tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5817646287690614065..comments2024-03-28T04:44:28.648-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: BRIEF: Timeship (1984)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71500779519717772582023-02-23T14:37:13.669-05:002023-02-23T14:37:13.669-05:00It looks like this game is still marked as unplaye...It looks like this game is still marked as unplayed on your master list.zxcvbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71644020074212076402023-02-10T18:08:03.016-05:002023-02-10T18:08:03.016-05:00Yeah, a wooden steak, worst of both worlds there.Yeah, a wooden steak, worst of both worlds there.Kishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47277779401512338002023-02-10T10:08:05.004-05:002023-02-10T10:08:05.004-05:00I just started playing 'Solasta: Crown of the ...I just started playing 'Solasta: Crown of the Magister', which is the most faithful rendering of straight D&D tabletop rules I've seen in a game, and during character creation they flag the skills you won't actually use in the starting campaign. So you can put points into Sleight of Hand or learning Goblin if you want to, but the game explicitly tells you there's no immediate point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55203944896442632472023-02-10T07:09:10.821-05:002023-02-10T07:09:10.821-05:00Lorigulf, I chortled. :)Lorigulf, I chortled. :)thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47886402315691540922023-02-09T23:12:12.088-05:002023-02-09T23:12:12.088-05:00I was floored by the extent to which this game'...I was floored by the extent to which this game's author (a luminary in gamebook circles at least -- I must own at least a half-dozen of his Grail Quest and Demonspawn books) and pen-and-paper sources were documented extensively at Wikipedia. It looked like a real obscurity but actually the path is wide and well-marked with signage and handrails.Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23889663260962823952023-02-09T10:41:32.440-05:002023-02-09T10:41:32.440-05:00"I always used to wonder why Germans want eve..."I always used to wonder why Germans want everything to die." - Oh, Chet, Germans only want one third of things to die. They want other third to der and the third third to das. =)Lorigulfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47765466688284795092023-02-09T09:44:26.650-05:002023-02-09T09:44:26.650-05:00Er, weapons anyway. Technically you can't upg...Er, weapons anyway. Technically you can't upgrade armor although you can "alter" it.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79028936876951127892023-02-09T01:53:29.492-05:002023-02-09T01:53:29.492-05:00`Dracula, in this game, was killed by a "wood...`Dracula, in this game, was killed by a "wooden steak". A wooden steak would certainly cause serious digestive distress and possibly death for me!DaveGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69003258614934198232023-02-09T00:58:52.220-05:002023-02-09T00:58:52.220-05:00Also the means to upgrade your weapons and armor!Also the means to upgrade your weapons and armor!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49636257405595145332023-02-08T23:26:11.978-05:002023-02-08T23:26:11.978-05:00The folks over at the Save For Half podcast review...The folks over at the Save For Half podcast reviewed the tavle top RPG some time ago. They also were stopped short by the lack of a ship in Timeship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62872033993206633202023-02-08T12:38:40.931-05:002023-02-08T12:38:40.931-05:00It's one of the oddities that comes up when yo...It's one of the oddities that comes up when you conflate resources that are usually separate. Not so different, I suppose, from <i>Elden Ring</i>, in which currency and experience are the same thing. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22529464498518611532023-02-08T12:16:20.274-05:002023-02-08T12:16:20.274-05:00"Saturnine," assuming that's what th...<i>"Saturnine," assuming that's what the author meant, means "depressed" or "gloomy." I would expect most corpses would be at least a little somber.</i><br /><br />"Saturnine" has been used so often to describe Spock and/or Leonard Nimoy, I almost wonder whether the author had some misunderstood "Spock-like" definition in mind, incorrectly thinking he (?) knew what the word meant from context.<br /><br />(It can also, apparently, mean lead poisoning. Which would not be an effective way of killing Dracula.)PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6719327858905622592023-02-08T11:17:23.061-05:002023-02-08T11:17:23.061-05:00I guess Baldr is then the Shining oneI guess Baldr is then the Shining oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48799964729624120892023-02-08T08:09:38.676-05:002023-02-08T08:09:38.676-05:00GURPS 4E has a few hundred skills - this becomes v...GURPS 4E has a few hundred skills - this becomes very manageable in actual play because genre and scenario constrain which ones make sense, but if you were trying to build a CRPG engine that could handle any scenario you would need to include them all.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60730827825157832312023-02-08T02:14:22.900-05:002023-02-08T02:14:22.900-05:00Too realistic? Too realistic? Filip van den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15690766399439734224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22222149730114864502023-02-07T21:17:40.246-05:002023-02-07T21:17:40.246-05:00> If I were 300 million years in the future and...> If I were 300 million years in the future and found a<br />> corpse, even in a Victorian cloak, I doubt I'd say, <br />> "Undoubtedly, this is Count Dracula."<br /><br />OK, that one made me laugh out loud. AlphabeticalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91532826429206043792023-02-07T21:12:18.255-05:002023-02-07T21:12:18.255-05:00Ironically my grandfather's first job was kill...Ironically my grandfather's first job was killing steaks - he worked on the killing floor of a slaughterhouse.Kyle Haighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608497826478356055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49603447544278358812023-02-07T20:57:36.090-05:002023-02-07T20:57:36.090-05:00Oh wow, GrailQuest. Pretty unbalanced books but te...Oh wow, GrailQuest. Pretty unbalanced books but ten yr-old me loved the eerie, quirky writing.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7005129418512776032023-02-07T18:45:53.562-05:002023-02-07T18:45:53.562-05:00Man, Rolemaster was awesome. "Weapon stuck i...Man, Rolemaster was awesome. "Weapon stuck in foe"Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2185577661306952172023-02-07T18:38:22.325-05:002023-02-07T18:38:22.325-05:00I can't get over the fact that you can apparen...I can't get over the fact that you can apparently spend yourself to death in this system.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30851449036703334632023-02-07T17:29:23.418-05:002023-02-07T17:29:23.418-05:00We used to play pretty crunchy systems like Shadow...We used to play pretty crunchy systems like Shadowrun or Arkania, but also resolved a lot of situations by role playing. The 90% were a hyperbole but probably not that far off. And we had fun. <br /><br />I agree that a GM should find way to employ the players characters skills (and challenge their weaknesses), but I'd say you do this selectively and over the course of multiple adventures. Otherwise you risk it becoming a cliché.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12184390528952633384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60227314736658062882023-02-07T17:24:18.752-05:002023-02-07T17:24:18.752-05:00I was playing in a Warhammer campaign where our Ga...I was playing in a Warhammer campaign where our Gamemaster gave us a map entirely labeled in runes (I think specifically Lord of the Rings dwarf runes? Are those the ones similar to Ultima runes?). Having learned all of the runes to read signs in Ultima IV, I was easily able to translate it immediately. Surprised, the Gamemaster simply gave my character the skill Read Runes.Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934202466921935801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90384737552590290102023-02-07T16:55:07.242-05:002023-02-07T16:55:07.242-05:00"I always used to wonder why Germans want eve..."I always used to wonder why Germans want everything to die."<br /><br />Just the feminists ;)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12184390528952633384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64132872570471879852023-02-07T15:43:39.737-05:002023-02-07T15:43:39.737-05:00Hehe and Germans often wonder why receiving a '...Hehe and Germans often wonder why receiving a 'gift' (= poison/venom/toxin in German) is usually considered positive. <br /><br />Coming full circle back to baldness, someone thought a hairdresser was killing off locks for good when hearing/reading about "dyeing your hair".<br /><br />I also remember school age confusions in our class about a 'genie' (genius) in a bottle, 'eagle' which is pronounced like 'Igel' (hedgehog), 'mist' (manure or "crap!", depending on context) and -cue early teenage giggle- the necessity to sometimes use 'preservatives' in food ('Präservativ' = condom).<br /><br />BTW, your 'Brief' means letter in German.Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69759415871164737342023-02-07T14:04:24.792-05:002023-02-07T14:04:24.792-05:00@Jason Dyer A similar thing happened in our old &q...@Jason Dyer A similar thing happened in our old "Vampire: The Masquerade" campaign. The GM had us stumble across an old artifact written in Aramaic, with the intention that we had to do a favor for the Lamia so they would translate it for us, with plenty of options for misdirection and double-crossings...<br /><br />Unfortunately he had forgotten that my character had many sessions back started to pump points into languages, explicitly specifying that I was intending to study the Kabbalah and take Aramaic as one of my specialties... 😝El despertandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760941024574852525noreply@blogger.com