From:	Matt Teixeira MMTeixeira@***********.com
Subject:	Man & Machine?
Date:	Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:09:51 -0400

> What I think would be also a great idea is to do what AD&D did. Their core
> rules 2.0 is top notch, plus you can download updates for errors and such
> (1.0 wasn't so hot though). I already have 2 players that come to my table
> with lap tops and expect to see this trend increase (DLOH hear my words).
>
>The only problem with this is probably the same thing I came
>up with trying to use my notebook at my Earthdawn game
>though. I can look up something in the book quicker than I
>could do a search on the ED CD. While it's more compact to
>have everything you want on the computer, it's just hard to
>beat flipping the pages for speed.

That all depends upon the speed of your CPU. I like the way the Core Rules
was done and use it more than the books - even on my Pentium 133. All on the
laptop, don't have to cart around a ton of books. All charts and tables
available by lookup.

Would love a Shadowrun equivalent of it....


Matthew M. Teixeira
mteixei1@*****.rr.com