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/
You forgot HARP, by ICE, which sorta looks like it might be Rolemaster Lite or something similar. They still have tons of charts, though... it takes 14 charts to detail the weapon damage possibilities. --Ananda > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
T. M. Neeck wrote: > Have people just run out of new ideas? New ideas are rushed out using d20 rules to make a buck. Steve -- http://www.stevebarr.com "I must have been in the circus" -- My Wife is a Gangster 2 All 100% my own opinions. ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, T. M. Neeck wrote: TMN>Have people just run out of new ideas? Or do we have people who just TMN>have fond memories of what was around when they started, and simply TMN>want to bring them into the 21st Century? I've no clue...in all TMN>honesty, I've been getting so far back into D&D I may even track down TMN>my old haunts and revive my old Gallery. Which would make me no TMN>better or worse, I suppose. Don't laugh. In the course of trying to figure out an alternative to mailing lists (which get thrown out with the spam all too often these days), I considered reviving the Phoenyx' SOUP and QWK packet capabilities... -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
> TMN>Have people just run out of new ideas? Or do we have people who > TMN>just have fond memories of what was around when they started, and > TMN>simply want to bring them into the 21st Century? I've no clue...in > TMN>all honesty, I've been getting so far back into D&D I may even > TMN>track down my old haunts and revive my old Gallery. Which would > TMN>make me no better or worse, I suppose. > > Don't laugh. In the course of trying to figure out an alternative to > mailing lists (which get thrown out with the spam all too often these > days), I considered reviving the Phoenyx' SOUP and QWK packet > capabilities... And just yesterday I read a serious proposal from an acquaintance on creating an RSS <-> NNTP conversion to deal with multiple RSS feeds. -- Michael Feldhusen mike_f@io.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote:
> And just yesterday I read a serious proposal from an acquaintance on
> creating an RSS <-> NNTP conversion to deal with multiple RSS feeds.
Heh... I found it ironic that clients created specifically to read
multiple RSS feeds are called "newsreaders". I could handle an RSS->NNTP
converter... then I could drop bloglines (which I always forget to read)
and get my RSS feeds in Pine.
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: MF>And just yesterday I read a serious proposal from an acquaintance on MF>creating an RSS <-> NNTP conversion to deal with multiple RSS feeds. Hmm. All I'd have to do is pipe the RSS into the Phoenyx software and it'd come out in any format you wanted... -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: > > MF>And just yesterday I read a serious proposal from an acquaintance on > MF>creating an RSS <-> NNTP conversion to deal with multiple RSS feeds. > > Hmm. All I'd have to do is pipe the RSS into the Phoenyx software and > it'd come out in any format you wanted... Great idea, but I'm not holding my breath. . . . -- Michael Feldhusen mike_f@io.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: MF>Great idea, but I'm not holding my breath. . . . Wouldn't be hard, but first you'd have to have a good reason to bother. Well, more specifically, *I'd* have to have one. -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: > > MF>Great idea, but I'm not holding my breath. . . . > > Wouldn't be hard, but first you'd have to have a good reason to bother. > Well, more specifically, *I'd* have to have one. Which is why I'm not waiting for it. -- Michael Feldhusen mike_f@io.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: MF>Which is why I'm not waiting for it. I've been playing around with RSS lately (via the Firefox plugin), but I haven't seen any content I'd be inclined to import into the Phoenyx. I started to play with the Babble perl critter, but it requires Perl 5.8.0 and we've only got 5.6.1 installed in production. I'm figuring outbound RSS will be much more useful, but I could be wrong. -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: > > MF>Which is why I'm not waiting for it. > > I've been playing around with RSS lately (via the Firefox plugin), but I > haven't seen any content I'd be inclined to import into the Phoenyx. I > started to play with the Babble perl critter, but it requires Perl 5.8.0 > and we've only got 5.6.1 installed in production. There may be a few things, I think 10x10 Room and it's ilk might be relevant. And I haven't actually gone *looking* for anything. > I'm figuring outbound RSS will be much more useful, but I could be > wrong. I agree that an outbound feed would be very useful. -- Michael Feldhusen mike_f@io.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Michael Feldhusen wrote: MF>There may be a few things, I think 10x10 Room and it's ilk might be MF>relevant. And I haven't actually gone *looking* for anything. Me neither, other than for stuff to test in Firefox. I have mostly useless stuff (Irregular Webcomic's RSS feed is completely pointless, for example). Cabbages and Kings is sometimes interesting, but I dunno what/where 10x10 Room is. Most stuff seems to roll by faster than I read it (even checking daily), and with no way to detect that it seems kind of b0rken for certain applications... one wouldn't want to read, say, the Fudge List that way. Or much of anything with "bursty" traffic. -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
Hi Mickael Here If you would be so kind can you please unsubcribe me to the non specific or Direct CHCH Gamers Mail as I don't have time to keep up to date with every message so the RE:GM's I read make have little meaning thought I like still like the straight up Notice and Advertisement notices. Cheers Man! M. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > MF>There may be a few things, I think 10x10 Room and it's ilk might be > MF>relevant. And I haven't actually gone *looking* for anything. > > Me neither, other than for stuff to test in Firefox. I have mostly > useless stuff (Irregular Webcomic's RSS feed is completely pointless, for > example). Cabbages and Kings is sometimes interesting, but I dunno > what/where 10x10 Room is. > > Most stuff seems to roll by faster than I read it (even checking daily), > and with no way to detect that it seems kind of b0rken for certain > applications... one wouldn't want to read, say, the Fudge List that way. > Or much of anything with "bursty" traffic. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Michael Marshall wrote: MM>or Direct CHCH Gamers Mail The what? -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
Hi Mickael Here If you would be so kind can you please unsubcribe me to the non specific or Non_Direct CHCH Gamers Mail I still like the straight up Notice and Advertisement notices. Eg Re: Clubs Day Or Re: Saga BBQ Cheers Man! M. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > MF>There may be a few things, I think 10x10 Room and it's ilk might be > MF>relevant. And I haven't actually gone *looking* for anything. > > Me neither, other than for stuff to test in Firefox. I have mostly > useless stuff (Irregular Webcomic's RSS feed is completely pointless, for > example). Cabbages and Kings is sometimes interesting, but I dunno > what/where 10x10 Room is. > > Most stuff seems to roll by faster than I read it (even checking daily), > and with no way to detect that it seems kind of b0rken for certain > applications... one wouldn't want to read, say, the Fudge List that way. > Or much of anything with "bursty" traffic. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
