The Gaming Den

Out of idle curiosity, what good books has CGL published aside from Arsenal, Augmentation, and Street Magic? Because I am seriously not going to miss their Cthulhutech shit. Other than BattleTech? Nothing. Everything else that has the Catalyst logo on it is a joint venture where Catalyst simply act...

Is this the same situation which resulted in the demise of FanPro or were they simply being disagreeable Germans?

Eclipse Phase is owned by Posthuman Studios (Adam Jury and company) and CthulhuTech by Wildfire LLC so even if Catalyst tanks those properties will go to other production houses. Delays but that's nothing new. If I read one more comment about Shadowrun ending up in WotC's hands I'm going to punch so...

Congrats!

My lady and I are tying the knot this coming Saturday.

Caught it. Thanks.

Frank Trollman wrote: And he has been a rabid, and thoroughly humorless, attack dog for the right ever since.

He's pretty retarded, especially when he acts as an apologist for racists like Limbaugh, but of the Fox News Radio pack his mouth is the least foamy.

As K pointed out, Republicans and Conservatives can tell jokes that are actually funny. They just can't be jokes about political affairs or hot-button issues. Blue Collar Comedy-style yucks are just slice-of-life, sitcom-style nonsense. But it isn't particularly deep. Humor with meaning that actuall...

There was a novel, Dark Mirror , that I read several years ago and remember as being not terrible. Two things in particular have stuck with me: the chilling quotes from mirror-universe Shakespeare, and that when Picard puts on his counterpart's uniform... it requires no adjustment. I remember readi...

These were the evil universe episodes where they even changed the intro sequence of Enterprise to be all war stuff with military music instead of the usual Americana muzak. Through A Mirror Darkly made up for every horrible Enterprise moment as it was a Trek continuity whore's wet dream. - alternat...

I have also heard that Shadowrun 4 has been disapointing to longtime fans? Depends on who you talk to. My impression (which could be misguided/misinformed) is that for every pissed player who quits the game, he's replaced by a new one. I think this is in part to a recent mass exodus of Vampire play...

So let's say I summon a Spirit of Man and I want it to: --possess the samurai's knife --conceal him --confuse guards --warn him if anything astral approaches Is that acceptable under the single order "help him sneak into the compound" Or would I need to order --Conceal him --circumvent gu...

I hate the gamer status quo so my natural impulse is to find out what EVERYONE ELSE is playing and take a non-disruptive 180-degree approach. I like taking on the tasks that your typical gamer isn't interested in; healing, diplomacy, what have you. The Vonnegut quote of "We are what we pretend ...

FrankTrollman wrote:Fanpro.

*face-to-palm*

Anyway, who is the current management? I've been freelancing for a year but with firings/resignations/reassignments some of us have no idea who's driving the boat.

Frank, what else did you work on with Gamepro/Catalyst beside Street Magic?

A special note: someday I am going to personally hunt down all the fucking Germans who use the words “virii” and “nexi” as if they were words. Then the world will be a better place where people use the proper plurals of proper words. *golf clap* While most gamers debate mechanics, I'm more interest...

P&P RPG Shadowrun 4e Dungeons and Dragons 4e Spycraft 2.0 2300AD ... haven't made up my mind on Eclipse Phase yet. Board Games Risk 2210 Carcassone Twilight Imperium 3e Talisman Battlestar Galactica Video Games The Grand Theft Auto franchise and a few other Rockstar games like Bully . And Dead ...