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Message no. 1
From: "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 11:38:51 -0400
It's been a long time, but FASA has finally updated at least their main
page. Looks good!

Anybody know anything about either Crimson Skies or the miniatures game?

James Ojaste
Message no. 2
From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 11:47:29 -0400
On 3 Sep 98, at 11:38, Ojaste,James [NCR] wrote:

> Anybody know anything about either Crimson Skies or the miniatures game?

They demo'd both at GenCon, but I didn't get a chance to play either.
They looked pretty cool.

Crimson Skies is a progressive board game based in an alternity
history around the time, or just after, of World War I. Players fly
bi-planes, blimps, etc. It has Allies and Axis powers, and pirates.
If you win a game, your "characters" progress to the next game with
improvements. Sorry, a don't have any more details than that.

The miniatures game was designed by Mike "Scuzzy" Nelson, the same
guy that did the SR card game. The premise behind it is that this
huge vortex is swallowing worlds, and the races that live inside it
battle for supremacy. The mechanics looked pretty simple, and the
miniatures were absolutely gorgeous.

That's all I can remember from the spectator position I had. :)

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Message no. 3
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:29:45 -0700
> From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>

> > Anybody know anything about either Crimson Skies or the miniatures
game?
>
> They demo'd both at GenCon, but I didn't get a chance to play either.
> They looked pretty cool.

Unlike my friend Tim I DID get a chance to demo both games. I enjoyed them
both. The AFAIK still unnamed miniatures games was fun, but the miniatures
are large detailed castings and will be IMHO rather expensive, since I
don't care to paint or collect miniatures I doubt i'll be involved with it,
but as a game I liked it alot. As for Crimson Skies from what I understand
it's going to be a kind of miniatures/board game. It does use little
planes and such, but I think they will be just paper on stands...the real
draw is the cool combat system.

> Crimson Skies is a progressive board game based in an alternity
> history around the time, or just after, of World War I. Players fly
> bi-planes, blimps, etc. It has Allies and Axis powers, and pirates.
> If you win a game, your "characters" progress to the next game with
> improvements. Sorry, a don't have any more details than that.

Close. It is alternate history @ 1930's. The US has split up a la
Shadowrun history and instead of expanding out they built everything up up
up. Blimps are used to transfergoods and people and the fighters are there
to protect/pilliage them.

> The miniatures game was designed by Mike "Scuzzy" Nelson, the same
> guy that did the SR card game. The premise behind it is that this
> huge vortex is swallowing worlds, and the races that live inside it
> battle for supremacy. The mechanics looked pretty simple, and the
> miniatures were absolutely gorgeous.

Agreed they were beautiful, but $$$.

> That's all I can remember from the spectator position I had. :)

I TOLD you to try them out, but did you listen to me OOOOOOOHHHH NOOOOOO.


:)

Caric

p.s. Great to have you back in action Gurth.
Message no. 4
From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:59:13 -0400
On 3 Sep 98, at 18:29, Caric wrote:

> > That's all I can remember from the spectator position I had. :)
>
> I TOLD you to try them out, but did you listen to me OOOOOOOHHHH NOOOOOO.

I'm sorry. I was too busy looking at Jeri Ryan and Claudia
Christian.... :)

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Message no. 5
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 23:17:06 -0700
> From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>

> > > That's all I can remember from the spectator position I had. :)
> >
> > I TOLD you to try them out, but did you listen to me OOOOOOOHHHH
NOOOOOO.
>
> I'm sorry. I was too busy looking at Jeri Ryan and Claudia
> Christian.... :)

WelI I guess I can't fault you too much for that. :)

Caric
Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:45:24 +0200
Caric said on 18:29/3 Sep 98,...

> Unlike my friend Tim I DID get a chance to demo both games. I enjoyed them
> both. The AFAIK still unnamed miniatures games was fun, but the miniatures
> are large detailed castings and will be IMHO rather expensive, since I
> don't care to paint or collect miniatures I doubt i'll be involved with it,

I took a look at a few demos (mainly when you guys were playing) and it
looks good, although it reminded me of Warhammer-with-D10s in its
mechanics (roll to hit, roll to damage, roll to save, etc.). But I agree
about the miniatures -- they looked very good, but going by the size
they'll probably cost too much :/

> p.s. Great to have you back in action Gurth.

Now if only I'd stop waking up so early in the morning... Must be a jetlag
thing :(

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Message no. 7
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 10:36:53 +0000
Gurth wrote:

> > p.s. Great to have you back in action Gurth.
>
> Now if only I'd stop waking up so early in the morning... Must be a jetlag
> thing :(

What did you actually wake up before noon? ;)

J/K Gurthman

Caric
Message no. 8
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 13:39:43 -0400
At 06:29 PM 9/3/98 -0700, you wrote:

>Unlike my friend Tim I DID get a chance to demo both games. I enjoyed them
>both. The AFAIK still unnamed miniatures games was fun, but the miniatures
>are large detailed castings and will be IMHO rather expensive, since I

I believe the name for that game is "Carniverse." I just got my playtester
copy of SR3 (which I didn't know I was getting, so I now have two
softcovers, first and now second printing, in addition to a BABY) and
included was a "GenCon report" sort of thing. And this other game I
believe was "Carniverse."

I think this info *should* be popping up on their website pretty soon, if
not by now.

Erik J.


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Message no. 9
From: Tarek Okail <Tarek_Okail@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: [FASA] They finally updated their web site! Yay!
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 21:06:19 -0400
Erik--

>I just got my playtester copy of SR3 (which I didn't know I was getting,=

>so I now have two softcovers, first and now second printing, in addition=

>to a BABY) and included was a "GenCon report" sort of thing.

It came as something of a surprise to me, too. I'd called Mike up=

to check to see when the playtest stuff had shipped, and he just casually=

mentioned that he'd included a copy of SR3. The playtest stuff arrived
today, only a day late. I'd been under the mistaken impression that it wa=
s
supposed to have arrived on Monday... <g>

Shadowmage

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