I know these skills must be in commando or freelancer but I don't have either of those books. Could someone give me a brief description for the following...
Check out http://www.spies-r-us.org/ He's got most of the rules (including the skill descriptions) on his site. Probably the best site to refer to if you...
... Spycraft site now.<< To be fair it all depends on the stuff I get sent. At the moment, I'm getting very little for Top Secret/S.I. but a lot for...
I believe that the owner is or was a member. I recall seeing someone mentioning future plans for the site at some point. Can't recall who it was though? What...
Don't know who did the approval, but the message has been deleted and the e-mail account banned. ... From: ElderMount@... [mailto:ElderMount@...] Sent:...
I restored free access to the group after the last string of spammers. Since we've only gotten occasional spam since that time, I didn't think we needed to...
Has anyone seen the MI-5 television show? I caught about 5 minutes on A&E tonight. It looked kind of like a British version of the Agency. Is this show worth...
I presume you're talking about Spooks (at least, that's what it's called in the UK). I haven't seen the Agency so can't compare the two, but Spooks is ...
Just checked the official site, MI5 and Spooks are one and the same, the name change was: "For the American audience though, the show has been renamed MI5, as...
Can you describe the show a little bit? What do you like about it? Is it an action show or more of a cerebral drama/suspense? From the five minutes I saw, it...
Spooks (or MI5) is very much a "real espionage" series. The team undertake all sorts of different investigations. Obviously in today's climate, the terrorist...
Attack on American TV? ATTACK!!! ATTACK!!! Television over here is worse than the dog's ... um... "thingies" ... Every time I semi-reasonable show comes out...
I was recently working on statistics for underwater equipment for use in the Top Secret S.I. game. Specifically, I was looking to come up with statistics for...
Here's a question for all of you: When running a campaign, how do you handle a failed mission? When people write adventure modules or you create a mission for...
For me, the player's career in the agency is not over, but they do get transferred elsewhere- usually Canada because it is close and safe and very friendly. Of...
After seeing your post, it reminds me of a movie..... The Tailor of Panama! In the movie (I haven't read the book), Andy Osnard (Pierce Brosnan) ends up in...
They think I was spawned from Satan- which, I am , of course. <VBEG> But seriously, folks, they agreed they made mistakes in the post game debrief. I show the...
I personally weigh the different contributions to the failure.. thier attitudes... and how they played.. I haven't transfered them to never-never land, instead...
I don't do cataclysm-prevention missions anymore. I've had bad go to worse in my campaigns. Yes, nuclear war, collapse of governments, the fall of Orion. So,...
Yes. Post-game debriefs (in a controlled, non-plot-blowing) manner are great. For a mission gone bad, it gives the players hope. For a mission gone well, it...
I've owned Top Secret/SI for over a decade, but it has been gathering dust on my gaming shelf for almost that long...I think I've only actually played one ...
... <snip> ... No...IMHO, I'd have to disagree with that. Yes, there are two supplements, Commando and Brushfire Wars, that are geared towards combat...
I also figured I'd add that someone posted an account of their game running Operation Arrowhead (which is the module included in the original boxed set). His...
In a message dated 7/28/2003 1:56:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... From the cover art, many of the modules appear to have a commando slant, but I guess I...
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