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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: "Ringworld" from the Choasium : impressions?
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 12:42:05 EST
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I haven't played the game (I can't get our local group to play anything
except AD&D -- so what else is new?), but I do have a copy.  Ringworld seems
consistent with the rest of Chaosium's products, meaning very good.  The
different gizmos are very interesting and apparently very well-developed.
Like most of Chaosium's RPGs, Ringworld is skill-driven, meaning that
instead of the terribly dumb "character classes" of AD&D (in which, for
instance, a thief who never climbs walls is just as good at it as someone
who does it every day), each character gets good at those things he or she
actually does.  This leads to much more individualized characters and better
role-playing.  Most everything from Known Space that is relevant to play is
included, including luck.

Bad points: The game is more restricted in scope than I would necessarily
like.  That is, it is geared very much towards adventuring parties exploring
the Ringworld, and you may encounter gaps when you try to play scenarios set
elsewhere in Known Space (or outside).  The referee should be able to fill
in most of the gaps on the fly in such situations, but it's still a bother.
-=-
Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center
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