Alternity: The TSR/WotC game that time forgot!

[Ath'kethin]

I still have my signed and numbered Limited Preview Edition Alternity Player's Handbook. I remember being disappointed when the publication version came out and they moved away from calling the companion volume the Rulesmaster's Guide, which was its name in my book. I also still have the Tangents supplement because it rules.

But I also loved the Dark*Matter setting more than anything else, and ran a campaign that lasted over a year anyway. I also remember thinking that the Alternity rules had clearly influenced 3rd Edition's design and approach, and I remember an incredulous conversation with the owner of a FLGS, in which he insisted that Alternity's impact on the system was minor compared to other contemporary games.

Good times.

 

[Corinnguard]

I remember glancing at some of the Alternity books and reading about the Weren and the Seshayan in Dragon Magazine. I have a copy of d20 Future, which had the races from both Alternity and Star Frontiers. All of whom were written up using 3e's game mechanics.

Someone has got to convert these races for EN Publishing's Voidrunner Codex setting.