tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post197506474940823359..comments2024-03-27T10:43:30.532+00:00Comments on Known World, Old World: Munch BunchAndy Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-71218194007354358572011-03-16T22:26:39.244+00:002011-03-16T22:26:39.244+00:00The Metropolitan Police? The late 1970s/early 1980...The Metropolitan Police? The late 1970s/early 1980s Metropolitan Police? Surely not...Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-18170364112814526662011-03-16T22:05:29.937+00:002011-03-16T22:05:29.937+00:00I remember thinking at the time that the GUARDS th...I remember thinking at the time that the GUARDS thing was quite clever but looking back at it now... was the young Mr. Jackson in the habit of attracting the wrong sort of attention from the Metropolitan Police? It certainly reads that way.Coopdevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219253658967958289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-79940943299946779132011-03-16T20:13:30.559+00:002011-03-16T20:13:30.559+00:00Also, while I know that Fighting Fantasy gamebooks...Also, while I know that Fighting Fantasy gamebooks are for 'young adults', I'm coming to feel that there is something markedly more 'juvenile' about the sci-fi books. Perhaps it is the artwork - in fact, I think that is a large part of it - but the sci-fi FF books often leave me with a Choose Your Own Adventure aftertaste, while I can taste hints of early Warhammer in some of the fantasy books.Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-81932747556209300822011-03-16T20:10:55.557+00:002011-03-16T20:10:55.557+00:00Coop - the succession of very different encounters...Coop - the succession of very different encounters was what I had remembered fondly, and is what I'm thinking of with regard to a episodic sandbox game - a succession of single location, single game session encounters/adventures, that, in the process of rolling them up on a Gygaxian table, build the world.<br /><br />This read-through of Starship Traveller probably disappointed due to the fact that I managed to visit three planets, only one of which was interesting.Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-13444417640752879152011-03-16T20:07:13.287+00:002011-03-16T20:07:13.287+00:00Zhu - Perhaps that is *especially* so for space ad...Zhu - Perhaps that is *especially* so for space adventures, as you don't just have the unbounded nature of the environment (which involves exploring several planets and trillions of *cubic* miles of space vs. a few tens of *square* miles of jungle/desert/Island of the Lizard King), but you also have the greatly increased power (vs the physical universe, at least) of the 'adventurer' - a member of a tremendously advanced society in command of a vehicle capable of inter-stellar travel (and that's just for starters: transporter beams, medi-bays, replicators... etc.).Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-77185455392628134062011-03-16T19:09:00.557+00:002011-03-16T19:09:00.557+00:00I find myself liking ST despite the fact that A - ...I find myself liking ST despite the fact that A - it isn't very good, B - I hate Star Trek with a passion and C - the end game of adding three arbitary values together with no clue given as to which of the three was wrong nor how many of them were wrong is monstrously unfair and what we would now call "cheap".<br /><br />Perhaps it's because I actually found the individual planet encounters to be quite interesting.<br /><br />Isn't this the FF book that it is possible to complete without a single die roll? Or am I thinking of something else?Coopdevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219253658967958289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-27890808774602703132011-03-16T16:32:47.626+00:002011-03-16T16:32:47.626+00:00In the boundless expanse of infinite space there i...In the boundless expanse of infinite space there is only turn to 157.<br /><br />I have long held a half-baked theory that the restricted, confined space of a dungeon make it the perfect location for a game-book, whereas environments that offer limitless choice (space, deserts, the wilderness) often feel somewhat lacklustre. <br /><br />And that's why Starship Traveller sucks :-)zhu bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004498036257289234noreply@blogger.com