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Author Topic: Is this some kind of prank? (Dark*Matter D20)  (Read 2247 times)

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Is this some kind of prank? (Dark*Matter D20)
« on: May 15, 2006, 04:30:19 PM »
D20 Darkā€¢Matter?

Could it be true? Wolfgang Baur and Monte Cook don't work for WotC anymore and yet they're listed as authors of the book. They were the authors of the original book. Looks suspiciously like a phony to me.
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 05:25:18 PM »
NEVER trust any Amazon.com product information - Some info gets entered from the strangest sources - some Steve Jackson and Palladium products that were NEVER EVEN WRITTEN (just the title announced) have ended up being input - even showing SALES OF USED PRODUCT - through Amazon's system of sellers.

That said, this looks slightly more legitimate than most those cases, with the big "if" here being that the official WotC page for D20 modern only showing its releases through July at this point. But I wouldn't bet on it being real, either.
 

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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2006, 07:22:42 PM »
On Montes boards he stated he and Baur are only listed because they did the original design, but aren't related to the d20 conversion. I think he neither denied nor affirmed there actually was a conversion.
 

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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2006, 08:10:05 AM »
Who knows? Maybe it's possible. It sure won't be written by Baur and Cook though.
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 04:49:20 PM »
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On Montes boards he stated he and Baur are only listed because they did the original design, but aren't related to the d20 conversion. I think he neither denied nor affirmed there actually was a conversion.
Well, it looks like Baur at least is confirming now. This makes me all tingly inside.

http://hofrat.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-mit-wolfgang-baur.html
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Likewise, Dark*Matter was ham-strung mostly by the Alternity rules set, which never did as well as we hoped it might. The setting itself is still active and will ship as a d20 Modern book later this year. So, I consider that a creative success; very, very few campaign settings ever get a second chance.
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 06:58:07 PM »
How cool is that! You are quoting...my blog :).
Glad you liked the interview.
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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2006, 11:36:11 AM »
So what is Dark Matter?  I wasn't buying games when Alternity came out, so I missed all of those games.
 

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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2006, 12:51:58 PM »
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So what is Dark Matter?  I wasn't buying games when Alternity came out, so I missed all of those games.


Dark*Matter was a modern-day setting which owed a lot to TV shows like the X Files and games like Dark Conspiracy and Delta Green. Very similar in theme to all these, with a dash of Lovecraft here and there. Very pretty book.
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2006, 01:35:46 PM »
That sounds pretty cool.  The new World of Darkness book has that feel -- actually, the fiction in that book hints at a setting a hell of a lot more interesting than the Vampire, Werewolf, and Mages games actually are.  :heh:
 

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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2006, 01:47:04 PM »
I just got my copy of Dark*Matter out of storage in my parent's garage, where it was stored since I moved to California. I like that WotC decided to do a d20 Modern version, though they'll be hard-pressed to make it as pretty as the Alternity book. Anyway, d20 Modern has needed a strong setting/milieu book; Urban Arcana wasn't as bad as many make it out to be, but it was nowhere near as focused and compelling as Dark*Matter. Had they released d20 Dark*Matter instead of Urban Arcana, we might've seen d20 Modern make an even bigger impression than it did.
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« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2006, 03:46:29 PM »
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I just got my copy of Dark*Matter out of storage in my parent's garage, where it was stored since I moved to California. I like that WotC decided to do a d20 Modern version, though they'll be hard-pressed to make it as pretty as the Alternity book. Anyway, d20 Modern has needed a strong setting/milieu book; Urban Arcana wasn't as bad as many make it out to be, but it was nowhere near as focused and compelling as Dark*Matter. Had they released d20 Dark*Matter instead of Urban Arcana, we might've seen d20 Modern make an even bigger impression than it did.
I agree. Although, there's a part of me that would love to see a Star Drive book imediately following Dark Matter. There's no denying DM would've been far more appropriate for core D20 Modern though.
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« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2006, 06:38:17 PM »
Star Drive would be interesting to see for d20 Modern/Future. It's too bad both settings came out so soon before 3e came along. Both had promise, and I see no reason to scrap them just because a new game came along. Especially in the case of d20 Modern, which is more of a toolbox game than one with its own particular milieu (as D&D is). d20 Modern would have benefited from having a few more models of what could be done with it. At least, I think so.
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« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2006, 05:12:36 PM »
This rocks! Dark Matter is my favorite campaign setting to run, Killing Jar is a classic. Heck, most of the baddies and critters from Dark Matter (and Stardrive for that matter) are already in the Modern Menace book.
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2006, 09:43:45 PM »
If/when DM comes out for d20 modern, I'll be buying it. same goes for star drive.
 

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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2006, 08:56:29 AM »
"There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think."