| From: | Thomas Price tmprice@***********.com |
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| Subject: | Mechwarrior 3rd Edition and other Origins stuff |
| Date: | Thu, 08 Jul 1999 14:33:44 GMT |
>Anyways, MW 3rd Ed. is done and is currently at the editing and art
>department, and will hopefully be done and ready for sale at Gen Con.
>Bryan Nystul was demoing this at Origins and they had the manuscript copy
>ready for our viewing pleasure, though I was sadly too busy with the
>tournament and demos for SR and CS that I didn't get the chance to check it
>out.
>From what I heard at the "What's up with FASA" seminar, they've really
>taken the game and seriously expanded it, making it an RPG set in the
>future with Battlemechs as a backdrop, rather than what MW1 and 2 were,
>which was a game for what mech pilots did between missions. To be honest,
>it sounds like it could be a lot of fun. And yes, if you want, you CAN
>play Mech Pilots. Although this time around, when you're in a mech, you
>don't switch to the Mini's game. It actually will have full RP rules for
>piloting mechs, and will porbably let you have more options than the mini's
>game allows for.
hmmm. I wonder how compatible it is with the SR rule system. A cross
over campaign might be reasonable finally... Ok your Troll Rigger has
problems fitting in the Locusts cramped cockpit, maybe a medium or
heavy mech is a better idea... :):)
>Vor was also being demo'd, and it looked really cool as well. And before
>those of you who play these sorts of things say "Another mini's game??", it
>is supposed to have rules for designing your own troops and using mini's
>you already own :] Personally, I can't wait to put a Bloodthirster toe to
>toe with a few Growlers :]
What a mini game that doesn't make you buy 'their' minis and change
them every 2 years. GW must be SHOCKED. :)
>Armorcast, who used to do the big resin Warhammer 40K/Epic Walkers, is now
>doing a bunch of Battlemechs. They're almost the right scale to use the
>Mechwarrior miniatures (The old ones. There probably will eventually be
>some new ones) with them, and in a pinch, you can play Vor vs. battletech
>:] <chuckle> The Armorcast mechs run about $115.00, and are actually
>fully posable :]
OOO TOYS!
>There is now some jewelry company making Shadowrun "S" symbol Pins,
>Earrings, and Pendants. These run between $15 and $30, I think, depending
>on what you want. These looked really cool, and it was a shame that they
>were so expensive...
any new SR t-shirts?
>Man and Machine sould be out most likely in September, with the Shadowrun
>Quick Start Rules following that, with Cannon Companion after that. The
>Quick Start rules will be a simplified version of the SR rules (Kinda like
>old D&D vs. AD&D) that will sell for $7.00.
grumble grumble. I want my MTV^H^H^H CC. Need more BOOMS in my life.
:)
>I think that was most of it. It was a fun weekend, and we had a great
>tournout all weekend long with Demos and the SR Tournament. I even got to
>play Shadowrun with Mike Mulvhill! Of course, for some reason, they handed
>me the Ork Combat Decker (we were using the SR3 sample characters). I was
>a little disappointed that Jon Szeto (also playing) didn;t play the Rigger
><grin>
So how was it? What kind of mission, any fun stories from the game?
How was Mike as a GM? What DID Szeto play if not the rigger? Etc.
Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
tmprice@***********.com
