tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post3130590726174182376..comments2024-03-25T21:52:03.310-05:00Comments on Hill Cantons: This is the Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone...Mayday, Mayday ...Chris Kutalikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-59279001519030370322023-10-20T21:32:27.342-05:002023-10-20T21:32:27.342-05:00Wargamers Digest, man. Before I ran into D&D i...Wargamers Digest, man. Before I ran into D&D in 1978 I was wargaming kinda LOL and subscribed. I think I found a collection of them online a few years ago.Chris Plambeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158558378464043598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-25742785839029193372014-07-28T12:57:38.206-05:002014-07-28T12:57:38.206-05:00Stay alert! Trust no one! And keep your laser hand...Stay alert! Trust no one! And keep your laser handy!ewokalypsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414000228540436825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-24924455162890425952014-06-13T14:59:08.835-05:002014-06-13T14:59:08.835-05:00I'm late to the game with this one, but I was ...I'm late to the game with this one, but I was always partial to:<br /><br />"Watch your back, shoot straight, and never deal with a dragon."Fr Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737890156073976423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-85634936406202080412014-04-15T13:21:06.907-05:002014-04-15T13:21:06.907-05:00Twilight: 2000Twilight: 2000Elderachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472991994880918600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-49500350917604043262011-05-06T12:14:23.214-05:002011-05-06T12:14:23.214-05:00"Good luck - you're on your own.""Good luck - you're on your own."Mack Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188439184400961414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-78284354880469780912011-05-05T19:19:31.364-05:002011-05-05T19:19:31.364-05:00"It's a either a +3 backscratcher, or it ..."It's a either a +3 backscratcher, or it allows a magic-user to cast all of the various Bigby's Hand spells... So far we're not sure which.C'nor (Outermost_Toe)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01580315916281876117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-58878386993729735502011-05-03T11:27:23.106-05:002011-05-03T11:27:23.106-05:00"It's a great new fantasy role-playing ga..."It's a great new fantasy role-playing game. We pretend we're workers and students in an industrialized and technological society."Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-22763606486982799592011-05-02T14:57:34.426-05:002011-05-02T14:57:34.426-05:00@Desert Scribe
There are an amazing number of ten-...@Desert Scribe<br />There are an amazing number of ten-dollar words I learnt from rpgs back in the day (along with things like probabilities and bell-curves). That would make a fun post. <br /><br />@Phf<br />I had no idea Wargamers Digest did fantasy coverage, let alone anything having to do with Tekumel. My obsession with historical minis pre-dates my rpg one by about a year. My dad bought me copies of WD in 1979, but by that time they were completely historical in focus.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-80418805994595078342011-05-02T12:24:40.328-05:002011-05-02T12:24:40.328-05:00I wish that I'd gotten into a good game of Tra...I wish that I'd gotten into a good game of Traveller with a competent GM. Alas, my first experience with it was a con game that remains one of my worst gaming sessions, lifetime.DocStouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239520630901083975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-67541569247903503672011-05-02T00:26:00.943-05:002011-05-02T00:26:00.943-05:00It kinda seems like RPGs are a bit weak in the tag...It kinda seems like RPGs are a bit weak in the tag line department, the Beowulf mayday really seems to be the most memorable...compare to films and TV:<br /><br />"In space noone can hear you scream."<br />"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." <br />"Soylent Green is people."<br />"You god damn dirty ape...damn you all to hell!"<br />"We have the technology to build the world's first bionic man."<br />"These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise..."<br />"We want information...You are Number Six...I am not a number; I am a free man!"The Drunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292082916107221498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-29754708598547365732011-05-02T00:17:17.983-05:002011-05-02T00:17:17.983-05:00The Beowulf bit is still the strongest thing to me...The Beowulf bit is still the strongest thing to me, but "I know the Shakespearian bit about a 'sea-change'!" (DMG p.99) is another one. It got me thinking about how things we understand to be true now were not always so, and how those things helped make up the feel of a fantasy world of the sort portrayed in D&D and many other fantasy RPGs. Thinking about it has also helped me consider the ways that cultural differences can make for a very different understanding of the world.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-32444778659939631632011-05-01T23:12:53.664-05:002011-05-01T23:12:53.664-05:00Dave, get the barbarian in the corner a drink, qui...Dave, get the barbarian in the corner a drink, quick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-69962268803868110132011-05-01T22:07:29.898-05:002011-05-01T22:07:29.898-05:00"A person can be destroyed by a traumatic exp..."A person can be destroyed by a traumatic experience... or can rise above it to become a person whose strengths are defined and proven by the refinement of suffering, through acceptance and growth." -Changeling: the Lost NWOD<br /><br />Those two quotes from Changeling really grabbed me, and they seem to rise above a mere RPG product.Samwise7https://www.blogger.com/profile/14296829227652295385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-53333721285724560982011-05-01T22:03:38.991-05:002011-05-01T22:03:38.991-05:00"As someone once said, that which does not ki..."As someone once said, that which does not kill us makes us stranger as well as stronger, and the changes wrought upon us by the traumas we have suffered leave a mark that is both a reminder of pain and a badge of honor, the proof of survival, the ability to truly understand the sufferings of others." -Changeling: the Lost NWODSamwise7https://www.blogger.com/profile/14296829227652295385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-89441800931542081972011-05-01T20:07:56.342-05:002011-05-01T20:07:56.342-05:00Ahhh, the Traveller Mayday call. Did you have to ...Ahhh, the Traveller Mayday call. Did you have to start with the best? :)<br /><br />There is one from Mekton Zeta that I couldn't shake if I wanted to.<br /><br />"And that's how your father and I met, dear."Glenn Jupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980873468634108886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-71917513756594478522011-05-01T15:01:35.301-05:002011-05-01T15:01:35.301-05:00Mayday... yes that's Traveller - in a nutshell...Mayday... yes that's Traveller - in a nutshell. This one did not only draw me in to Traveller, but actually into role playing in general.<br /><br />Words sometimes can be just as strong as a good cover image :-)Jaap de Goedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08554247766752846375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-64181717358942236102011-05-01T12:40:22.338-05:002011-05-01T12:40:22.338-05:00On the frivolous side, there were so many little q...On the frivolous side, there were so many little quotes and snippets from Dragon magazine that became intertwined with my DNA...<br /><br />"Forsooth Fantasysmith!"<br /><br />"There are no saving throws in school."<br /><br />"Valley elf... Valley elf..."<br /><br />"Could you repeat that in Auld Wormish?"<br /><br />"Look honey, he's got his first hit die!"<br /><br />"They call me Bes."Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-36273500487276118992011-05-01T12:32:05.477-05:002011-05-01T12:32:05.477-05:00"Give me what I ask and Kerunan will wear Bla..."Give me what I ask and Kerunan will wear Black again!" General Vreshsheqmu of Salarvya<br /><br />From the "Battle of Ry" account by MAR Barker, Wargamer's Digest, March 1976phfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500880186402356662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-74748077406655741072011-05-01T11:45:04.973-05:002011-05-01T11:45:04.973-05:00Heh. As soon as I read the post title, I know you...Heh. As soon as I read the post title, I know you were referring to <i>Traveller</i>.<br /><br />The only other quote I can think of off the top of my head is the subtitle of the <i>Fiend Folio</i>: "Tome of creatures malevolent and benign." When I first got the book, I had to look those adjectives up, so I eneded up learning a couple of new words. To this day, whenever I see the word "malevolent," I still picture that blue FF cover with the image of the githyanki.Desert Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862907749003106864noreply@blogger.com