Major Tom 2009

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Then he'll be positively screwed come November -- when 2012 is (supposed to be) in the theaters. Yes, that crazy German is once more threatening civilization as we know it. Major Tom 2009

Re: Condiment King

Re: TV to rpg Let's see...there's a Battlestar Galactica (new series) RPG currently available, along with a "Quickstart Guide" that offers the PCs the option of either being (A) a group that manages to hook up with Galactica and the Exodus Fleet, ( becoming part of the Resistance on Caprica, or © joining up with another fleet escaping the destruction of the Colonies (finally, a game that actually offers the BSG fan- base that contributes 'second fleet' stories to archives such as FanFiction.net the chance to use their fleet/setting as the basis for a campaign). As far as other TV series that could be adapted for use as an RPG setting, there's the old but short-lived series Fantastic Journey (I think I'm remembering the title correctly). The premise of that particlar show was that there was this huge island hidden within the Bermuda Triangle that was split up into different time zones, separated by dimensional(?) barriers. This had the effect of allowing a PC-type group membership in the main cast which wouldn't have been poss- ible in the outside world: an empath from the 23rd Century with a psychic "tuning fork", a young woman from an advanced human society, a "Dr. Smith" type character (not really evil, just morally challenged; played by Roddy McDowell), and, of course, a few people from our own time (one of whom was a young boy played by Ike Eisenmann -- Scotty's ill-fated nephew in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) who shared a common goal: to find a way off of the island and out of the Triangle, hopefully finding a way back to their own times in the process. Another TV setting that would make for an interesting RPG campaign world is the future world envisioned by Gene Roddenberry in his TV-movies Genesis II and Planet Earth, both of which featured the character of Dylan Hunt (not the Kevin Sorbo version; the original who was portrayed first by Alex Cord and later by John Saxon). Speaking of cartoons that might be adapted for RPG use, I happened to make a bit of a discovery yesterday while YouTubing. I came across some clips from the Flash Gordon animated series from the late 70s/early 80s, and in listening to the dialogue, realized that the same guy who provided the voice for Flash Gordon is the same one who did the voice for Thundarr the Barbarian (I can't remember his name, though). One cartoon that hasn't been mentioned as a possible candidate for an RPG adaptation is that interesting mix of Starships and Six-guns from the 80s, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Major Tom 2009

Re: Video Hits Heh. I can just see something going on with this tape along the same lines as on a particular episode of Crusade: the one where one of Excalibur's crew got what she thought was an empty data crystal from the ship's xenolinguist, only to find out that it was one of his multi-species porno flicks -- which had everyone who watched it performing the Goren Maneuver. Major Tom 2009

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Oops. My bad. Major Tom 2009

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... The scary thing is, I can quite easily picture Rosario Dawson as a half-orc female -- especially after all the years she spent with a lobster on her head in Star Trek: Voyager. Major Tom 2009

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Which will doubtless lead to the inclusion of the following subject in the curriculum of the local super-school: Interior Decorating from Hell 101. Major Tom 2009

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I just got through watching Caprica (pre-Battlestar Galactica, set 58 years prior to the Fall, and definitely before the First Cylon War) earlier today, and it's an interesting lead-in to the upcoming Caprica series in 2010. Major Tom 2009

I found an article about warp drive on the Discovery website today, in which it was suggested that a Star Trek-type warp drive could pose a possible danger by creating a black hole-type phenomenon. Looks like the heirs to the Trek legacy are going to have to go back to the drawing board. Major Tom 2009

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares I remember that episode. The ending was a typically creepy TZ ending, in that when the unit the tank crew belonged to went looking for them, by chance one of the soldiers in the search party happened to look at the memorial with the names of the 7th Cav troopers killed at Little Big Horn -- and saw the names of the missing tankers listed on it. Major Tom 2009

Re: Star Frontiers Conversion Do you plan on including rafflur weapons in your weapons list? (These are the proton weapons that were introduced in the Zebulon's Guide supplement to the Star Frontiers game. According to the description in the book, rafflurs could only use minipowerclips, as trying to use standard full-size powerclips would cause the weapon(s) to explode. In addition, they could only fire a cone/fan-shaped blast -- basically, these things were particle-beam scatterguns.) Major Tom 2009

Re: Shadow Angelus It's been a while since I've been able to post anything on the boards, so I'm sort of behind on questions that I've wanted to ask. Anyway, here's the latest question regarding the SA setting: is there a character archetype that's roughly analgous to the Spartan super-soldier (from the HALO setting) in the game world? Major Tom 2009

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Is this by any chance a reference to the old Ken Berry/Forrest Tucker/Larry Storch comedy F-Troop? Major Tom 2009

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Sounds more like something Captain Jack Sparrow would say...he certainly got more than his fair share of both in those flicks (). Major Tom 2009