Xref: utzoo rec.games.misc:12005 comp.sys.mac.games:1700 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!apple!olivea!samsung!crackers!m2c!umvlsi!dime!sandy From: sandy@snoopy.cs.umass.edu (& Wise) Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: RPG opinions (was Re: Programmer...) Message-ID: Date: 5 Nov 90 22:12:18 GMT References: (cross-listed to rec.games.misc) <1990Nov3.234058.23166@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <1990Nov5.203953.15790@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu Followup-To: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.mac.games Organization: Organization? I thought entropy would take care of that... Lines: 18 In-reply-to: conty@cbnewsl.att.com's message of 5 Nov 90 20:39:53 GMT > Me, I'd love to see a CRPG based on turn-of-the-century science and > adventure fiction (Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, > etc). I haven't played the Space 1889 RPG, but it sounds similar. I recently saw a review of a CRPG based on the GDW's _Traveller_ mechanics, and world (the game occurs just before the Fifth Frontier War, for those knowledgable about Imperium history). Apparently, the same company has a _Space 1889_ game... I think the article was in "Computer Gaming" magazine... /s -- Alexander Erskine Wise /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Software Development Laboratory /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ WISE@CS.UMASS.EDU /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\ This situation calls for large amounts of unadulterated CHOCOLATE! /\/\/\