tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post7622309778163009729..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: Countdown to Armageddon: 3rd Edition Gamma WorldMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-5940775125422381262010-09-24T16:12:19.294-04:002010-09-24T16:12:19.294-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.rainswepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165059567790555748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-42305411231071544772010-09-24T00:00:37.239-04:002010-09-24T00:00:37.239-04:00The main character in Aldiss' "Hothouse&q...The main character in Aldiss' "Hothouse" is controlled by a mutant fungus for most of the novel.Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-58869012587060565622010-09-23T20:10:31.735-04:002010-09-23T20:10:31.735-04:00...needless to say, there was no playing of Gamma ......needless to say, there was no playing of Gamma World that day or any of the following...Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-1683800092484136772010-09-23T20:09:28.586-04:002010-09-23T20:09:28.586-04:00Year after being separated from my childhood RPG c...Year after being separated from my childhood RPG collection I found a copy of 3rd edition in a thrift store with some friends who were into RPGs,<br /><br />Me: "Holy crap, Gamma World! I used to love this game!"<br /><br />Friends: "Cool, let's play it when we get we get back home!"<br /><br />Me at Home when I actually perused the contents: :(Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-16647259719933460282010-09-23T14:31:58.519-04:002010-09-23T14:31:58.519-04:00I unwittingly picked up a second-hand copy of 3rd ...<i>I unwittingly picked up a second-hand copy of 3rd edition sometime in the mid-90s and really couldn't see what all the fuss was about, for pretty much all the reasons you enumerated here.</i><br /><br />I wouldn't wish a fate such as that on my worst foe. The original vintage is the only way to go.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-58950197077810157252010-09-23T14:30:36.729-04:002010-09-23T14:30:36.729-04:00It's a good example of just how badly the game...<i>It's a good example of just how badly the game has been misunderstood in every edition since 2e. Just awful.</i><br /><br />I'm midway through the 4th edition and, as bad as the 3rd was, at least it tried to remain true to the heart of GW. I'm seeing that 4E is where the last vestiges of the original style of play get discarded in favor of the New School. You can bet I'll have a word or two to say about that down the line.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-50528874420571645142010-09-23T14:27:12.390-04:002010-09-23T14:27:12.390-04:00I was going to suggest you look through those rule...<i>I was going to suggest you look through those rules as well for things to include in your GW game.</i><br /><br />MA is on the scrounging list, as I have both the revised 1st edition PDF and the Fast Foward update. I wanted to get the clunkers out of the way first though.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-30131682846971587952010-09-23T11:28:22.832-04:002010-09-23T11:28:22.832-04:00I suspect that many of the TSR titles from the mid...<i>I suspect that many of the TSR titles from the mid-to-late ‘80s failed to seduce the number of neonate role-players that their earlier and later relatives did.</i><br /><br />Or just folks like me who were curious about a game they'd heard a lot about. <br /><br />I missed the boat on the first two editions of Gamma World but knew about the game/setting thanks to old back issues of Dragon magazine and was anxious to give it a try (Death Machines? Mutant crab grass? Too much!). I unwittingly picked up a second-hand copy of 3rd edition sometime in the mid-90s and really couldn't see what all the fuss was about, for pretty much all the reasons you enumerated here. Turned me off of the game for <i>years</i> afterward, and even to this day I have yet to actually run any Gamma World or Mutant Future, despite the fact that my appreciation of the game has finally recovered from that initial 3rd-edition irradiation.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-49252768836766215002010-09-23T11:02:26.541-04:002010-09-23T11:02:26.541-04:00Ooh. I like the resprout rule for mutant plants. H...Ooh. I like the resprout rule for mutant plants. Haveta swipe that one myself someday...BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-27958274578625660422010-09-23T10:37:40.071-04:002010-09-23T10:37:40.071-04:00GW 3 was just simply incomplete and terribly edite...GW 3 was just simply incomplete and terribly edited. The only thing I really liked was the big color chart for resolution.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-19233736623826964752010-09-23T10:27:32.319-04:002010-09-23T10:27:32.319-04:00Gamma 3 really is an abomination, from the rules t...Gamma 3 really is an abomination, from the rules to the organization to the mood of the whole thing. It's a good example of just how badly the game has been misunderstood in every edition since 2e. Just awful.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-13128748290171764222010-09-23T10:25:31.432-04:002010-09-23T10:25:31.432-04:00Funny you should mention Metamorphosis Alpha. I wa...Funny you should mention Metamorphosis Alpha. I was going to suggest you look through those rules as well for things to include in your GW game. They're really compatible with one another (at least the earlier editions of MA; I haven't seen the newer stuff).Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.com