From:	Rob Rubin <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	NERPS!
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 1993 22:51:31 -0500

I was running through a backlog of mail, and I noted that Sandman asked about
Nerps. "What is Nerps?" the question read. I'll add my .02 sents...

Last time I was in Chicago, I ran into a few friends. They had (at the time)
gotten in with the folks at FASA as playtesters. So, I asked them the same
question. "What is Nerps?"

If you are lost, NERPS makes appearances in many sourcebooks. Examples can be
found (No books with me, I'm wingin this...) in NAGRL (Top line, in the border,
near the end of the book), in NAGNorth America(It's in there...), in ShadowBeat
(Look in the 'TV shows' area), and lots of other places.

So, my friends called a big-wig at FASA to find out. (Mind you, he called at about 11:45
at night.) I was listening in, and the conversation went something
like this (I forget the names used, forgive me...)

(After hello pleasantries) "I have a question for ya." <-- friend
"Ok, shoot." <-- FASA person
"I got a guy here that wants to know what 'NERPS' stands for."
(Laughter, and I mean roaring laughter. I heard the phone drop.) Through his
own laughter he said "We don't know!"

He eventually fessed up that it actually stood for "Nothing Ever Really Pleases
Steve" (or was it Scott?) It was an inside joke that migrated into the books.

Sorry to be a spoiler, but it was asked...

-Tyger
(Aggrivated? NERPS for AMMUNITION!)