tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post6496680503774683074..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: Escape VelocityMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-21397576633305175212009-10-14T12:12:03.927-04:002009-10-14T12:12:03.927-04:00I played a fair amount of TRAVELLER back in the da...I played a fair amount of TRAVELLER back in the day and it would be right up your street. One of the most interesting facets of the setting was the "FTL travel but no FTL communication" aspect. If a message was going somewhere then someone had to take it which gave the whole universe a nice feudal feeling as the local nobility couldn't wait from messages from the Imperial Seat on how to handle the latest bout of mayhem. I seem to remember spending a lot of time looking for artifacts left by the Ancients because I thought it would be fun and my character was wealthy enough and unbalanced enough to do it.Mister Scratchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245986593015774093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-40936508304904635532009-10-14T07:52:19.938-04:002009-10-14T07:52:19.938-04:00Have you read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robi...Have you read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson? It's about 20 minutes into the future, and and damn good read! <br /><br />Also, TSR's Alternity system did a pretty good job working in the sci-fi genre. It was pretty adaptable from 20 minutes to 2000 years into the future.David The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-64389406615410210292009-10-13T22:04:45.805-04:002009-10-13T22:04:45.805-04:00I never had the opportunity to play Traveller, whi...<i>I never had the opportunity to play Traveller, which is a shame because it seems to be the one title that, properly run, would have grabbed my interest.</i><br /><br /><i>Give me tramp freighters bound for Mars over skirmishes with the Romulans in the Neutral Zone any day.</i><br /><br />Just yesterday, I found Paul Elliott's draft version of "Solar System Traveller", which might appeal:<br /><br />[http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/10/10/2598224/stl_main_doc.pdf]Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-14195689003010049032009-10-13T18:43:15.985-04:002009-10-13T18:43:15.985-04:00You need to watch Outland with Sean Connery and th...You need to watch Outland with Sean Connery and the new movie Moon. Both are about 20 minutes in the future. I'm with you on the sci-fi books you might try Vance's Sci-fi works as they then to be focused on the small things.ligehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652431558688176341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-44139990542873649972009-10-13T11:54:51.700-04:002009-10-13T11:54:51.700-04:00Amityville Mike turned me on to Firefly/Serenity -...Amityville Mike turned me on to Firefly/Serenity - so yeah, he's a fan.<br /><br />Don't know if I'd actually want to play the RP game though - it's sort of a Lightning in a Bottle thing and am not sure that RPing a Malcolm Reynolds rip-off would be as appealing as watching him on celluloid.Vanadornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342660129465098326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-34634426458938771662009-10-13T11:53:12.341-04:002009-10-13T11:53:12.341-04:00How about Firefly and Serenity? Those might appeal...How about Firefly and Serenity? Those might appeal if you've never seen them before...fairly "working class" and gritty.<br /><br />I remember seeing Event Horizon in the theatre in Toronto. I thought I was going to see a run of the mill SF spacer-type flick. Wrong. That movie scared the pants off of me...I'll never forget it. It still gives me the creeps.<br /><br />Word Verification: "roper"<br />Huh...perfect.Gamer Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006232842482959060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-63511180752784294392009-10-13T10:11:49.923-04:002009-10-13T10:11:49.923-04:00If you haven't already encountered it, you mig...If you haven't already encountered it, you might want to check out Diaspora http://www.vsca.ca/Diaspora/ - FATE powered sci-fi.<br /><br />- Neil.Neil Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172016963490345325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-46261469798736732452009-10-13T10:09:09.979-04:002009-10-13T10:09:09.979-04:00The original Alien was the same thing - working cl...The original Alien was the same thing - working class shlubs in space and their interaction/humanity.<br /><br />Star Frontiers was wonderful and is one of the few games I still have on my shelf (besides D&D, Boot Hill, and V:tM MIT).<br /><br />As for tactical games, I took place in a lot of war games (with the chits) and although we did touch on Star Trek universe a bunch, it left me feeling cold (no pun intended) and instead retreated back into WW2 and Vietnam era war game scenarios.<br /><br />Should reread/run an S3 adventure soon Mike. :)<br /><br />VVanadornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342660129465098326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-41031028028898926472009-10-13T09:56:16.970-04:002009-10-13T09:56:16.970-04:00Event Horizon is a no-so-guilty pleasure to me as ...Event Horizon is a no-so-guilty pleasure to me as it's easily one of the more quirky and interesting horror films to come out. I put it in the same vein as Hellraiser - twist people's reactions to the unthinkable. <br /><br />What really made me sit back was when I got the DVD and was able to freeze-frame through those "visions" of what happened on the ship - makes me wonder what the original 130 minute screenings must've been like.Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.com