tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7956753533327780884..comments2024-03-28T18:47:26.087-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #38James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77621259399865399782022-07-14T14:19:00.720-04:002022-07-14T14:19:00.720-04:00That cover is fantastic. It reminds me of the Nigh...That cover is fantastic. It reminds me of the Nightshade Press covers for the Clark Ashton Smith collections. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116795932377593506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13846246646641353852022-06-17T14:50:16.139-04:002022-06-17T14:50:16.139-04:00This is most of the content of the FFE CD-ROM Clas...This is most of the content of the FFE CD-ROM Classic Traveller Apocrypha III for less. It does seem to be missing the issues of The Traveller Chronicle zine that is on the CD-ROMFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51273877245119892122022-06-16T20:21:59.481-04:002022-06-16T20:21:59.481-04:00Thanks for the tip about the Keith brothers. I lov...Thanks for the tip about the Keith brothers. I loved their work for Traveller and this included a lot I was missing. hubbell_brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408176992601627339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17121120916954147222022-06-16T18:57:47.452-04:002022-06-16T18:57:47.452-04:00As an observation, the article by Robert Aspirin i...As an observation, the article by Robert Aspirin in Mayfair Games Dark Folk supplement was well written and formed my opinions on what i thought orcs would be like. Sadly, in this phase of gaming, the lads i gamed with would only accept TSR material, no substitutes! Francisco Verdugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688083926283386191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27559403814714326752022-06-16T17:49:53.909-04:002022-06-16T17:49:53.909-04:00How many faerie denizens did The Dragon write up? ...How many faerie denizens did The Dragon write up? The spriggan sounds familiar, but I know for certain that the pooka was featured (though more inspired by the James Stewart movie, as I recall).<br /><br />Slightly off-topic, but Bundle of Holding is currently featuring the Keith brothers’ Traveller works (including some previously unpublished works?):<br /><br />https://bundleofholding.com/presents/GamelordsBonnaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667671409170609819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50526101563461940572022-06-16T13:39:39.956-04:002022-06-16T13:39:39.956-04:00The opening article struck me serendipitously, as ...The opening article struck me serendipitously, as Traveller has consumed my recent gaming endeavors. <br /><br />I've run Traveller multiple times, and I understand the desire to randomly generate campaigns. I ran GURPS Traveller for over a year in 2020. The amount of preparation that can go into a science fiction campaign can overwhelm. That said, Mongoose Traveller (at least the 1st edition, which is the only one I own) did a better job preserving random generation than GURPS, although I still prefer GURPS rules.<br /><br />I often read that the GURPS rules are too lethal, but I found Mongoose Traveller to be worse in that respect. I ran Mongoose Traveller 8-10 years ago and found it to be one of the most lethal systems I'd run.<br /><br />I like the notion about patrons as well.P. Ezra Vasquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184787434779675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24363372896967077722022-06-15T13:57:32.123-04:002022-06-15T13:57:32.123-04:00Ah, yes: Shlump da Orc.Ah, yes: Shlump da Orc.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5905867528557390902022-06-15T13:47:23.047-04:002022-06-15T13:47:23.047-04:00written in a clear, concise way that is at odds wi...<i>written in a clear, concise way that is at odds with my own natural conception of orcs as not being particularly deep thinkers</i><br /><br />Anything is better than having orcs talk like the dumb gangster in Bugs Bunny cartoons the way TSR started doing in the mid 80s...Alea iactanda esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951704235056042923noreply@blogger.com