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<blockquote data-quote="jeff37923" data-source="post: 3358101" data-attributes="member: 26008"><p>The Traveller Saga</p><p>by Douglas & Kirsten Berry</p><p>music: "American Pie" by Don McLean</p><p></p><p></p><p>A long, long time ago,</p><p>I can still remember how the first game stirred my soul</p><p>Known Space on the StarForce map</p><p>A fist of stolen dice and that</p><p>Was all it took to make my dreams take flight</p><p></p><p>Every weekend at the game store</p><p>With my ten hard-earned bucks to buy more</p><p>Now twenty years have flown past</p><p>With wars and life and mishaps</p><p>I know I'm not that wide-eyed teen</p><p>But I still look up and I still dream</p><p>Whatever comes I do believe</p><p>I still will play this game</p><p></p><p>(Chorus)</p><p>So bye bye, I'm goin' Travellin' tonight</p><p>The rules set may be changing</p><p>But the concept's all right</p><p>And it lets me travel through the stars and through time</p><p>Saying: Gonna play this game 'til I die</p><p>Gonna play this game 'til I die</p><p></p><p>Do you remember when CT</p><p>Was only Books 1,2, and 3</p><p>and a homespun setting that you wrote</p><p>Do you recall Bill and Andrew Keith</p><p>Early FASA and JG</p><p>All the products out to help us play</p><p>And slowly the Imperium came to light</p><p>With enemies for us to fight</p><p>Then in Supplement 3</p><p>We met the Zhodani</p><p>It was a glorious time of change and growth</p><p>And we couldn't ever get enough</p><p>So we sat down and wrote our own stuff</p><p>And I still played this game</p><p></p><p>I told my mother...</p><p>(Chorus)</p><p></p><p>Then came some folks called DGP</p><p>About as passionate as you or me</p><p>About this universe we'd made</p><p>They filled in all the holes and cracks</p><p>They fixed some rules, they wrote a patch</p><p>And changed the way the game was played</p><p>But GDW had a plan</p><p>Strephon died at an assassin's hand</p><p>The Imperium fell to war</p><p>Much worse than before</p><p>And in '87 we got MT</p><p>To play through this galactic catastrophe</p><p>But the new rules didn't mean much to me</p><p>'cause I still played the game</p><p></p><p>I told my girlfriend.</p><p>(Chorus)</p><p></p><p>For six years, we played through Hard Times</p><p>While pretenders fled and planets died</p><p>And we wondered how it all would end</p><p>Then we got the horrid news</p><p>about a Virus that would use</p><p>any means to kill humaniti</p><p>TNE made its bright debut</p><p>While the Old Timers hissed and booed</p><p>Much dissent was spoken</p><p>The TML was broken!</p><p>And while X-Boat waxed on days gone by</p><p>GDW up and died</p><p>The hard core fans sent up a cry</p><p>They can't have killed our game</p><p></p><p>They told their children...</p><p>(Chorus)</p><p></p><p>Then Marc Miller took back control</p><p>And promised Traveller like we had before</p><p>But did they try to push too fast?</p><p>For T4 was a sorry mess</p><p>Barely edited and the rest</p><p>Of the releases, well they didn't shine much more</p><p>The authors grumbled we've not been paid</p><p>Imperium Games quietly sped away</p><p>Then Loren brought our reprieve</p><p>A deal with Evil Steve</p><p>A return to all those Classic themes</p><p>Of hard-sf and future dreams</p><p>It may be GURPS, but what the beans?</p><p>I still will play this game</p><p></p><p>We'll tell our grandkids...</p><p>(Chorus)</p><p></p><p>(slowly)</p><p>Now twenty years and more have past</p><p> From first edition to the last</p><p>But the setting is the game to me</p><p>I went down to my local store</p><p>Where I bought the first books years before</p><p>But that store now is part of history</p><p>And nowadays the kids play Magic</p><p>Glitterboys or Vampires tragic</p><p>No more the sound of parties-</p><p>Instead, the hum of PCs</p><p>And books for which I once did lust</p><p>Sit on the shelf collecting dust</p><p>But I have them and that's enough</p><p>For still, I play this game</p><p></p><p>(Chorus, slowly)</p><p></p><p>(Chorus)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeff37923, post: 3358101, member: 26008"] The Traveller Saga by Douglas & Kirsten Berry music: "American Pie" by Don McLean A long, long time ago, I can still remember how the first game stirred my soul Known Space on the StarForce map A fist of stolen dice and that Was all it took to make my dreams take flight Every weekend at the game store With my ten hard-earned bucks to buy more Now twenty years have flown past With wars and life and mishaps I know I'm not that wide-eyed teen But I still look up and I still dream Whatever comes I do believe I still will play this game (Chorus) So bye bye, I'm goin' Travellin' tonight The rules set may be changing But the concept's all right And it lets me travel through the stars and through time Saying: Gonna play this game 'til I die Gonna play this game 'til I die Do you remember when CT Was only Books 1,2, and 3 and a homespun setting that you wrote Do you recall Bill and Andrew Keith Early FASA and JG All the products out to help us play And slowly the Imperium came to light With enemies for us to fight Then in Supplement 3 We met the Zhodani It was a glorious time of change and growth And we couldn't ever get enough So we sat down and wrote our own stuff And I still played this game I told my mother... (Chorus) Then came some folks called DGP About as passionate as you or me About this universe we'd made They filled in all the holes and cracks They fixed some rules, they wrote a patch And changed the way the game was played But GDW had a plan Strephon died at an assassin's hand The Imperium fell to war Much worse than before And in '87 we got MT To play through this galactic catastrophe But the new rules didn't mean much to me 'cause I still played the game I told my girlfriend. (Chorus) For six years, we played through Hard Times While pretenders fled and planets died And we wondered how it all would end Then we got the horrid news about a Virus that would use any means to kill humaniti TNE made its bright debut While the Old Timers hissed and booed Much dissent was spoken The TML was broken! And while X-Boat waxed on days gone by GDW up and died The hard core fans sent up a cry They can't have killed our game They told their children... (Chorus) Then Marc Miller took back control And promised Traveller like we had before But did they try to push too fast? For T4 was a sorry mess Barely edited and the rest Of the releases, well they didn't shine much more The authors grumbled we've not been paid Imperium Games quietly sped away Then Loren brought our reprieve A deal with Evil Steve A return to all those Classic themes Of hard-sf and future dreams It may be GURPS, but what the beans? I still will play this game We'll tell our grandkids... (Chorus) (slowly) Now twenty years and more have past From first edition to the last But the setting is the game to me I went down to my local store Where I bought the first books years before But that store now is part of history And nowadays the kids play Magic Glitterboys or Vampires tragic No more the sound of parties- Instead, the hum of PCs And books for which I once did lust Sit on the shelf collecting dust But I have them and that's enough For still, I play this game (Chorus, slowly) (Chorus) [/QUOTE]
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