tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1711324543752849552..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: The Volturnus TrilogyJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65767771731013190582011-11-25T00:35:01.752-05:002011-11-25T00:35:01.752-05:00@Joe Nuttall
Hey, glad this may find a home! Sen...@Joe Nuttall<br /><br />Hey, glad this may find a home! Send me your address to noproblemo1 at mail dot com and I will respond with the cheapest shipping I can find to the UK.<br /><br />James, thanks for letting me borrow your blog to help Joe out (still can't believe you posted that just hours after I found that map).quantumfluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00092800197630748092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49884546893877961112011-11-24T22:10:52.177-05:002011-11-24T22:10:52.177-05:00How hard would it be to convert a Star Frontiers m...<i>How hard would it be to convert a Star Frontiers module for use with X- plorers?</i><br /><br>Fairly easy, I expect. SF wasn't a very rules-heavy game, though its rules weren't much like <i>D&D</i>, so there'd be <i>some</i> conversion necessary. On the other hand, you could easily eyeball it and it'd work just fine.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39698662597277160952011-11-24T06:49:53.006-05:002011-11-24T06:49:53.006-05:00@quantumflux
I just picked up a copy of this with...@quantumflux<br /><br />I just picked up a copy of this with no map! What's postage like to the UK?Joe Nuttallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395295081337987607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39520345121017532392011-11-24T03:57:20.682-05:002011-11-24T03:57:20.682-05:00The 2001 and 2010 modules for Star Frontiers were ...The 2001 and 2010 modules for Star Frontiers were quite good actually. I ran a hard Sci-Fi campaign off those two.Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258180992723371727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-70328455393538544052011-11-24T01:55:00.860-05:002011-11-24T01:55:00.860-05:00I've converted these to Star Wars and run SF-0...I've converted these to Star Wars and run SF-0 a couple of times - pulpy space fantasy is much more their vein than something as serious as even a Star Trek type game. I think they're a pretty good run for starting a Star Wars type campaign.Blacksteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64234083087448754812011-11-24T01:06:15.356-05:002011-11-24T01:06:15.356-05:00I liked the Volturnus modules, too, and I think St...I liked the Volturnus modules, too, and I think Star Frontiers is the game in which I've used most published adventures. I remember little about GM'ing those but I think the characters managed to thwart the Sathar attack.<br /><br />I also liked the Mutiny on Eleanor Moraes and follow-ups, even though they, too, have the Sathar plot.<br /><br />I had an idea that I could try out Thousand Suns by GM'ing the Mutiny module - I made the ready-made PCs but I haven't yet found time to actually play the game.Mikko Parviainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489605474376881341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29253259282156355252011-11-23T21:31:20.299-05:002011-11-23T21:31:20.299-05:00How hard would it be to convert a Star Frontiers m...How hard would it be to convert a Star Frontiers module for use with X- plorers?paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02805488305954971503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66119134931422349882011-11-23T16:18:54.848-05:002011-11-23T16:18:54.848-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.arcadaynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025690624100512801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14609337744948523982011-11-23T15:55:21.085-05:002011-11-23T15:55:21.085-05:00I'm half-tempted to see if I can track the adv...<i>I'm half-tempted to see if I can track the adventures down and give it a go.</i><br /><br>They, along with the whole of the TSR <i>Star Frontiers</i> run, are available as free, legal downloads at starfrontiers.com.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82551320106831769952011-11-23T15:42:43.128-05:002011-11-23T15:42:43.128-05:00You make this seem like a fun adventure, James. It...You make this seem like a fun adventure, James. It would probably run well under <i>Savage Worlds</i>, and I'm half-tempted to see if I can track the adventures down and give it a go.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55503614236089249382011-11-23T15:34:22.786-05:002011-11-23T15:34:22.786-05:00"It's that they actually released a "..."It's that they actually released a "Star Frontiers: 2001 A Space Odyssey" module in 1984"<br /><br />Which consisted of a sheet of acid doses.Jon Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270477004436129556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89530006897311047832011-11-23T15:13:17.694-05:002011-11-23T15:13:17.694-05:00All I have to say is "Starspawn of Volturnus&...All I have to say is "Starspawn of Volturnus" is just about the best name for anything I have ever heard.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4739590676885571002011-11-23T14:17:49.794-05:002011-11-23T14:17:49.794-05:00Ironically I just came across a pretty nice copy o...Ironically I just came across a pretty nice copy of the same map for SF0 Crash of Volturnus that you describe James. If anyone reads this and wants it, I'd be happy to send it to them for shipping cost only.quantumfluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00092800197630748092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-83017369914707260122011-11-23T12:39:19.069-05:002011-11-23T12:39:19.069-05:00These were fun when we played them, but I think we...These were fun when we played them, but I think we skipped at least some of the multiple challenges and contacting of several races, in favor of skipping to the battle scenes. Doing the same thing over and over again was dull to our middle-school minds. Like others, what we really wanted in an SF game was spaceships and Star Wars, not Planet of Mystery.<br /><br />I've run Star Frontiers for my son and his buddies this summer, but this trilogy was not really in consideration for play.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103472744612438430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54431425388114187012011-11-23T12:17:27.081-05:002011-11-23T12:17:27.081-05:00(insert obvious joke here)
It's that they act...<i>(insert obvious joke here)</i><br /><br />It's that they actually released a "Star Frontiers: 2001 A Space Odyssey" module in 1984. (See near bottom <a href="http://www.waynesbooks.com/StarFrontiers.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15048332169076455872011-11-23T10:17:40.899-05:002011-11-23T10:17:40.899-05:00(insert obvious joke here)
"Obvious joke&quo...<i>(insert obvious joke here)</i><br /><br />"Obvious joke" being the one about TSR's licensing setting up expectations, I assume?<br /><br />I have to admit - I never really "got" Volturnus when I got Star Frontiers as a kid. I think I got the boxed set when I was 8 (possibly 9) and my exposure to science fiction consisted of Star Wars, Star Trek, comic books, Isaac Asimov and anything else I could read at the local library -- which at the time definitely did NOT consist of the pulp sci-fi I've come to love over the years from folks like Leigh Brackett, C.L. Moore, Doc Smith and Jack Vance and others. Thankfully that's changed and I appreciate where Star Frontiers was coming from now, I think.<br /><br />Though I must admit - when I was younger we used it to create our own universe based on a mash-up of the science fiction we loved (mostly Star Wars and Star Trek, colored by Asimov's robots). That game remains on the list of fond memories from my personal Golden Age of Gaming, so Star Frontiers has always been on my list of favorite games, if only for nostalgia value for that particular campaign.Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060430253113856206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17257378535491459022011-11-23T10:10:32.275-05:002011-11-23T10:10:32.275-05:00My biggest gripe with the Volturnus series was tha...My biggest gripe with the Volturnus series was that my players really wanted to be in space. They wanted Star Wars and Star Trek, and they got Planet of Adventure. This isn't to say Planet of Adventure is bad, far from it, but they felt stuck on the planet and stuck resolving the adventure.<br /><br />Mind you I first ran these when I was in 5th grade, so allowing people to deviate from the plan wasn't in the cards. Needless to say all of our early SF games ground to a halt somewhere on Volturnus. It got better when we got Knight Hawks and the games started out in space.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.com