632906878388570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-66749334054767690972007-07-03T11:49:00.000-05:002007-07-03T11:49:00.000-05:00So if I wrote sufficiently naughty fanfic, it coul...So if I wrote sufficiently naughty fanfic, it could be Slish Slash!S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.com