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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8100487" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>The big floppy books for Classic Traveller include the publication numbers. Mine aren't to hand.</p><p></p><p>Now, in 1980, I knew of only 3 RPGs: D&D basic, AD&D, and Dallas. I wasn't aware of The Fantasy Trip, and it wasn't fully an RPG at that point. So really, I knew of 2.5...</p><p></p><p>In 1981, I remember seeing adverts for Star Frontiers. I wouldn't get to play it until 1983, but it appealed more than D&D; I got to play D&D and I bout a copy of B.</p><p>I was vaguely aware of the James Bond RPG at the time; it had come into my friendly local grocers right next to D&D and Dallas. And a bunch of thin-box wargames. </p><p></p><p>Fall of 83 I got to try Star Frontiers. Not bad, not great, but I got started down a road that has impacts still: I got started with a group playing traveller.</p><p></p><p>Christmas 1983, I got SpaceMaster and The Traveller Book; Spring 1984 I was playing traveller, but running AD&D when I ran things. </p><p></p><p>Fall of 84, I got, and ran, Twilight:2000, played stormbringer, ran RuneQuest 3e, got AD&D, got a copy of Palladium Fantasy 1R dirt cheap (used), along with vols II and III. (I didn't actually run Palladium FRP until the late 90's...)</p><p>Spring 85, I got robotech and ran it. Was never happy with Robowreck. I also maid acquaintance with TFT, and it's solo modules. (Thank's Dan... getting me started collecting OOP RPGs...) </p><p>I was introduced to Champions summer of 1985; ran it a bit in fall of 1985. 1986 I got Delta Force. It was a solid game, but for the kinds of one-offs it engendered, it was too detailed and took too long to generate characters. I also, in 1996, finally ran some spacemaster for more than one-shot fights.</p><p>I got Crime Fighter in 1988, but no one wanted to play cops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8100487, member: 6779310"] The big floppy books for Classic Traveller include the publication numbers. Mine aren't to hand. Now, in 1980, I knew of only 3 RPGs: D&D basic, AD&D, and Dallas. I wasn't aware of The Fantasy Trip, and it wasn't fully an RPG at that point. So really, I knew of 2.5... In 1981, I remember seeing adverts for Star Frontiers. I wouldn't get to play it until 1983, but it appealed more than D&D; I got to play D&D and I bout a copy of B. I was vaguely aware of the James Bond RPG at the time; it had come into my friendly local grocers right next to D&D and Dallas. And a bunch of thin-box wargames. Fall of 83 I got to try Star Frontiers. Not bad, not great, but I got started down a road that has impacts still: I got started with a group playing traveller. Christmas 1983, I got SpaceMaster and The Traveller Book; Spring 1984 I was playing traveller, but running AD&D when I ran things. Fall of 84, I got, and ran, Twilight:2000, played stormbringer, ran RuneQuest 3e, got AD&D, got a copy of Palladium Fantasy 1R dirt cheap (used), along with vols II and III. (I didn't actually run Palladium FRP until the late 90's...) Spring 85, I got robotech and ran it. Was never happy with Robowreck. I also maid acquaintance with TFT, and it's solo modules. (Thank's Dan... getting me started collecting OOP RPGs...) I was introduced to Champions summer of 1985; ran it a bit in fall of 1985. 1986 I got Delta Force. It was a solid game, but for the kinds of one-offs it engendered, it was too detailed and took too long to generate characters. I also, in 1996, finally ran some spacemaster for more than one-shot fights. I got Crime Fighter in 1988, but no one wanted to play cops. [/QUOTE]
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