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From: req@warwick.UUCP (Russell Quin)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Traveller stuff
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 21:07:58 EDT
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In article <319@cstvax.UUCP> db@cstvax.UUCP (Dave Berry) writes:
>In article <10800002@orstcs.UUCP> richardt@orstcs.UUCP (richardt) writes:
>> [...] The thing you need to remember is that Traveller is very similar to
>>original D & D.  The purpose of the rules is to provide a basic system, NOT to
>>provide an all-inclusive set of regulations.  (Semantic weighting intended)
>> [...]

> [...] it only takes one player knowing more than you about a particular area
> to make the suspension of disbelief much harder to achieve.
> [...]
>It would also be useful if SF games, & quite possibly fantasy games, included
>sections on ecology, biology, diseases etc.  Many games don't even give any
>systems for overland movement or weather!!  This isn't open-ended,
>it's needlessly incomplete.
>	Dave Berry. CS postgrad, Univ. of Edinburgh		
>					...mcvax!ukc!{hwcs,kcl-cs}!cstvax!db

What *SHOULD* they include?  For example, it would be useful in some games to
know how far a horse can go, what it eats, and for how long it needs to graze.
I considered writing a sort of "GM/Campaign-master's Handbook" giving some
details & references, but it's just too difficult.  One could try keeping an
Encyclopedia Britannica around, but it's expensive & bulky.
Thoughts, anyone?
		- R
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