I Owe Wizards an Apology

[dmccoy1693]

and I want to hear more about your Traveler products...

But back on topic - tell us about your traveller stuff! Yay traveller!

Wow! Two administrators telling me to do something. I guess I had better do it. I'm going to split that into a different thread.
Split to here.

 

[Flatus Maximus]

My Wizard, Ed Bejebus the Oft-Befuddled, says, "Apology accepted!"

 

[billd91]

There are good ways to reboot, and there are bad ways to reboot, from the perspective of the fans.

The Marvel Ultimate line of comics is a generally good way to reboot (certainly with the first 2 runs of the Ultimates and the Ultimate FF at least), as is John Byrne's run on Superman in the 1980s.

Traveller New Era, New Coke - not so good.

Forgotten Realms? I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.

 

[Rechan]

Good show.

Also, congratulations on the publishing stuff.

Personally I felt a reboot was necessary, not just for publishers, but for players and DMs. Getting into FR was difficult because there was just so much material out there. It was overwhelming. I feel that, with the FR reboot, they didn't erase anything that had come before - they just jumped ahead a century and changed how things are now (instead of retconning).

 

[catsclaw227]

Personally I felt a reboot was necessary, not just for publishers, but for players and DMs. Getting into FR was difficult because there was just so much material out there. It was overwhelming. I feel that, with the FR reboot, they didn't erase anything that had come before - they just jumped ahead a century and changed how things are now (instead of retconning).

This is pretty much my opinion too.

Good luck on the Traveller publishing! I am only familiar with the Classic Traveller setting from GDW and the booklet style supplements. It was fun to run, though there were a lot of holes at the time (early 80's).

I haven't had a chance to even glance at the Mongoose incarnation, though. How is it?

 

[dmccoy1693]

I haven't had a chance to even glance at the Mongoose incarnation, though. How is it?

Its great (even if I wasn't biased). If you liked the Classic version, you'll like this. System is much more streamlined from the 80's while still being very compatible. Plenty of Classic players say that it really pushes their nostalgia button. And I help give it that extra dose of awesome.

 

[Treebore]

Its great (even if I wasn't biased). If you liked the Classic version, you'll like this. System is much more streamlined from the 80's while still being very compatible. Plenty of Classic players say that it really pushes their nostalgia button. And I help give it that extra dose of awesome.

I agree. In fact my Fighting Ships and 760 Patrons arrived today, just minutes ago!
I think I have all the Mongoose books now.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Hey, what a cool - and positive! - thread. As a White-Box lover who set his game in the early period of the Realms, i´ve always felt the need for a reboot. Too much awesome fluff was concentrated into too few thought-space. I loved the clean-cut of a time-jump, and while i understand the feelings of those who love a lore-heavy campaing, i am happy that the needs of the settings have been aknowledged.

And i know what you mean with the fans - some of the things on the web have been downright scary. The gloom and anger on Candlekeep has been palpable, and far too often (and long) in a non-"live and let live" way. Oh well. Anyway, kudos to the OP.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I'm always baffled by statements like this.

The day a player holds me, as a GM prisoner to a fiction line I may or may not be using at all, is the day I put my screen away!

I gave up GMing settings with a lot of novels that I haven't read. I always ended up with at least a couple of players that have read everything ever written about the world and make it impossible to run a game.

It always ended up going like this.
Me:"The minotaur pirate swings his axe at you."
Player:"Wait, is that a Piggledyguk tribe minotaur or a Kryptar one?"
Me:"Uh, it's a Kryptar."
Player:"Kryptar minotaurs fear water worse than death, and can never be found onboard a ship."
Me:"It's a Piggeldyguk then."
Player:"They're universally lawful and would never be a pirate."
Me:"OK. The orc pirate swings his axe at you."
Player:"Is it a Humptar or a Grellion clan orc?"
Me:"Arrgh!"

I can only imagine the nightmare of trying to write in such a setting.

 

[SkidAce]

As a side bar, I would get to this point like you did but my next line would differ slightly...

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It always ended up going like this.
Me:"The minotaur pirate swings his axe at you."
Player:"Wait, is that a Piggledyguk tribe minotaur or a Kryptar one?"
Me:"Uh, it's a Kryptar."
Player:"Kryptar minotaurs fear water worse than death, and can never be found onboard a ship."

Me: "This one's not afraid of water how odd...what's your AC again?