tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7692052147016390489..comments2024-03-19T05:48:34.142-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Star Trek Tricorder/Starship Sensors Interactive DisplayJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46388570140733671292012-07-19T20:05:58.764-04:002012-07-19T20:05:58.764-04:00My understanding is that it was redesigned to inte...My understanding is that it was redesigned to interact more with the game mechanics.Kullervonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85094204025057188622012-07-19T17:26:43.430-04:002012-07-19T17:26:43.430-04:00That seems like a great idea. At the same time, i...That seems like a great idea. At the same time, it's only a little bit different from just, writing it down on a piece of scrap paper and handing it to the science officer.Kullervonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30339360062646879602012-07-19T08:32:00.136-04:002012-07-19T08:32:00.136-04:00That prototype sounds very immersing. Why didn'...That prototype sounds very immersing. Why didn't FASA release that version?Merciful DMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51692237496749169122012-07-19T00:19:12.825-04:002012-07-19T00:19:12.825-04:00That does sound great! And so Dave Morris' ide...That does sound great! And so Dave Morris' idea (previously in this thread).deltanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4479416567635562102012-07-18T22:42:52.032-04:002012-07-18T22:42:52.032-04:00I suspect there are quite a few people like oursel...I suspect there are quite a few people like ourselves who loved FASA trek than they let on. I have tons of good nostalgic memories of FASA Trek and few memorable sessions of everybody's darling AD&D.the byteknightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77289667574750386452012-07-18T19:42:18.204-04:002012-07-18T19:42:18.204-04:00I still have this gaming device and it did help a ...I still have this gaming device and it did help a lot. I have often thought with the ubiquity of smartphones (smaller than TOS tricorders) the GM could text the science officer the "data". Someone smart should make an app for that so it looks like a Tricorder.Dave Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-67481791170175221142012-07-18T18:14:39.726-04:002012-07-18T18:14:39.726-04:00Nerd #1: "What is it?"
Nerd #2: *fiddles...Nerd #1: "What is it?"<br />Nerd #2: *fiddles with scanning device* "Unkown Captain, but it's some kind of carbon-based douche-bag."<br /><br />Quotes from the movie 'Just One of the Guys'Greg Johnstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37071555963744901812012-07-18T17:38:41.323-04:002012-07-18T17:38:41.323-04:00The long-enduring debate of which Enterprise Capta...The long-enduring debate of which Enterprise Captain would<br />win in every fan’s epic showdown has spilled over with guts and gore. See the battle of the Zombie Captains as Kirk<br />and Picard go head to head on the Zombie Walk of Fame at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/04/star-trek-zombies-from-zombie-walk-of.htmlBrandt Hardinhttp://www.dregstudios.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87072383554786904002012-07-18T11:37:44.847-04:002012-07-18T11:37:44.847-04:00David Deitrick's original prototype (and the o...David Deitrick's original prototype (and the one he used in games he ran and played) was quite a bit different--its dials fed out more general "hard data" that left a lot more room for the PC user/science officer to interpret. That meant, not only was the sicence officer not a parrot, but the player of the science officer had to do some significant guesswork and problem solving to interpret the data. This was, no doubt, influenced by Deitrick's time spent as an intel officer in the Army, but it was also very typical of the heavy-on-player-problem-solving games he preferred to run and play.Kullervonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87691516604124244982012-07-18T09:36:03.762-04:002012-07-18T09:36:03.762-04:00This was great! My group immediately latched onto ...This was great! My group immediately latched onto this when it was released.Rob Conleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88975388530742629392012-07-18T08:29:50.472-04:002012-07-18T08:29:50.472-04:00I'd never heard of this though I played that s...I'd never heard of this though I played that system a lot. Sounds like it might have been fun. I guess the same effect can be achieved with two laptops nowadays...Tim Hutchingshttp://www.facebook.com/tim.hutchingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40485771788998739152012-07-18T08:14:33.751-04:002012-07-18T08:14:33.751-04:00Repeating what the computer says is a valuable par...Repeating what the computer says is a valuable part of starship operations.Zzarchov Kowolskinoreply@blogger.com