[TML] Just a heads up link about computers and the newdirection of D&D

Azalais Aranxta tiamat at tsoft.com
Tue Apr 15 17:56:53 MDT 2008


On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Jerry W Barrington wrote:

> On 4/15/08 11:57 AM, "Bruce Johnson" <johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> > Maybe I just hung out with a bunch of tinkerers, but it never wedded
> > me to any given mechanism, so I don't get all rantish at new rulesets.
> > Jeez, why bother...find what you like and keep it, toss out what you
> > don't like...it's YOUR game, after all, not theirs. It's not like
> > you're in tournament play or something.

I often stuck with old systems I liked even after they stopped
releasing new stuff for them.  Why not?  If it ain't broke...

> Yeah, me & my best friends were both tinkers, and did most of the GMing.
> I'm seriously leaning towards Chaosium's BRP (Cthulhu, Runquest, etc.).
> They have a new edition coming out soon that is supposed to gather together
> the best ideas from decades of BRP, and many rules will be optional.  I
> still like that system.

I loved that system.

I ran a game in CoC for years and years.  It basically was my
personal magickal steampunk 'verse, with occasional visits from
the Great Old Ones to keep it legit.

~malfoy :)

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