tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4331218834194532859..comments2024-03-28T20:36:33.364-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #31James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15053087438094335472022-03-25T08:25:23.871-04:002022-03-25T08:25:23.871-04:00The issues with actual staples in them are the bes...The issues with actual staples in them are the best of the lot, rusted or no. :)Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19726844941192936722022-03-23T03:45:37.384-04:002022-03-23T03:45:37.384-04:00This was also my first issue, although I didn'...This was also my first issue, although I didn't start buying it regularly till #52 when it began to appear in newsagents. I was strangely excited to see it appear here!<br />As a result of this blog I recently delved into my parents basement to rescue them, I now have a lot of rusted staples to replace!dave dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318272469276577477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9035630421594290002022-03-22T20:55:19.755-04:002022-03-22T20:55:19.755-04:00"I'm always happy to find photos like thi..."I'm always happy to find photos like this. They're vivid reminders of past people, places, and events and I think it's vital that we not forget the past, even the past of something as relatively insignificant as the hobby of roleplaying."<br /><br />Well said James, and I couldn't agree more.Norwegian Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06449040444591006529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74701461202945532532022-03-22T17:09:20.876-04:002022-03-22T17:09:20.876-04:00Mine too, as I wanted the T&T solo scenario, a...Mine too, as I wanted the T&T solo scenario, as that was mostly what I was playing at the time. <br /><br />One correction: the four Traveller adventures were published by FASA, not Gamelords. Harun Musho'dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557785368640776659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24247458815415095502022-03-22T14:00:07.784-04:002022-03-22T14:00:07.784-04:00This was the first issue of White Dwarf I bought. ...This was the first issue of White Dwarf I bought. Having plucked up courage to go into the Games Workshop in the shopping centre above Birmingham New Street station.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536940404379312014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74818100205331614892022-03-22T12:19:52.228-04:002022-03-22T12:19:52.228-04:00Not ever having been a regular player of SFB, I ap...Not ever having been a regular player of SFB, I appreciate the clarification.<br /><br />You're right about the all the entries being on the same page of T&T solos. What impressed me was the way the WD layout placed them at the bottom of each magazine page. It was economical as well as useful.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13341034788733976692022-03-22T12:12:58.510-04:002022-03-22T12:12:58.510-04:00"Federation Space by Task Force Games, an exp..."Federation Space by Task Force Games, an expansion of its well known Starfleet Battles" - Minor quibble, Federation Space was more accurately a stand-alone spin-off game than an expansion to SFB proper. It was the first TFG effort at a strategic board game set in their Star Fleet Universe, long since replaced by Federation & Empire.<br /><br />Love the cover on this issue, even if the place seems pretty brightly-lit. Must been from one of the editions where all clerics had a side hustle selling items with Continual Light cast on them. :) At the same time it's kind of odd that they didn't stick a proper lighthouse lamp in the tippy-topmost tower there.<br /><br />"The adventure's various entries share numbers with the pages on which they appear, with multiple entries on the same page being distinguished by letters. For example, page 18 includes entries 15A, 15B, 15C, and 15D. I was strangely impressed by this clever use of layout and space."<br /><br />Wasn't that the norm for at least some of the T&T solo modules? I could swear I've seen it somewhere before - Goblin Lake, maybe?Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.com