Quote from: Levi Kornelsen;422691Clash makes good games.

*You* make awesome games, Levi! How you always come up with these tiny clockwork jewels staggers me.

QuoteI swear, every time I run one, I meet another handful of things that cause me to raise an eyebrow.   The number of times I've thought an ability was rough  and found out it played smoothly and naturally is ridiculous.

I owe that to my ridiculously awesome group, who pry at new system things like hyper-intelligent monkeys on meth - pure gleefully innocent destructive mayhem! - until the rough spots are worn away. It has very little to do with design, and much to do with being a pebble in a tsunami.

QuoteIt's always odd to me that he doesn't have a much larger, more active fan base.

Are you saying my fans are stunted and slothful? :O

Are you saying I *HAVE* a fan base?

It doesn't surprise me at all. People have different tastes, and my games apparently appeal to a small, close-knit group of dignified philosophers, who quietly discuss the finer points of StarPool vs StarNova over dinners of wine, figs and grapes with their close, personal, philosopher friends. That is my personal delusion, anyway. I've built it up brick by brick out of quiet desperation and sheer willpower over the years, and I'm sticking to it.

-clash

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;422692We had a blast.

Thanks, Brendan! We all loved the Mafia game - especially the Boston references, which were just wonderful fun for us!

-clash

I really need to find time to finish my review of SC3. That thing is like four games in one, it's insane. In a good way.

Quote from: flyingmice;422701Thanks, Brendan! We all loved the Mafia game - especially the Boston references, which were just wonderful fun for us!

-clash

We doing a complete guide right now. Will include the real Boston/Rhode Island Mafia: The Patriarca Family.

Quote from: Insufficient Metal;422703I really need to find time to finish my review of SC3. That thing is like four games in one, it's insane. In a good way.

I agree! And In Harm's Way: StarCluster, the military version of SC3 - is just as insane, and just as big. Using them together gives you a four by four Matrix of Madness, or sixteen times the insanity for just twice the dead weight! Nothing is more efficient at promoting healthy San loss.

-clash

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;422706We doing a complete guide right now. Will include the real Boston/Rhode Island Mafia: The Patriarca Family.

Too sweet!

-clash

I going to kill two birds with one stone and just say this: Clash, you talked to me a little bit about what you intend to do with Outremer, and I can't wait to be able to lay eyes on this thing. I think your heart and mind are in the right place, when it comes to game design.

You keep doing what you're doing, mate. You're a good guy.

Quote from: Benoist;422721I going to kill two birds with one stone and just say this: Clash, you talked to me a little bit about what you intend to do with Outremer, and I can't wait to be able to lay eyes on this thing. I think your heart and mind are in the right place, when it comes to game design.

You keep doing what you're doing, mate. You're a good guy.

Thanks, Benoist! You too!

-clash

Does my heart good to see this thread.  Both StarCluster 3 and In Harm's Way are nothing short of amazing games. :hatsoff:

Quote from: Zachary The First;423239Does my heart good to see this thread.  Both StarCluster 3 and In Harm's Way are nothing short of amazing games. :hatsoff:

Thanks, Zachary!

-clash

Example of FM games rocking: Starcluster 3, it is the best SF game I've seen for "Here are tools to make a bad ass universe and play in it."

I get confused because of its layout/organization which could be better, other than that it really is worth its weight in gold for an SF gamer.

Quote from: Silverlion;423454Example of FM games rocking: Starcluster 3, it is the best SF game I've seen for "Here are tools to make a bad ass universe and play in it."

I get confused because of its layout/organization which could be better, other than that it really is worth its weight in gold for an SF gamer.

Oh, absolutely.  It's an amazing toolkit, between all the creation bits and the different resolution systems included.

To me, the original In Harm's Way is still my favourite of all of Clash's products, its brilliant.

Unless of course we're counting FtA!, then IHW is only my 2nd favorite...

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Quote from: Zachary The First;423469Oh, absolutely.  It's an amazing toolkit, between all the creation bits and the different resolution systems included.

Thank you, Zach and Tim! Next year I hope to see the first fruits of opening up the SC3 platform for development. Both Society of Night - a vampire game - and Look! Up in the Sky! - a supers game - are in development by third parties, using SC3 as a platform.

-clash

Quote from: RPGPundit;423592To me, the original In Harm's Way is still my favourite of all of Clash's products, its brilliant.

Unless of course we're counting FtA!, then IHW is only my 2nd favorite...

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The original In Harm's Way was first on my bucket list of Games To Design Before I Die. The second, The Tools of Ignorance, is in development. The list represents games I passionately wanted to make, no matter whether or not there is any real market for them. There surprisingly was a market for IHW, but I doubt very much that there is much of any for ToI.

-clash