Anyone remember Melee?

[Garnfellow]

Somehow, though, I don't think Scorsese would be interested in directing Thompson's life story, what with all the dice-chucking, Star Trek t-shirts and miniature painting.

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure there was no Kate Hepburn in the wings, either.

I did just have a bizarre flash of a Napoleon Dynamite-type flick about the life and times of an RPG publisher. That could be pretty funny.

 

[wandmlaw]

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure there was no Kate Hepburn in the wings, either.

I did just have a bizarre flash of a Napolean Dynamite-type flick about the life and times of an RPG publisher. That could be pretty funny.

"Vote for Gygax!"

 

[Templetroll]

"Death Test" (solo dungeon for Melee/Wizard) was the first 'dungeon' I played in before I found my first gaming group. It was great. Melee and Wizard had the best small images on the counters, my fav was the dwarf wizard. The capability for creating illusion or summoning creatures and having them be indistinguisable was a great concept, mad illusions a glorious thing and risky play when facing 'summoned' creatures more exciting.

 

[wandmlaw]

"Death Test" (solo dungeon for Melee/Wizard) was the first 'dungeon' I played in before I found my first gaming group. It was great. Melee and Wizard had the best small images on the counters, my fav was the dwarf wizard. The capability for creating illusion or summoning creatures and having them be indistinguisable was a great concept, mad illusions a glorious thing and risky play when facing 'summoned' creatures more exciting.

I didn't even know they sold modules for Melee.

 

[CarlZog]

I didn't even know they sold modules for Melee.

Oh yeah!

Several were solo modules; those were my first intro to rpgs -- about a year or two before D&D.

Two of the modules were publicized with real-life treasure hunts. They supposedly buried a valuable dragon statue somewhere in the U.S. and the clues to where it was were in the module -- which was about a silver dragon. I remember being crushed when I learned that it had been discovered by someone other than me. I vowed to find the next one, and they did repeat the stunt with a second module. But by then, I was too busy battling through B1!

As a fanatical wargamer operating on a 13-year-old's allowance budget, I really loved Metagaming's stuff! "A $3 game!?! Cool!"

 

[BlackMoria]

Ah...the memories.

I got The Fantasy Trip and played it to death, before it became Melee and Wizard, followed by Into the Labyrinth. Played the solo dungeons to death....Death Test, Death Test 2, Grail Quest,Treasure of the Silver Dragon, Secret of Unicorn Gold, Security Station.

Our group actually would use these solo dungeons for group dungeon romps.

Still have the all the stuff and occasionally will break them out and play them as a quick parlor game....

Good memories.

 

[Garnfellow]

A bit of thread necromancy in honor of my revised converson of Cidri octopi for D&D. I think this version is much more playable as a character race.

 

[Rothe]

For those who want to know more regarding the rules and such, a good site: http://www.jgimmigration.com/tft/index.htm

 

[Gilladian]

When I was 13 or so (1978ish) I lived in Copperas Cove Tx. I played DnD at the Bunker Hobby Shop. Steve Jackson was a friend of several of the people who gamed there. Steve or his business partner or both of them used to drive up on Saturdays and playtest a set of rules known as T.H.E Fighter and T.H.E Mage. I helped playtest them.

Those rules became Melee and Wizardry.

Gilladian

 

[pogre]

My favorite school game: WarpWar. No dice involved, and we could set it up anywhere.

Oh man, I loved that game!