http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Empire-Petal-Thro ... Playing_RL



JZ's link above led me to this..

** expired/removed eBay auction **




Flash Gordon RPG

O/T Do you know whether the 3.5 war machine is based on 1e Battlesystem, or my Companion set method, or some hybrid, or something new?

ExTSR wrote:O/T Do you know whether the 3.5 war machine is based on 1e Battlesystem, or my Companion set method, or some hybrid, or something new?

3.5 warmachine is the roleplaying game for the warmachine world.  Warmachine is a wargame similiar to Warhammer (ie minis fighting it out in squads).  It is a great war game.

The RPG is even better, steampunk done right.  It is just roleplaying in the warmachine world.  The mechs found in the wargame and such are available in the RPG but with 3.5 stats and not warmachine stats.  Rich and highly detailed world. Great product

TheHistorian wrote:Alright, fess up, wtf won these?  I'm pretty pissed right now.

Ah... beat me to the post. No mercy from Bill, sorry.

TheHistorian wrote:
Alright, fess up, wtf won these?  I'm pretty pissed right now.

Was $400 excessive or about right??

Some Outlaw press and others recently published T&T items



"SPECIAL PRINT 1985 " from outlaw press

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0261677893



and the others

eBay listings

True!

It is just for one who want to read some T&T recent books for cheap. I don't think prices would be high on these ones.

Never saw the PLAYER'S COMPANION and the TRIVIAL DEATH before (this last one is "copyright 1985" apparently, but looks to be a reprint too)

JohnGaunt wrote:Keep in mind that Outlaw Press is run by a dishonorable man.  When he can print and re-print whatever he wants whenever he wants, any value attached to Outlaw Press items is questionable.

I don't remember where that Acaeum thread is, but here is a page with an excellent summary of Outlaw Press' activities:

. . . http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/2010/08/13 ... evil-acts/

Regardless, community behavior is somewhat contradictory in the manner in which different people are treated. And there's more than a hint that "status" plays a part in that, sadly.

James, for example, had the full support of Ken St. Andre barely a year before regardless of known copyright violations, rumblings from Rick Loomis, etc., because he deemed that bringing products back into print and encouraging/producing new material was a positive that far outweighed those negatives. It was only right at the last minute that Ken ditched James, hard...
So, now James is a total outcast (and, to be honest, I can see why he might be more than a little bit aggrieved at the manner in which he's been treated) whereas I don't recall seeing (m)any people critiquing Ken for fully encouraging James for a several years. Strange, that.

Meanwhile, in the blue corner, "we" are more than happy to do business with fraudsters like Pete Kerestan who deliberately sold RPG-related fakes as genuine items where he never had any permission from anyone for doing so. If James is "a dishonorable man", where does that put Pete?

Add to which, I could mention those community members who share illegal copies of commercially-produced RPG-related material and even run boards for that purpose...

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Anyhow; more-or-less on-topic, there's a new reprint of Monsters! Monsters! from FBI (apparently) now on sale at NKG for reasonable money.
(And if that /is/ the book cover, I'll just have to presume the deal with the (c) owner for the art wasn't just a one-off BITD ).