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Alternity ALTERNITY is a flexible, heavily skill-based system originally designed as a generic science fiction game. Classes are very loosely defined; levels mostly just offer a chance to spend experience points improving skills; and core attributes are central to the mechanics. The rules were...

:cool: I didn't know that. Thanks. It's a Dell Inspiron 8000, currently at capacity with 512 on two chips. Carl

What I'm most worried about are a lot of relatively obscure wargames: Harpoon 3 Fleet Command Age of Sail II Operational Art of War Talonsoft's Battleground series and Campaign Series Fighting Steel All the Bioware and Black Isle CRPGs Starlancer Red Baron II Crimson Skies Europa Universalis...

I'd been avoiding this solution only because I like to play a lot of older games and I'm fearful that many of them may not run on XP. Carl

I've got a Dell laptop running Windows ME. I've kept it very clean, and it's worked beautifully for a long time, but suddenly a few weeks ago, Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) started freezing up. I can't open folders or My Computer or My Documents or anything else. The explorer program...

I'm utterly shocked by this. If I lived even remotely close I'd be jumping at the chance to play in your campaign! Carl

Unfortunately, the only gaming gifts I'd really like don't fit under the tree: A new regular gaming group. My weekly group fell apart this fall, victim to real life intrusions and other interests among a majority of the players. Time to design and play. I could really use an extra 20-30 hours...

Just one? Probably Rivendell. Runners up: Frank Herbert's Arrakis, to learn to ride sand worms. Iest, to hang out with Lord Julius and drink with Cerebus the Aardvark. Dave Hargrave's Arduin, to see a stampede of Thunder Bunnies. Barsoom, mostly to meet Dejah Thoris. Poseidon, the...

Wow... Just reading that, I suddenly find myself lusting for Martha Quinn again.... Carl

The second D&D movie is a test pilot for a TV series. Habro was going to buy Avalon Hill. :( Carl

About "beer & pretzels"... In the heyday of board wargames, "beer and pretzels" was a term used to describe games that were simpler, shorter and less serious than the average board wargames -- which required substantial concentration and effort by today's gaming standards. AH's Victory in the...

Grognard. Carl

I suspect the biggest impact computer games have had on the rpg hobby, at least in the last 10 years or so, is to bring new players to the table. I've read numerous posts on this and other forums from younger players whose interest in RPGs was spawned by earlier experience with computer games...

I strongly second the suggestion of Planescape: Torment and the Icewind Dale games. However, there are a ton of other D&D games out there, depending on your tastes... If you don't mind old school graphics, and if your machine can run DOS (or a DOS emulator), all the old goldbox games are still...

I've heard this before, but I don't understand it. Why does this happen? Carl

..."second most popular"? What's the first? Carl

Same here! Who knew all this was going on behind the innocent gaze of those little kids flipping cards at the FLGS? :eek:

Thanks, Caliban, for the explanation that began as quoted. I've never understood the basic premise and structure of this game, 'til now, and I have to tell you that was the clearest, most concise explanation of this game I've read. Carl

The wikipedia link was interesting. Thanks. I was under the apparently mistaken impression that this franchise's primary claim to fame was some immersive, cohesive world/setting with all kinds of recurring characters. But it sounds like there is very little in terms of setting elements actually...