A little late for Friday, but... Is it my imagination, or is there something in the water at game companies lately? Last year we had D&D 3.5. There's a new Gamma World, a new Tekumel game imminent, and a new version of Paranoia on the way. Steve Jackson Games announced GURPS 4th this week; GOO likewise announced Big Eyes, Small Mouth 3rd. The Conan license lives again, while the World of Darkness is getting closed out and reincarnated. Even the likes of FUDGE and The Game Formerly Known As Runequest seem to be undergoing renewal of late... It's like there's some sort of "take the new ideas and revamp them" bug going around. In some cases it's inevitable, especially where systems have gotten old and creaky and need the work, but at the rate things are going, I fully expect new versions of Star Frontiers, Jorune, and the Fantastic Phantasmagorical Monty Haul Dungeon to be announced by year's end. (OK, maybe not Star Frontiers...) Have people just run out of new ideas? Or do we have people who just have fond memories of what was around when they started, and simply want to bring them into the 21st Century? I've no clue...in all honesty, I've been getting so far back into D&D I may even track down my old haunts and revive my old Gallery. Which would make me no better or worse, I suppose. Sigh. Oh well. At least they aren't remaking Magnum P.I. into a movie...oh, wait...nevermind... ---Darth Stomper-- ------Dark Chairman of S.I.T.H.------ Alternate Historian, Philosopher, Crackpot "Now with 25% less .sig file"---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
