| From: | Angelkiller 404 angelkiller404@**********.com |
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| Subject: | Deciper press release link |
| Date: | Mon, 20 Sep 1999 02:19:31 -0400 |
>produces munchkins by the barrel...
>> >
>> Hey, now wait a sec, we? :)
>> Barbie
>
>Well, the reasoning may be a bit specious, but it wasn't exactly a
>serious comment. Still...
>
>These are the only SR sourcebooks (as opposed to novels) that have
been
>written by Europeans (that I know of):
>
>London Sourcebook
>Germany Sourcebook
>Tir na nOg
>Prime Runners
>
>Now, Prime Runners wasn't exactly munchie (except for Michael
>Sutherland - but what do you expect when his creators wrote the
book?),
>but London, Germany and Tir na nOg?
I had a problem with Teachdaire myself; he was either made without a
whole lot of foresight or was engineered to be a one-way munchie from
the beginning. I mean, who initiates 9 levels just to implant a ton
of delta-grade cyber and bioware into himself?
Sutherland? Munchkin. Zessler? Munchkin. De Vries was cool, though
(which reminds me. Exactly what are the rules for vampirism?)
>London I'm not sure on - I have it, but haven't read it yet...but
I've
>heard stories.
Damned cyberknights and druids. Munchie. But hey, the writers
managed to make London interesting. I can deal with that.
>Tir na nOg contains the most munchie magical system ever devised
>(whoops - I forgot about Barbie for a second there - make that
>"published" ;-) ).
Oh God, yes. Don't forget those sniper systems, either. I don't have
the TNN book, but can someone tell me the stats of the sniper system,
and what page it's on?
>Germany had the gear sections hacked out of it before it was ever
>printed in English because the toys were so munchie.
Really? Like what? I mean, how bad can the weapons possibly be?
Magic and industry aside, I found the German book to be a bit dry (and
outdated) myself. For one thing, the political changes that Germany
experienced weren't emphasized well enough; what was the political
climate before the Awakening, and how drastic was the change
afterward? Sure, I can simply read a paper, but I would've
appreciated some more info. You'd think that there'd be at least a
bit more information on SK: when your country is home to the #1 mega
in the world, you are going to dedicate a LOT more than ten pages to
it. You'd think Germany would be as proud of SK as Detroit is of Ares
(i.e., about as fanatical as Detroits get about hockey, for example).
As for the munch factor, I did find the magic to be a bit on the
munchie side.
>Then there's the French one - I haven't seen this one and it wouldn't
>help me if I did, as I don't read anything but a minimal smattering
of
>French - but again I've heard tales (varying from "it's munchie" to
"it
>sucks" depending on who you ask :) ).
There's a French book?
>Munchie books = munchie gamers.
No kidding. At first I was going to argue that the European players
needed to be munchie as a survival tactic, but no. A munchkin is a
munchkin.
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