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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:06 pm

misterspock wrote:Another easy one to remember is Traveller the member here who's one of the resident experts on obviously...Traveller the game

I do my best.

I'm also the resident Star Trek expert. Might have something to do with owning every official Star Trek RPG out there, except CODA Star Trek and d20 Prime Directive (which I don't need because I own the original Prime Directive rules).

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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:30 pm

Traveller wrote: I do my best.

I'm also the resident Star Trek expert. Might have something to do with owning every official Star Trek RPG out there, except CODA Star Trek and d20 Prime Directive (which I don't need because I own the original Prime Directive rules).

I've never got into the Star Trek RPG game...but if you ever need to talk Trek in general, count on me :alien:

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:11 am

OK, fellow Trekies.
Sit, have an Ale, and lets Talk a while....
About space perhaps?

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:21 am

BURRPPPPPPP!!!

Too late guys.

I done dranked it all.

But............. BURRPPPP.... scuze mee..

....... he...er....

u kin bie sum fer yershelfffffff...

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-empty-bottles-of- ... tsupported

oopsssie doopsieee...

I dun gon and drunk dat too.......

OH!

My achin head..... :oops:

:puke:

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:22 am

Gnat the Beggar wrote:OK, fellow Trekies.
Sit, have an Ale, and lets Talk a while....
About space perhaps?

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I'd rather you have some tranya! :colors:

By the way, I like how you have what could be open bottles of liquid near a pristine OD&D box! You are livin' on the edge of the Neutral Zone there...

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:32 am

That is what the Crystal Dragon and the Princess are for.
To Protect the other inhabitants of the case from intruders and spillage.

But no, the six pack has never been opened and never will.
But since you mentioned it, just for safety; the Box of Ale will now be moved to another place.

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:59 am

Gnat the Beggar wrote:That is what the Crystal Dragon and the Princess are for.
To Protect the other inhabitants of the case from intruders and spillage.

But no, the six pack has never been opened and never will.
But since you mentioned it, just for safety; the Box of Ale will now be moved to another place.

Great news! I'll stand down from the red alert now :lol:

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:03 pm

Many fans consider "Trekkie" an insult. Unless they happen to be obnoxious little snobs who constantly hound the actors for autographs. "Trekker" is the preferred term, even though the other one appears in the dictionary.

Good thing I don't take such things seriously, eh? :lol:

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:37 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:BURRPPPPPPP!!!

Too late guys.
I done dranked it all.
But............. BURRPPPP.... scuze mee..
....... he...er....
u kin bie sum fer yershelfffffff...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

oopsssie doopsieee...
I dun gon and drunk dat too.......

OH!
My achin head..... :puke:

Didn't your parents explain that eating paint chips was bad for you when you were a kid?

Traveller wrote:Many fans consider "Trekkie" an insult. Unless they happen to be obnoxious little snobs who constantly hound the actors for autographs. "Trekker" is the preferred term, even though the other one appears in the dictionary.

Good thing I don't take such things seriously, eh?

How about "Trektard"? I figure if you're going to insult someone might as well do it right.

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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:58 am

I guess I am the resident Star Fleet Battles guy.

And yes, the SFB crowd definately wants nothing to do with Star Trek. One of the great ironies of gaming!

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:12 pm

If anyone's interested, I'm always happy to provide expert consultation on:

- Greyhawk
- Pagan Publishing Call of Cthulhu stuff
- Blue Planet
- Ars Magica
- D&D tournaments and manuscripts
- early TSR history (though I'm sure folks like Paul Stormberg and faro know more

)
- any of the game companies I've co-founded/worked for/worked closely with (Epitaph Studios, Event Horizon Productions, Pagan Publishing, Biohazard Games, Different Worlds Publishing, Pied Piper Publishing, and Black Blade Publishing)

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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:39 pm

bbarsh wrote:I guess I am the resident Star Fleet Battles guy.

And yes, the SFB crowd definately wants nothing to do with Star Trek. One of the great ironies of gaming!

That's only because FASA's Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator proved to be quicker and easier to play.

Then again, my POV has to be a bit colored for two reasons:

1. The Doomsday Edition of the basic set is way too detailed for me. I'm perfectly happy with the Cadet Training Handbook (though I'm trying to distill the rules into one book without the accompanying scenarios). Ideally, I'd be just as happy with the original microgame.

2. I don't care too much for war games, and SFB is very much a war game.

P.S. I've played around a bit with Federation Commander. It does a good job of streamlining the SFB rules, but it's still a bit much.

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:31 am

grodog wrote:- Ars Magica

that read sooooo differently first time round...

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:14 am

Traveller wrote:1. The Doomsday Edition of the basic set is way too detailed for me. I'm perfectly happy with the Cadet Training Handbook (though I'm trying to distill the rules into one book without the accompanying scenarios). Ideally, I'd be just as happy with the original microgame.

P.S. I've played around a bit with Federation Commander. It does a good job of streamlining the SFB rules, but it's still a bit much.

That is the love/hate of SFB. Complexity on steriods. We started playing when it was a pocket game, then through the expansions, the Commanders Rulebook versions and beyond. So it was a gradual climb up Mount Everest!

I have not tried Federation Commander yet. Some day. I think I read somewhere recently that SFB is the longest running (currently still in production) wargame. That says something.

2. I don't care too much for war games, and SFB is very much a war game.

Dead on point here. SFB is a tactical board game. It is a polar extreme from anything remotely rpg.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:08 am

ashmire13 wrote:that read sooooo differently first time round...

How so?

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:54 pm

"- Ars Magica "

- Arse Magica....

maybe its just a UK thing..

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:55 pm

That's just sad.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:57 pm

made me read it twice though! :lol:

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