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I just stumbled into a cache of really old games...

Started by Abyssal Maw, June 22, 2007, 10:48:38 PM

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enelson

#15
June 23, 2007, 09:56:52 AM
Melee, Wizard and ITL is all you need.

Advanced Melee and Advanced Wizard offers additional rules that I didn't like but I like simplicity and speed in games.

Another option for your Melee/Wizard fix is Dark City Games (http://www.darkcitygames.com). They have produced a free downloadable  set of rules (Legends of the Ancient World) that are 99% compatible with Melee/Wizard. This ruleset powers their series of Programmed Adventures (solo games). Quick and easy to play. Plus they were a great bunch to meet at GenCon last year.

Thanks!

Eric
 

arminius

#16
June 23, 2007, 11:41:02 AM
AM, Advanced Melee & Advanced Wizard are a bit hard to "get" IMO without the basic versions. You can use the basic versions plus ITL and have a complete RP game.

Most of the adventures are good to great.

I didn't know this guy was selling without having the rights. But he clearly doesn't have the rights to the Metagaming stuff, nobody could possibly (except Howard Thompson) without it being fairly big news.

There's a web site out there with nearly all of the TFT stuff on PDF for free. It's not hard to find.

PS. with Metagaming, later editions are always better. They never horribilized their stuff, they just fixed typos and tweaked broken rules into perfection. (E.g. in original Ogre, heavy tanks had a speed of 2 and GEVs moved 4*4 IIRC, and those quickly led to game-breaking strategies. Next printing/edition upped heavy tanks to speed 3 and GEVs to 4*3, and it's stayed that way forever.)

Pierce Inverarity

#17
June 23, 2007, 12:08:25 PM
I feel guilty, for IIRC it was I who spread that link to begin with. The site did look legit, if slightly odd.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Abyssal Maw

#18
June 23, 2007, 12:26:45 PM
Quote from: Pierce InverarityI feel guilty, for IIRC it was I who spread that link to begin with. The site did look legit, if slightly odd.

I totally thought it was too!

Well, if I can find The Fantasy Trip somewheres else, maybe that will do. I also found a really great Dragonquest community.

Edit: found it:
http://www.jgimmigration.com/tft/TFTdownloads.htm
Download Secret Santicore! (10MB). I painted the cover :)

Koltar

#19
June 23, 2007, 01:08:53 PM
Quote from: Abyssal MawI totally thought it was too!

Well, if I can find The Fantasy Trip somewheres else, maybe that will do. I also found a really great Dragonquest community.

Edit: found it:
http://www.jgimmigration.com/tft/TFTdownloads.htm

 You might have an easier time getting TFT from Crazy Egor's used Games booth at Gen*con. (thats the actual name of the guy's booth)
 I think Egor has a website - but I KINOW they are much more hones and will search for things if you ask them to .

Since Melee and Wizard are almost the unacknowledged grandparents of GURPS - I'd love to get a copy of them myself someday. Almost did when I was 13 - now I wish I had.

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jrients

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June 23, 2007, 02:00:55 PM
Quote from: SettembriniSo my fiery dragon annyversary extravaganza doesn´t have the right geek credentials?

As far as I can tell, no.  But that wouldn't stop T&T7 from being awesome, would it?
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TheShadow

#21
June 23, 2007, 07:40:59 PM
Quote from: SettembriniSo my fiery dragon annyversary extravaganza doesn´t have the right geek credentials?

Well, it's written by Ken St Andre, so the geek cred doesn't get much better...and it's a good game. But 5/5.5 is the Grognard's Choice if you have to choose one version of T&T.

TheShadow
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