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Hey all: We did a deal a while back with Politically Incorrect Games to let them re-release the original CORPS background with their Active Exploits diceless ...
Greg Porter
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Feb 5, 2003
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Greg: With EABA out, has work on CORPS (the 2nd ed system) been dropped? Or will you be supporting the two in parallel? Also, have you considered creating an...
Bob Slaughter
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Feb 6, 2003
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... I hope not. Despite several features that I like better (the Fate mechanism and the Power system), I and my group still prefer CORPS. ...
Thomas Bagwell
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Feb 6, 2003
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More generally, what do you guys feel to be the difference between CORPS and EABA? (When would you use one over the other?) -dev Thomas Bagwell says... ... -- ...
Dev Purkayastha
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Feb 6, 2003
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... I can't actually get them to try EABA again. We dislike the dice mechanic, preferring the single d10 roll of CORPS. Having to convert back and forth ...
Thomas Bagwell
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Feb 6, 2003
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... One of the main things I liked about CORPS was the single d10-- my experience with GURPS left me as one of those people that *didn't* like rolling handfuls...
Aaron Kavli
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Feb 6, 2003
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1549
Hello all. Brett from Politically Incorrect Games here. As Greg previously announced, we have re-released the original CORPS background for Active Exploits...
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Feb 6, 2003
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on 2/7/03 9:39 AM, corps-players@yahoogroups.com at > Message: 1 ... Actually, I'd like to release the CORPS version of TimeLords about the same time as the...
Greg Porter
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Feb 7, 2003
3:33 pm
1551
EABA: Much more, well, epic. Definitely good for swinging from the chandeliers space-opera-meets-Errol-Flynn. better rules for non-humans. Has my name in it....
William F. Hostman
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Feb 8, 2003
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1552
If anyone on this list did their own independent game or supplement in 2002 (released for public sale or consumption), please check out: ...
Greg Porter
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Feb 13, 2003
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1553
I just tried to get the CORPS Nutshell from the catalog page, and the www.digdat.com site says "Not Here." I also looked here in the files area, and nothing...
Bob Slaughter <rslau@...
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Feb 15, 2003
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... Nevermind, I found it on the BTRC Downloads page (though Greg may still want to update the link on the Catalog page....)...
Bob Slaughter <rslau@...
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Feb 15, 2003
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On 24 Feb 2003, you wrote ... Great, spam on the list. Everyone flood his 800 number, he gets charged for each call. -- Marc da Puma...
Master Cougar
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Feb 24, 2003
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I came to a sudden conclusion while looking at tyhe skill lists provided as samples in CORPS 2e... The way to make for more epic characters overall is not to...
William F. Hostman
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Feb 25, 2003
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... I think that's rather slick.... And explains why Bond, James Bond, always knows about the cover for his mission. He's got points up at the "high" level of...
Jeffrey Schwartz
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Feb 25, 2003
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When I GM, I usually allow the players to create their own skill trees, however they think they would best fit their character. If one character has 'Gun' as...
Thomas Bagwell
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Feb 25, 2003
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on 2/25/03 5:26 AM, corps-players@yahoogroups.com at ... That's really just a way to get more powerful (i.e. broadly skilled) characters for the same amount of...
Greg Porter
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Feb 25, 2003
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... That is part of what epic characters are about... excessively competent in breadth, but not in relation to the overall skill levels... Also, keep in mind...
William F. Hostman
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Feb 26, 2003
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Note: this discussion, short so far seems to get me onto games theory mode... beware, and please take no offense... none is intended. I like the engine. I'm...
William F. Hostman
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Feb 26, 2003
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I am working on a Powers Cost Calculator for the Palm OS. 1) I need to hear from Greg on how to release it, if at all... and would be happy to let him market...
William Hostman
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Mar 6, 2003
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I would be interested, although I'm not sure I'd be willing to pay a lot. Maybe $5. My preference would be two columns of smaller buttons, but better labels. ...
Thomas Bagwell
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Mar 7, 2003
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1565
Hey guys, I'm just curious, which is the greater percentage around here, original CORPS fans or 2nd ed. CORPS fans? I'm overwhelmingly in the former category....
Larry
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Mar 7, 2003
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... Actually, I bought the AE version, and the text is mostly the same as good ol' first edition. The worldbook is pretty generic as things go, so could be...
Dev Purkayastha
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Mar 7, 2003
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On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:41:37PM -0600, Larry distributed foul capitalist propaganda: [...] ... I use both, although I've first bought the 2nd edition, and...
Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik
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Mar 7, 2003
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... Greg, if you're listening, I second this proposal. If you make it, you've got one pre-order from me. __ ~ Charles "One OS to rule them all; one OS to find...
B. Charles Reynolds
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Mar 7, 2003
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1569
Redoing the material from the original is one of the many things I need/want to do. The damn US is banning human cloning though, which sets my timetable back...
Greg Porter
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Mar 7, 2003
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I loved the setting of 1st edition, but far prefer the rules as presented in 2nd edition. I've actually always been surprised the the original CORPS setting...
Thomas Bagwell
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Mar 7, 2003
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I concurr fully... and have much the same pattern of purchase. (Actually, I got SLAG! and the Atlantean thing first...) -wil...
William F. Hostman
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Mar 8, 2003
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There's a rather distressing thread running on Pinnacle's SavageWorlds list. There seems to be a strong assertion that Mongoose is doing an adaptation of MWwG...
B. Charles Reynolds
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