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Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? This looks like a job for QuestionMan! IM him and see if he can find something. I tried 'urban neglect' 'building deterioration neglect' and 'urban deterioration' but only got what appeared to be very boring references that I wouldn't want to wish on anyone.

Re: Steam Trek the Motion picture... video Ah... I just thought it was just another silly thing. And now for something completely different.

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Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? I think that we'd all appreciate you giving this a shot. Certainly you have a pile of books around you that will get you into the 'loosely informed' mode and us GMs would certainly appreciate any help we can get on the matter. Certainly a table or two based on relative consumable logevity would go a long way in order to play the genre up to its fullest potential. It really is a big part of the genre and worthy of mention. Didn't we all gasp when Mad Max's shotgun shell fizzled out at the dramatic apex of 'Road Warrior'??? So thanks for considering adding these things!

Re: Steam Trek the Motion picture... video Brilliant. Why is Sootie a teddy bear? The target-on-the-shirt thing is great. The pie-fight is also great. Why doesn't she just kick the bomb away? (Oh I know, she's just a woman) That piano score is brilliant too. I should be ashamed of myself for laughing at these things...

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Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? I think there should be a distinction between what constitutes a 'Post-Apocalypse' game and a game with a 'Post-Apocalypse Backdrop'. I think that 'The Matrix' and 'Judge Dread' (in the MegaCities at least) fall into the latter. I wouldn't want to see good page space committed to this backdrop outside of a blurb or two. The two cited examples could easily be put into Cyberpunk/Dark Champions as is. Where the action takes place outside of the Matrix or the MegaCities could easily be adapted to the upcoming PAH rules. I would think that the concensus for the genre would be a world where chaos rules the day, danger lurks everywhere (PC and NPC alike), the environment is the enemy (radiation, wild weather, crumbling cities), resources are limited, the strongest survive only as long as the smartest don't get the drop on them and the stand-by trope of 'everything new is old again' regarding technology. When the Apocalyptic Event is just the backdrop where only a fraction of the action occurs (even Zion proper could be considered DH/Cyberpunk) then it's not the true Post-Apocalyptic genre IMO. Of course I must stress that IMO part. At first blush I would certainly consider both Judge Dredd and the Matrix as Post-Apocalyptic genre, even other literature I read complies with this alignment, but for the book at hand we are talking about page space and personally I would like to see a differentiation with only a quick mention of what games only use PA as a plot device and not as a gaming environment.

Re: Terran Empire Starships: Game Play I remember Star Fleet Battles used to be like this, but what really sped things up were the equivalent of a Hit Location chart. If you hit the bridge, for example, you had a chance of knocking out a major system such as targeting or navigation. I can't recall if this is the same way for AW/TE though. Too sick today to actually look it up. Geez, just remembering Star Fleet Battles brings back some fond memories. What a fun game! (and I'm not even a Trekkie)

Re: New Density Question Aww. Beat me to it. This seems to be the only weight-affecting power in the toolbox. I'd agree with this way too. The -2 for the 'Shrink Mass Only' seems a little steep though, I'd go with -1 personally.

Re: Turakian Almanac (non-official) UPDATED! Now enriched with the NPCs found in Nobles, Knights and Necromancers based off of location and other sortable fields. Still haven't gotten to Mhoracia though... Now, since my last attempt to storing it locally as a .zip file was met with mixed results, just send me an email (ronald_miller@hotmail.com) and I'll send it to you directly. As always, let me know what you think. Also if you want to contribute I won't complain!

Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? This should get that ol' Fallout feeling going again: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/teaser.html The Fallout franchise has taken some undeserved hits and delays but in terms of post-apocalypse games, it is my opinion that it has no competition. YMMV. Fallout was a great inspiration to me when I was writing Wasteland Hero and I hope it helps you guys out... at least by just getting a taste of the visuals.

Re: A more wretched hive of scum and villany... Is that a custom Falcon or is that the $500 exclusive from Lego.com? Good Lord, I thought my cabinet full of Star Wars Legos was impressive. What has two thumbs and is jealous? This guy.

Re: Teleporting -- need a better name for it. Sliding? Tesseracting?

Re: Teleporting -- need a better name for it. You could just call it 'Dennis'... Gate-hopping Flashpointing Wormhole Riding (hey... lets keep it clean...)

Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? I disagree with anyone from the Christian faith stating such things. "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." Mt. 24:42 "Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you." Rev. 3:3 According to Christian beliefs, if we knew when to expect the Judge we'd live the wild life until the day (hour) before Dad was pulling up the driveway... The 'Revelation' scenario generally shouldn't fall into the post-apocalyptic theme. It is a future where people will be living under a dystopia kind of government with one world religeon and one priest-king ruling the world. A loaf of bread will cost a day's wage (or a month's or a year's) and everyone will have to bear a special 'mark' in order to do any kind of commerce... the rebels wouldn't bear the mark and be considered 'outlaws', so that might work as a neat campaign theme. I don't know if I would classify that as a post-apocalypse sub-genre though, those who don't like the idea of starving would simply comply with the government's requests and sell themselves over to assimilation.

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Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? "Lost Planet: Extreme Condition" for XBox 360. Currently playing it right now. Terraformed colony goes bad, alien bugs are attracted to the 'heat'. (Why insectoids when they don't handle the cold very well? Don't get me started). But there's ruins and discarded tech and human bodies cast about frozen in the snow and ice pirates galore!

Re: Post-Apocalyptic Hero -- What Do *You* Want To See? How about the jury-rigging and bartering skills?

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Re: Any advice for a CSI-style campaign? There are a few great books on the subject of 'How to Write a Crime Novel'. I have one at home but I'd have to dig it out to see who the author is. These books are usually instant gratification since they tend to be short in chapters and long on dramatic info.

Re: Any advice for a CSI-style campaign? How about a special Serial Killer task force? It adds the element of persistent danger. Also, IRL, the crime lab techs rarely go to the actual scenes, the evidence tech guys are police officiers who also get to carry crime kits in their cars. And the crime lab scientists work with a lot more lighting than seen on CSI. And the answer is never as easy as loading a GC-autosampler and getting immediate results. Plus their treatment of PCR is a joke. Having a degree in Crime Lab makes the shows less fun for me.

Re: Krim? Krim only wears those crowns because it entertains Chuck Norris. (yes... even I am getting sick of the Master Chuck references but this one was begging to come out.)

Re: Testimonials: Perfect Pitch Duly noted... I never claimed to be a Hee Haw expert. You think Owens had Perfect Pitch with his banjo? "Thems piggies will come a-runnin' now!"

Re: Testimonials: Perfect Pitch Repped! One for Roy Clark and his banjo!