Recent content by Ghost2020

I took ran\ run for coworkers. I rolled off 5e because no one could be bothered to read the handbook or their class. So we'll do something lighter like Basic Fantasy or Castles & Crusades. I feel the same way, I'm doing all the work and they show up, or don't, to play for a few hours...

This cover is terrible. OOF, not a fan even back then, but I did like the Dragon #90 harpy cover. A generally decent to OK issue, if I recall correctly. Man, I miss reading gaming magazines, Dragon, Shadis, Dungeon, etc.

Thanks for the chunky interview, that's a good look into what is heading our way. Also, as much as I like the old Dark Conspiracy cover, I think it looks fairly dated and cartoony, and I'm glad that they're getting their own people for the job. I'm wondering if there will be a kickstarter for...

Absolutely they do! That's just where I'm at, LoL I'm old and cranky. (Shakes fist at clouds)

<sigh> WotC do you have any new ideas? Like, anything? I dread a new "edition" because it'll be the same old stuff. More versions of the Draconomicon, a giants adventure, a Ravenloft rehash, lather rinse repeat. Even the new starter set is Keep on the Borderlands. We have multiple versions of...

Roger that! I'm likely misremembering articles and such.

It was published in 1997 by TSR. It was branded as a TSR product because that's when it was initially developed. Wizards of the Coast bought TSR in 1997 as well. That means all the players handbooks at GM guide, and a handful of products still were made under the TSR tenure.

Alternity should have done better. It's a shame it didn't.

Ryan Dancey had a great letter re: the WotC purchase of TSR. If there were pallets of books, not specifically mentioned, but I would wager Alternity was part of that. TSR was a hot mess. Also, this is a great read! https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/ryan-danceys-letter-on-the-death-of-tsr.1304/

Alternity wasn't specifically killed because of Star Wars at all. It was dropped because of seriously lagging sales and failed to gain a lot of traction. The stories told that when wizards of the Coast bought TSR, there were pallets of books for the alternity line in the warehouse. It just...

Shrek sure has taken a dark turn!

Sorry I was referring to the dark conspiracy using traveler second edition rules information or news blurb. I wasn't very clear on that my bad

Really?! :-) Do you have a link for that? It makes the most sense honestly. Pretty excited for this, I loved that line I just hated the system.

I'm just getting into 2300 AD, really liking it so far!!

I hope the new Dark Conspiracy RPG uses the Traveller 2e system. That would happily replace the Dark Matter and Star*Drive material for me. I would still like a different far future setting aside from Traveller with different aliens, etc. Ugh. Alternity was so close!!