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Bracton
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:33 pm

Ask and ye shall receive.

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:10 pm

stratochamp wrote:mine is still sealed in the bag by a sticker that says "Gamers Choice Awards of 1988 Best FRPG Ars Magica",

I'm sure I have one of these too - at least a similar bag and sticker for the jump-start kit. I know I have been meaning to check for Bats but don't think I have ever gotten around to it.

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:16 pm

doesn't look like the 2nd ed one.. so..

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:25 pm

Bracton wrote:Ask and ye shall receive.

Wow - thanks!

I have no doubt that is the original 1988 version. Interesting that it doesn't say Bats Of Mercille on it, making it even harder to search for these days!

If you ever want to part with it...

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:27 pm

In looking at the picture, I note that it actually doesn't refer to the name of the adventure at all. I'm guessing that the focus was more on this being a "Jump-Start Kit" rather than the adventure itself. For what it is worth, I've added a picture of the first four pages.

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:31 pm

TheHistorian wrote:If you ever want to part with it...

Sorry, but I think I'll hang on to this one.

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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:18 pm

Hmmm: now I have to go pull mine out. I thought I had a 2nd printing, but that looks like what I remember mine looking like (for what that's worth---my memory's getting more deceptive these days

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:59 am

Just found this weird RPG from a used book store in town

It is an oversized hardcover around 140 pages long. Creators are from Norway. It is in english published in 1987. Pretty neato

Sorry for the poor cell phone pic :oops:

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:22 am

Blackmoor wrote:Just found this weird RPG from a used book store in town

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It is an oversized hardcover around 140 pages long. Creators are from Norway. It is in english published in 1987. Pretty neato

Sorry for the poor cell phone pic

eheheh... its not oversized: it's the european A4 format... i'd rather say that your "letter" format is undersized... but i'd prefer to avoid a discussion on over/undersized things... :oops:

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:39 am

Exactly aia, I am with you!

(but there is no protective plastic bag for our format :/ )

MEGA is a pretty nice book. There is a module (Ogre Forest) and a (very) long six-panel screen! Strangely, the A4 size used for the module and the book wasn't used for the screen. The screen isn't even in letter size, but smaller.

Adventures in Austerion : a fantasy RPG, with boardgame mechanisms and modular battlemap. By Guillaume Tavernier and GÃ©raud G.

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:02 am

MEGA reminds me of the early Fantasy Hero rpg. A lot of the details of things like spells and creatures was left up to the game master. Interesting system if I remember correctly (my copy is buried in a bin somewhere in the basement.)

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:03 am

simrion wrote:MEGA reminds me of the early Fantasy Hero rpg. A lot of the details of things like spells and creatures was left up to the game master. Interesting system if I remember correctly (my copy is buried in a bin somewhere in the basement.)

It looks like each creature has a location diagram to distribute hits, a roll of 1 on a D20 being the best location and 20 the worst

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:44 am

Blackmoor wrote:
It looks like each creature has a location diagram to distribute hits, a roll of 1 on a D20 being the best location and 20 the worst

Some are just ... hilarious. A location for a snake? Seriously? :lol:

Diagrams looks like pieces of meat...

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:52 pm

Blackmoor wrote:
It looks like each creature has a location diagram to distribute hits, a roll of 1 on a D20 being the best location and 20 the worst

So you always hit, no matter the roll? Kinda crazy, isn't it???

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:25 pm

I don't know, #12 looks pretty serious to me.

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:05 pm

Yep. It'd pretty much cut the snake in half.

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:20 pm

I think it's funny that you would be doing a Number 2 on the guy's face. <Gryn>

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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:57 pm

probably even more funny to you, given that your acaeum name starts with scat....

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