... I've been lurking here and on rgfa for a while, so perhaps I can help shed some light on this, as it is a topic that has caught my interest. I'll first...
Tengu
KarasuTengu@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:19 am
530
... I saw it twice, so obviously I hated it ;) ... While it's hard to measure how close to reality a game is, I suspect that your right. However from a Gamist...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:53 pm
531
For your consideration... War is a common incident in many Oriental RPGs, especially those set in Feudal Japan. So, I was wondering, if anyone has used "war"...
wyrdlyng
wyrdlyng@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:13 am
532
Uh oh.. Dave Finch's major campaign for the last decade has been a set in a war, ranging from economic, to clandestine to outright invasions and battles. I...
Howard Tytherleigh
howard@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:13 am
533
... From: "wyrdlyng" <wyrdlyng@...> ... Feudal Japan. So, I was wondering, if anyone has used "war" as an element in their campaigns and if so how? <...
Erik Munne
emunne@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:48 pm
534
Hello all. I'm new to this group and I like what I've seen so far. Has anyone here seen the new NBC movie "The Lost Empire" yesterday? I has the standard plot;...
thebean@...
Mar 13, 2001 5:27 pm
535
I saw the movie last night. It was using a lot of Chinese Mythology, incorrectly. The Journey to West is consider to be one of the four most important fiction...
Chunkai Kevin Wang
zelt@...
Mar 13, 2001 7:01 pm
536
Actually, it was pretty bad. The Princess is Kuan Yin, budhivetta of mercy. And the movie has her fell in love with mortal?!@? it is tanturm to showing Mary, ...
Chuan Lin
collection_2002@...
Mar 13, 2001 7:09 pm
537
In the Guardian newspaper's Notes and Queries column, Andy Sawyer asked about the provenance of the supposedly ancient Chinese curse "may you live in...
Martin Smith
egroups@...
Mar 13, 2001 9:48 pm
538
Hello Martin, Most likely, it is fake. I never heard a Chinese phrase that sound or with meaning like that before I come to US. (Background, I came to US when...
Chunkai Kevin Wang
zelt@...
Mar 13, 2001 9:57 pm
539
... Yes, the last half. It was entertaining, but not great. ... Which puts it on par with all the other schlock Hollywood creates. It does have that Victorian...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Mar 14, 2001 3:03 pm
540
Anybody out there? Theron Bretz Houston, TX...
tbretz@...
Mar 26, 2001 4:47 pm
541
... Zzzzzzzzzzzz - snort! - whazzat? I'm still here. Just dozing....
thebean@...
Mar 27, 2001 12:08 am
542
Yo there yourself ... from way back in the dragon caves of eastern canada ;) Dr. SHO Fei Qian, aka Iron Monkey in my Swords of the Middle Kingdom campaign. ...
Gebeji
gabriel.hunter@...
Mar 27, 2001 12:15 am
543
I'm pretty new here, so I just thought I would ask everyone's take on the different oriental RPGs that are available. Some I have seen and I've heard of...
Kuseru@...
Mar 27, 2001 1:54 pm
544
For some reason, I just started thinking about Japanese woodcut prints, and it struck me that the only kind of shoes I'd seen were thick, possibly wooden soled...
Martin Smith
egroups@...
Mar 28, 2001 11:37 pm
545
... Straw sandals, of two different types: one ties onto the foot tightly, the other is little different than "flip-flops". Have you never seen a samurai film?...
Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Mar 29, 2001 3:41 pm
546
Martin wrote: "For some reason, I just started thinking about Japanese woodcut prints, and it struck me that the only kind of shoes I'd seen were thick,...
monkeygirl
monkeygod@...
Mar 29, 2001 5:54 pm
547
-- / The whole history of this invention has been a struggle /\|/\ against time - Charles Babbage 1837 on the Analytical Engine ... \___/...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Apr 7, 2001 3:16 pm
548
Mumble, mumble it removed the attachment :-( ... Subject: Re: 3E Oriental Adventures Rumor -- True? False? Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:20:44 -0800 From: James...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Apr 7, 2001 3:23 pm
549
OA1 - Sword of the Daimyo - $2.95 http://store.wizards.com/product.asp?ProductID=3929 OA2 - Night of the Seven Swords - $2.95 ...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Apr 7, 2001 4:02 pm
550
Sorry typo: OA2 - Night of the Seven Swords - $3.49 http://store.wizards.com/product.asp?ProductID=3930 And the prices seem to have gone up to $3.49 as well...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Apr 7, 2001 4:10 pm
551
I have added a new DB to collect together new Oriental RPG Books, Films Novels etc to be the basis of next years Dotty Award vote. ...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Apr 8, 2001 11:48 am
552
It seams that you can download versions of the Bushido characters sheets from the FGU site. The char sheet is a DOC file and the Calendar is an XLS file. I do...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Apr 10, 2001 9:39 pm
553
Hi all, I have been a bit slow in noticing that there is a series of events in the UK as part of a Cultural exchange with Japan see: ...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
May 1, 2001 11:11 am
554
They look exactly like those wonderfully simplistic pages of boxes that came with the game - did FGU ever do a decent character sheet?...
nicku@...
May 2, 2001 10:08 am
555
... FGU never did support there games in the way we have come accustomed to now a days. I was personally staggered that had even bothered to produced new...
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
May 2, 2001 1:49 pm
556
I don't think 'they' ever did produce new versions of the old sheets. 'New' Space Opera stuff on the site includes C.Sheets by Ronaldo. I think it's stuff...
Nick Underwood
nicku@...
May 2, 2001 2:42 pm
557
... I always thought the character sheet was adequate. But if anyone can point me to a better one, I don't mind giving it a try! For NPCs though, they are...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
May 3, 2001 5:02 am
558
... Oh I see, that makes a lot of sence :-( ... It is a shame it is not in something like Java. ... Public Domain - IE Free to use. -- / The whole history...