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Also, Ptolemaic Egypt is an excellent example of bureaucratic lawfulism run amok. By royal decree, irrigation ditches must be of regulation depth, and therefore, we have a series of inspectors who travel the land with rulers in order to check. The Pharaoh is the sole arbitrator of disputes, so...

Except this is a god of Law and not so much of Good/Evil, therefore, His laws would not be designed to "help all people." Because helping people is not a concern. The Commandments are there to maintain order. Suffering and misery are acceptable as long as order is maintained. In fact, a...

Let me preface this by saying that I think the choices of secret societies have been aces from the beginning. Remember that I'm a fan from first edition, and I think you are right that the existing core set of societies has stood the test of time. I was excited to see a revival of Paranoia, but...

And yet sometimes, people want to throw a game together, and having a talented GM who can effectively improv is a far better thing than having no game at all. On average, games I've prepared for and put a lot of thought into turn out much better than the times I just wing it. Usually, if I've...

Huh. How about that. I only have a draft copy of XP, so when he said it, I checked Mongoose's site and saw the WotC/d20 disclaimer stuff all over the XP page and figured something must have changed. Veddy interesting...

[Hey cool... it's my stuff.] Part of what I was looking for with the new Paranoia XP was topical. Part of the original's appeal was its very topical nature, playing off the fads and fears and stereotypes of the day. It was very much a product of the cold war era, and that cold war mentality...