Moderated chat with Mongoose on Wed. March 5th over

[thatdarncat]

Once again, Mongoose will be joining us in the ENWorld chatroom for another moderated chat. This time, the focus will be on their recently announced Babylon 5 roleplaying game.

Time? 8pm EST.

Watch this spot for further details, and post questions you'd like to see asked below.

the thread from the last chat

 

[Mark CMG]

Why was the "recently announced Babylon 5 roleplaying game" scoop given exclusively to Gaming Report (.com)? Is that a marketing stategy thingy, was that something that relied on the flip of a coin, or some other reason?

 

[Adlon]

Heya Mark.

Just had to throw this out there...

I announced that it was exclusive to GamingReport on my news page only because GR had said it was an exclusive IN their news post.

 

[Mark CMG]

Heya Mark.

Just had to throw this out there...

I announced that it was exclusive to GamingReport on my news page only because GR had said it was an exclusive IN their news post.

Was that not the case? Was it not an exclusive for Gaming Report? I assume that you got the news from Gaming Report, or did Mortality Net get a simulataneous press release from Mongoose?

 

[Morrus]

They usually post their announcements in the D20 Publishers forum. Here's the Bab 5 one:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?threadid=41788

Haven't checked dates or looked at the GR scoop, though, so I don't know if it's the same one.

 

[thatdarncat]

Same one, I believe.

Gimme some questions!

 

[johnsemlak]

The first I heard of the announcement was in the mongoosepublishing Digest Number 383 sent to me on Saturday.

 

[William Ronald]

I am pleased that Mongoose Publishing is producing a Babylon 5 game as I love the series immensely. Unfortunately, I fear I will miss the chat. Here are a few questions:

Will you support such Babylon 5 spinoffs as the movies (such as Thirdspace, Legend of the Rangers) and Crusade?

How will you handle ship to ship battles?

Will there be a detailed timeline of the Babylon 5 universe, especially for the series? (I would like to have a few adventures dovetail the series. Hmm, what if the PCs had also stumbled on the big plot against President Santiago.) For that matter, if I wanted to, could I have a campaign that would showcase what happened to Babylon 4 and Valen? (I have read that series creator J. Michael Straczynski has a 2 million year timeline for the B5 universe. I would LOVE to see something like that.)

How closely is J. Michael Straczynski working with Moongose?

Will there be statistics for major characters, such as Sinclair, Ivanova, Garibaldi, Sheridan, Delenn, Ambassador Kosh, and Lorien?

What advice do you have to help capture the dramatic feel of the B5 universe?

Will there be a guide to the Babylon 5 universe and rules for creating new races and creatures?

 

[Dark Psion]

Need Questions?

Does JMS have an "active" role in making the game? Did he provide any ideas for story arcs behind the TV arcs?

Will we see some of the "lost" aspects of the epic story in the game? The telepath war? The end of Crusade?

Will the Novels be incorporated into the game? The Fall of Centauri Prime, The Passing of the Technomages Amazon.com

Will the books use art (better than Chameleon) or actual Pics from the show? How about CGI for the ships? EAS Warlock

How much freedom do you have to add to the Bablyon 5 universe? Expand upon the League of Unaligned Words? Give faces to the races mentioned, but never seen; Vree, Ipsha.

 

[Staffan]

Will Larry diTillio be involved in any way? The man wrote one of the most famous Call of Cthulhu adventures (Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep), and was story editor on B5 season 1 and 2 (before JMS started writing everything himself, thereby removing the need for a story editor).