... It occurs to me that the purpose of public education is the production of good citizens not well-educated citizens. Teach them to read (but not to enjoy)...
... True, but they were mostly of the freshwater variety. Cheers, John ===== "Keep a government poor and weak and it's your servant; let it get rich and...
But the idea behind the vaults is to prepair the inhabitants to rebuild the world as it was before the fall. Many would be relegated to the menial tasks needed...
Lord Irish Hath Decreed: And if it does, so what? Seriously, though - both seem to be a valid question given that Sword & Sorcery Studios take on Gamma World...
There's an old 4th ed. GW module called "The Mutant Master" that deals with using gibberish (consistently) to deal with the real-world vs. character knowledge...
... Nope. I don't like D20 and TPTB do not seem capable of making a Gamma World worthy of the name anymore, feeling a need to correct the fun stuff that ...
Here's the complete list from Mutant Master of the replacement words: Astronaut - Panavool Astronomy - Pantarkus Astrophysics - Panchilate Atomic - Yurkum ...
In a message dated 8/1/04 7:08:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I wouldn't say it'd be an idiot savant educational system, but it - depending on the nature of...
Kveldulf@...
Aug 2, 2004 4:00 am
19887
In a message dated 8/1/04 8:43:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I have to admit, after seeing in their preview page that they used dralasites and yazirians...
Kveldulf@...
Aug 2, 2004 4:03 am
19888
... Future? ... like to know! ... dralasites ... yep, I'm ... What's the URL?...
One thing to look at with the Government built vault is "Was it built by politicians or the military?" Politicians will invariabley have it designed in a...
... I wouldn't say I'm "holding my breath" since I'm currently running a d20 Gamma World game. Well, okay it's a collection of d20 GW, GW 4th, Darwin's World,...
Is there anyone in the San Diego area on this list that would be interested in starting up a 4th edition game of Gamma World? I'd be happy to run it if I could...
... Ah, the Yurkum Torkel, I still remember that! The replacement word technique made sense in a way, but it did come across a bit to cheesy even for GW in...
... else out there holding their breath for d20 Future? ... to know! ... Not really. The fact is I don't get to play rpgs much at all these days and I have not...
It's about time they destroyed Chicago! I've lived here all my life and I've been waiting for the bombs to drop and mutattions to start spreading. :) It's...
Motatumbo@...
Aug 4, 2004 12:38 am
19896
Vaults to rebuild the world does bring "Paranoia" to mind what if the computer that is your friend has all the abilities to teach all the skill need to rebuild...
... the computer that is your friend has all the abilities to teach all the skill need to rebuild the world but will not until it receives its release code. ...
I really like calling the ruins of chicago "the screaming debris" (the wind through the ruins, of course, producing a howling sound within the silence of a...
I agree that it depends on the type of vault. In my game I have retarded knowledge of things like, say, art history. With so much other important things to...
... I have only ever had one that made it past Reconstruction and it didn't go farther then WWI. ... All the recent history I know has been from self-study. I...
Hey Have to agree with you on the recent history lessons. However I do remember classes in government and sociology that covered more recent history. I also...
There are a couple obvious reasons for that. For one thing recent history is just not as well understood. It takes a time and distance to really pick up what...
Shadowrun also feature Chicago quite heavily, though it's usually referred to Bug Town in honor of its new "owners". James B ... and I've been waiting for the...
... All very well said... I couldn't have said it better myself. Cheers, John ===== "Keep a government poor and weak and it's your servant; let it get rich and...
Hi all, I'm new to the forums and new to gamma world collecting (other than my own 3rd Edition Box set and the times I played in the early 80s with some...
Hey Just checked my copies and the man is right they came as simple books with no additional materials. Mutant Master only had one map in the entire module. ...