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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1977159" data-attributes="member: 3649"><p>On second thought, I should not dump this on Jaquays head. I have no idea if it was his idea or not, since I wasn't looking over his shoulder or anything. He's listed as the editor but there were at least two other writers on that book.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, it was this blurb in the introduction (?) to <em>Central Casting: Heroes Now</em> which stated that the Central Casting books were going to be the 'op-ed' of gaming. Then it went into some brief political discussion of the sort no-one wants to get into here. The only changes in the gaming section of the book were some rather choice turns of phrase. Otherwise it was 99% the same as the other CC books at that point. I still use it from time to time to jumpstart ideas on modern characters; the job lists are great for things like that. I have the book somewhere around and could dig it up if anyone wants the exact quotes and stuff; you can PM me or take it to email.</p><p> </p><p>I know that there were at least a couple more books in the series but I don't think they dealt specifically with characters, nor if Jaquays was involved in them or not.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, said choice phrasing was enough to put me off any further purchases of the line or Task Force Games, when they still existed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 1977159, member: 3649"] On second thought, I should not dump this on Jaquays head. I have no idea if it was his idea or not, since I wasn't looking over his shoulder or anything. He's listed as the editor but there were at least two other writers on that book. Anyway, it was this blurb in the introduction (?) to [i]Central Casting: Heroes Now[/i] which stated that the Central Casting books were going to be the 'op-ed' of gaming. Then it went into some brief political discussion of the sort no-one wants to get into here. The only changes in the gaming section of the book were some rather choice turns of phrase. Otherwise it was 99% the same as the other CC books at that point. I still use it from time to time to jumpstart ideas on modern characters; the job lists are great for things like that. I have the book somewhere around and could dig it up if anyone wants the exact quotes and stuff; you can PM me or take it to email. I know that there were at least a couple more books in the series but I don't think they dealt specifically with characters, nor if Jaquays was involved in them or not. Anyway, said choice phrasing was enough to put me off any further purchases of the line or Task Force Games, when they still existed. [/QUOTE]
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