Anthony Bryant wanted to look at historical Japanese minatures, but instead I'm going to initially post some Japanese fantasy and monster figures painted by my...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 2, 2001 12:49 am
826
Hello all, I found the following article in Shnorama, a Chinese-English bilingual monthly magazine. I thought it would be interesting to show you what typical...
Kevin Wang
zelt@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:05 am
827
... Thanks Kevin. Inspirational stuff. nick...
Nick Underwood
nicku@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:34 pm
828
... From: "Nick Underwood" <nicku@...> Subject: Re: [DragonsOfTheEast] The Knight-Errant's Journey ... It's interesting how the same qualities are...
Erik Munne
emunne@...
Sep 3, 2001 3:37 am
829
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the DragonsOfTheEast group: What Historical East-Asian Roleplaying Games do you use? o Bushido o...
DragonsOfTheEast@yaho...
Sep 6, 2001 3:46 pm
830
... What's more important WHY do you use them! I've only played/GMed Japanese based games so... ... Good game mechanics - it's a complete game all by itself....
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 6, 2001 11:18 pm
831
OK, reason #2 is kind of racist, but reason #3 is hilarious, and so very very true. I apologize to anyone who is offended, but I felt it was worth sharing. So...
Jed
jed@...
Sep 7, 2001 5:11 pm
832
In a message dated 9/7/01 9:45:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << Outstanding background, lots of detail. It needs...
goldrushg@...
Sep 7, 2001 8:52 pm
833
... No but the mechanics are somewhat similar, detailed character generation with advantages, disadvantages, different levels of play, (normal, agent, ...)...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 8, 2001 4:08 pm
834
In a message dated 9/8/01 8:35:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << ...any incornation... >> As in variations of corn,...
goldrushg@...
Sep 8, 2001 7:30 pm
835
It is Fuzion, with ... They are really quite different and I have to say I prefer Hero System. I use Hero System for all my roleplaying now and thoroughly...
Brian Smaller
briansmaller@...
Sep 9, 2001 4:48 am
836
In a message dated 9/9/01 12:18:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << No but the mechanics are somewhat similar, detailed...
goldrushg@...
Sep 9, 2001 10:23 am
837
... Agreed. The Aftermath, Bushido, DareDevils system could teach these new games designers a leason. The only problem is it is written in a War Gamer style....
David Allan Finch
sarum@...
Sep 9, 2001 10:30 am
838
... Consider it odd, but there's far more relationship between Champions and Fuzion than say for example, a D20 system or other systems. I suppose I could pull...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 10, 2001 1:15 pm
839
... I like simpler gaming systems, that's why I prefer Bushido to Sengoku. ... I've heard that rumor, I'd buy it if it comes back out. Jim Eckman...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 10, 2001 1:17 pm
840
... Uh, Jim? Take a look at the design credits for Fuzion. Then take a look at the design credits for Champions/Hero. They're by and large the same folks. ...
Theron Bretz
tbretz@...
Sep 10, 2001 1:21 pm
841
... Errr ... Jim? You said you prefered simpler gaming systems, didn't you? Lol Regards, Dorian...
lgd14@...
Sep 10, 2001 11:15 pm
842
In a message dated 9/11/01 12:45:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << Consider it odd, but there's far more relationship...
goldrushg@...
Sep 11, 2001 10:17 am
843
... I use it to steal campaign ideas, in academia this is called research ;) I've played C&S, are we all bastards? (C&S character reference) Jim...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 11, 2001 1:14 pm
844
Hi, Sorry to post off topic but the Dragons are the gaming community at large for an isolated gamer like me. A job's come in to translate the second edition of...
Nick Underwood
nicku@...
Sep 11, 2001 1:22 pm
845
... I have "played" the 1st ed. published by Chaosium in '94. The concept is of course interesting, a take on Highlander's Immortals, being instead being kind...
Gebeji
gabriel.hunter@...
Sep 12, 2001 5:28 am
846
In a message dated 9/12/01 12:56:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << A job's come in to translate the second edition of...
goldrushg@...
Sep 12, 2001 8:55 am
847
Thanks Gebeji, It's good to know there's people who played the first cersion and a chance somebody will read my translation of the second. And your description...
Nick Underwood
nicku@...
Sep 12, 2001 9:09 am
848
I had the opportunity to wander around a couple of museums in Tokyo last week, and while they don't allow flash photo's I grabbed a few stills in the ambient...
Howard Tytherleigh
howard@...
Sep 12, 2001 10:22 am
849
... I have a terrible foreboding about this translation! nick...
Nick Underwood
nicku@...
Sep 12, 2001 3:42 pm
850
It's a Call of Cthulu like system at least in the Chaoism editon. percentile is everything basically... "To die to sleep no more..." "To sleep, perchance to...
Doji Nashiko
zelt@...
Sep 12, 2001 4:14 pm
851
I'll certainly take a look. Jim Eckman...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Sep 13, 2001 3:51 pm
852
In a message dated 9/13/01 1:14:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... << I have a terrible foreboding about this translation! >> Why? What does my familiarity with...
goldrushg@...
Sep 13, 2001 5:36 pm
853
... smeone ... Because when MA doesn't have three reasons why Sengoku is better than another game, I imagine that the other game must be as popular as a...
Nick Underwood
nicku@...
Sep 14, 2001 12:38 pm
854
The following DragonsOfTheEast poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What Historical East-Asian Roleplaying Games do you use? CHOICES...