Wow, that's cool news, sumi. Now if only they will hire some of the show's writers to do the comics!
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Consuela - Apr 20, 2008 10:01:29 am PDT #1453 of 5059
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sumi - Apr 21, 2008 4:42:24 am PDT #1454 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
Oh yeah!
CaBil - Apr 21, 2008 7:51:57 am PDT #1455 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
I was at the Boom! Studios panel when they did the formal announcement.
They said they are getting the writer equivalent of Joss Whedon of Buffy/Serenity doing the Farscape comics. Not Joss Whedon himself, but the same idea...
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 21, 2008 12:43:56 pm PDT #1456 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Rockne O'Bannon? Or David Kemper?
CaBil - Apr 21, 2008 4:22:57 pm PDT #1457 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
They couldn't say for legal reasons, not all the t's were crossed off on the contracts I presume. But the implication was certainly that it was someone of showrunner importance to the show, as compared to random comic writer or even a random scriptwriter that worked on the show.
Laga - Apr 22, 2008 12:00:03 am PDT #1458 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
We had an interesting conversation at game night tonight. Two of our regular players are planning to buy D & D 4.0 as soon as it comes out. The more I hear about it the more I want to go back to playing 1st edition. Would anyone like to discuss?
CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 2:47:30 am PDT #1459 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
On the industry, there is a lot of debate about how many will emigrate to 4.0. There seems to be a lot of noise that a lot of people are thinking they will not be happy with 4.0, but there are two concerns. One is that of course the complainers will sound like they are more than they actually are, simply because they are the only ones talking. The other is very similar noises was made before 3.0, and something like 90% of the gamer population ended up making the switch anyways.
BTW, have you tried Castles and Crusades? It's an OGL/d20 pushed towards replicating the 1st edition experience...
Hayden - Apr 22, 2008 9:19:08 am PDT #1460 of 5059
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There's an awful lot of Superman in this, but the main thing I got out of it was SEAGUY 2!: [link]
Laga - Apr 22, 2008 11:15:51 am PDT #1461 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
have you tried Castles and Crusades?
This is the first I've heard of it. I'll have to bring it up at the next game night. We were joking about playing 1st edition but we do have a lot of the books and it might be fun making a character from straight stats again. We were just messing around last night and ended up with some pretty decent numbers just rolling 3d6.
CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 11:55:48 am PDT #1462 of 5059
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The company that puts it out is Troll Lord Games, and they have fairly decent array of material available...