tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post722566217093219982..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Star AceJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69933790607829030752011-11-11T17:42:53.228-05:002011-11-11T17:42:53.228-05:00I’m pretty sure “forehead people” is a TNG thing.
...<i>I’m pretty sure “forehead people” is a TNG thing.</i><br /><br>You're correct. I probably should have qualified my comment further.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4375197489998374862011-11-11T17:40:52.687-05:002011-11-11T17:40:52.687-05:00Speaking of Sci Fi RPGs. Would people recommend St...<i>Speaking of Sci Fi RPGs. Would people recommend Star Frontiers or X-plorers for some fast fun?</i><br /><br>They're both fun, but I'd say <i>X-Plorers</i> gets the edge because it's actually in print.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21409324873754845002011-11-11T09:22:04.611-05:002011-11-11T09:22:04.611-05:00Funny how I "collected" so many of these...Funny how I "collected" so many of these games, and yet never really played most of them.Dimaension Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515317626690822365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89785403941948511282011-11-11T07:17:34.321-05:002011-11-11T07:17:34.321-05:00To me, "Star Ace" is to "Chill"...To me, "Star Ace" is to "Chill" as "Star Frontiers" was to "AD&D." <br /><br />As a teenager in the mid-1980s, I really liked the old b-grade horror films that Elvira showed on TV, the best of which I later came to know as "Hammer Horror" films. For whatever reason, I liked them more than the "Friday the 13th" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchises that were so big at the time. As a result, I loved this game, which wasn't as tied to the 1930s or the Lovecraft mythos as was "Call of Cthulhu." <br /><br />But "Star Ace" and "Timemaster" seemed far less inspired (and inspiring) to me. "Timemmaster," like "Chill" I thought, filled an underserved genre niche at the time. But "Star Ace" was entering a market already well served by "Traveller" and "Space Opera" and "Star Frontiers" and FASA's "Star Trek" RPG, among many others.dan2448https://www.blogger.com/profile/18231177444509897757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-67244339111101084002011-11-10T10:42:54.169-05:002011-11-10T10:42:54.169-05:00I’m pretty sure “forehead people” is a TNG thing.I’m pretty sure “forehead people” is a TNG thing.Falconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474925985191663745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-33968678124256592282011-11-10T02:36:12.594-05:002011-11-10T02:36:12.594-05:00Sorry, the second link should be Star Wars vs Star...Sorry, the second link should be <a href="http://stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/FiveMinutes.html" rel="nofollow">Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes</a>anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87543663164444381652011-11-10T02:33:28.445-05:002011-11-10T02:33:28.445-05:00"what would happen if the Empire and the Fede..."what would happen if the Empire and the Federation came to blows?"<br /><br />You mean these were unnecessary?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-vs-Trek-galaxy-shaking/dp/1440512620" rel="nofollow">Star Wars vs Star Trek</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/FiveMinutes.html/" rel="nofollow">Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes</a>anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25338461576955498662011-11-09T22:56:21.558-05:002011-11-09T22:56:21.558-05:00The most notable thing about Star Ace in my experi...The most notable thing about Star Ace in my experience is that the illustrations from its "Aliens" supplement have somehow made into the realm of clipart, so I pretty regularly find those twenty-year old pictures of Bear-Men and Cat-People padding out the margins of small-press sci-fi games.<br /><br />Star Ace itself, I had but never played, never even had any desire to play it truthfully. In setting and system, even components, it all sort of felt like a generic stand-in for a full game.E.T.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839361427618049936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73518922191241040792011-11-09T22:32:01.915-05:002011-11-09T22:32:01.915-05:00I never played Star Ace but I was always curious a...I never played Star Ace but I was always curious about it because of the fun cover art depicting a somewhat nerdy looking hero. That had me imagining it as a game of average space-citizens caught up in intergalactic intrigue... which apparently it wasn't.Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44185435673277981172011-11-09T22:20:51.184-05:002011-11-09T22:20:51.184-05:00@Paul, definitely X-plorers.
Star Ace seems inte...@Paul, definitely X-plorers. <br /><br />Star Ace seems interesting, I'm intrigued about the action tables...Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18472813759394798642011-11-09T19:27:53.462-05:002011-11-09T19:27:53.462-05:00Speaking of Sci Fi RPGs. Would people recommend St...Speaking of Sci Fi RPGs. Would people recommend Star Frontiers or X-plorers for some fast fun?paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02805488305954971503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30215396655375097292011-11-09T14:35:11.309-05:002011-11-09T14:35:11.309-05:00This game came out not long after the Dragon's...This game came out not long after the Dragon's Lair arcade game follow-up, Space Ace. Even now, the name of this game reminds too much of that game. Any Sci Fi game with "Ace" in the title is going to be percieved as silly. Is that maybe why they deemed to include daft elements?Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40061316641651319592011-11-09T12:19:44.742-05:002011-11-09T12:19:44.742-05:00"Or anything except an Ace." Aargh. I me..."Or anything except an Ace." Aargh. I meant "Spade."Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25377183458273610412011-11-09T11:00:03.631-05:002011-11-09T11:00:03.631-05:00I actually really like the Kleibor - psionic biped...I actually really like the Kleibor - psionic bipedal polar bears with mitten-like hands. But the others . . . eh, no one ever wanted to be a Crystal Clone or a Trakka. Or anything except an Ace. It was the old "everyone's PSA is Military" problem from Star Frontiers.<br /><br />But the real problem was everyone wanted to play Star Wars, and this was close but not close enough. The system wasn't anything great, either. But I have still have my copy!Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63596482285961365662011-11-09T10:21:56.881-05:002011-11-09T10:21:56.881-05:00I agree that Star Ace was not a great game. I per...I agree that Star Ace was not a great game. I personally preferred Star Frontiers.<br /><br />Others can check out Star Ace as it is still sold by Ronin Artspaulgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14451258988873614736noreply@blogger.com