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Tell me about In Harm's Way

Started by JongWK, September 29, 2006, 11:48:54 AM

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Balbinus

#30
October 03, 2006, 05:16:24 AM
I've run a Great Game game, it went very well, I would love to see a ruleset dedicated to it.

Out of interest, I agree with the decision but why were aliens not included in Cold Space?  Was it because it would, IMO, have distracted from the game's premise?

Napoleonic land war, are there any better books than Sharpe out there does anyone know?  The Naval fiction is a far more developed genre.

Mr. Analytical

#31
October 03, 2006, 05:20:52 AM
I think that's because there's far more money in sailboat porn than there is in musket porn.

Balbinus

#32
October 03, 2006, 06:01:22 AM
Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalI think that's because there's far more money in sailboat porn than there is in musket porn.

Nah, it's because of Thomas Cochrane, the man who inspired (literally) the entire genre.

flyingmice

#33
October 03, 2006, 08:13:03 AM
Quote from: BalbinusI've run a Great Game game, it went very well, I would love to see a ruleset dedicated to it.

Out of interest, I agree with the decision but why were aliens not included in Cold Space?  Was it because it would, IMO, have distracted from the game's premise?

Napoleonic land war, are there any better books than Sharpe out there does anyone know?  The Naval fiction is a far more developed genre.

Hi Balbinus!

Exactly. The game is about the Cold War in Space. Aliens would have detracted rather than added interest. They may also have been actively destructive, in that their existence would have been a force for uniting the humans, which would have destroyed the feel of the setting entirely.

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flyingmice

#34
October 03, 2006, 08:21:37 AM
Quote from: BalbinusNah, it's because of Thomas Cochrane, the man who inspired (literally) the entire genre.

Bingo again. Marryat, the first of the great napoleonic naval fiction writers, was an English Post Captain, having been a Midshipman under Cochrane in the Mediterranean, when he was at his most outrageous. Cochrane's exploits were also the direct inspiration - as well as indirectly through Marryat - for both Hornblower's and Aubrey's adventures. Right there you have perhaps seven eigths of all book sales for the genre. Marryat, Forester, and O'Brien were all immensely popular in their respective times. Marryat is forgotten now, but in his time he rivaled Dickens in sales.

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flyingmice

#35
October 03, 2006, 08:28:15 AM
Quote from: BalbinusI've run a Great Game game, it went very well, I would love to see a ruleset dedicated to it.

You wouldn't be interested in co-writing a Great Game supplement, would you? :D

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Balbinus

#36
October 03, 2006, 09:34:32 AM
Quote from: flyingmiceYou wouldn't be interested in co-writing a Great Game supplement, would you? :D

-clash

Absolutely, but we'd have to discuss time windows and stuff like that.

flyingmice

#37
October 03, 2006, 10:08:12 AM
Quote from: BalbinusAbsolutely, but we'd have to discuss time windows and stuff like that.

I remember you posting about your Great Game campaign on RPGnet. I don't think it could be in better hands. I'll be in touch. :D

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David R

#38
October 03, 2006, 08:33:41 PM
Quote from: BalbinusI've run a Great Game game, it went very well, I would love to see a ruleset dedicated to it.


If there is a link to an actual play thread I'd be mighty interested in reading it.

Regards,
David R

flyingmice

#39
October 03, 2006, 10:32:25 PM
Quote from: David RIf there is a link to an actual play thread I'd be mighty interested in reading it.

Regards,
David R

Same here!

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Balbinus

#40
October 04, 2006, 05:49:56 AM
Quote from: flyingmiceSame here!

-clash

I'll see if I can find it, I don't think there was quite an actual play but I did describe it quite thoroughly,  Hopefully I can find the old thread.

flyingmice

#41
October 04, 2006, 09:00:52 AM
Thanks, Balbinus! I remember reading it when you were posting it, but it's been a while...

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JongWK

#42
October 05, 2006, 03:58:34 PM
Pundit showed me IHW the other day. I haven't been able to give it a good read, but it looks promising. :)
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~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)

flyingmice

#43
October 05, 2006, 04:33:19 PM
Quote from: JongWKPundit showed me IHW the other day. I haven't been able to give it a good read, but it looks promising. :)

Thanks, Jong! Hopefully that ol' pipe-smoker lets it go long enough for you to get a real peek under the hood, or maybe a test drive. :D

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RPGPundit

#44
October 06, 2006, 12:45:42 AM
Don't worry; Jong will undoubtedly end up reading the whole damn thing in his downtime between both of the campaigns of mine he plays in at my apartment.

Anyways, stay tuned in the next couple of days for the review.

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